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Jim Bishop

12/15/04 3:27 PM

#691 RE: jdfls22 #690

Mellon Buys Major Stake in Silver Mining Company

Business Editors

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 15, 2004--
Mellon Research, Inc. (Pink Sheets: MLON.PK), the market
leader in providing boutique investment banking services to private
mid cap companies.
Mellon (OTC:MLON.PK) today announced that it a acquired
200,000,000 shares (44%) of Western Pacific Minerals, Ltd.. from Pearl
Asian Mining Industries, Inc. (PRMN.PK) in exchange for 500,000,000
newly issued MLON shares subject to SEC RULE 144.
Western Pacific Minerals, LTD. is the beneficial owner of 50
mining claims in the historical silver rich Slocan Mining District of
British Columbia at an approximate book value of $1m.
Mario Pino, Founder and CEO of Mellon Research noted that, "We
believe this acquisition is a good hedge against inflation and with
the upward trend in silver prices, those silver rich mining claims
should benefit our shareholders. We will also vote at our next
shareholder's meeting whether to hold the Western Pacific shares or
pay them as a dividend to our shareholders.
E. Pearl Asian, Founder and Chairman of Pearl Asian Mining
commented, "We are excited about becoming one of the largest
shareholders of Mellon Research and turning control of Western Pacific
Minerals over to merger and acquisition experts of the magnitude of
Mellon Research."

About Pearl Asian Mining Industries, Inc.

Pearl Asian Mining Industries, Inc. (PRMN) is a fast growing
international and multi-national mining company that currently owns 12
gold, silver and other precious mining claims in Vancouver Island plus
50 silver mining claims in British Columbia, Canada, and a
Philippines' Mining Production Sharing Agreement (MPSA), an equivalent
to the Mining Rights in US & Canada. Pearl Asian's mission is to
partner with the Philippine Government in order to acquire abandoned
mines with known and proven gold reserves, left untapped and abandoned
for centuries. In addition, Pearl Asian is involved in providing
products and services targeting the small scale miners in order to
create an orderly and sustainable gold and mineral productions that
promote the growth of this newly-born, Mining Revival Industry Sector
of the Philippines. This Small Scale Mining is the community
livelihood economic base that covers 1% of the total Philippines Gold
Mines and a substantial amount of Gold production output. Drawing on
world-class and world-renowned mining engineers, civil engineers,
geologists, and support teams, Pearl Asian Mining Industries, Inc. is
leading the Filipino mining industry into the 21st century. Pearl
Asian Mining currently trades on the OTC under the symbol: PRMN.

About Mellon Research, Inc.

Founded in the fall of 2003 by Mario Pino, Mellon Research
provides comprehensive boutique investment banking consulting services
to enable private companies to raise capital via: IPOs, Reverse
Mergers, Bridge Capital and/or other financial vehicles. Mellon
Research is the only multi-national boutique financial services firm
that is offering client companies with a structured funding process
built around its Financial Prep(TM) services. These services provide
client firms with a methodology that helps them analyze existing
corporate structure, financial and marketing needs to help them make
the right strategic choices necessary to raise capital or go public.
For more information visit http://www.mellonresearch.com

This release contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the Securities Litigation Reform Act. The statements
reflect the company's current views with respect to future events that
involve risks and uncertainties including uncertainties related to
successful negotiations with other parties, closing of transactions,
capital availability, operational and other risks, uncertainties and
factors described from time to time in the company's publicly
available SEC reports. In light of these risks and uncertainties, the
forward-looking events described in this release might not occur.



KEYWORD: NORTH AMERICA ARIZONA UNITED STATES
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: NATURAL RESOURCES MINING/MINERALS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES BANKIN
FINANCE MERGER/ACQUISITION
SOURCE: Mellon Research, Inc.


CONTACT INFORMATION:
Mellon Research, Inc.
Mario Pino, 602-912-5870
mellonresearch@aol.com

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