American Pacific Mining Corp. announced that it has appointed Director, Joness Lang as President of the Company, with Eric Saderholm transitioning to the role of Managing Director of Exploration. This transition will free up time and allow Mr. Saderholm to focus on project development and advancement as well as generating and evaluating new projects for the Company.

Mr. Lang is an experienced executive leader with nearly 15 years of corporate growth strategy and capital markets experience within the natural resource sector. Mr. Lang has an established track record of securing and managing joint-venture and strategic partnerships with major mining companies. Most recently, Mr. Lang served as the Executive Vice President of Maple Gold Mines Ltd., where he played an important role in bringing Agnico Eagle in as a strategic partner, increasing institutional ownership and research coverage and leading or co-leading property acquisitions and equity financing transactions for the company.

He was previously Vice President, Corporate Development with Riverside Resources Inc. where he served as a key member of the leadership group when the company generated income as a prospect generator exploration company through all of the joint-venture and strategic alliance partnerships that Mr. Lang helped secure. In addition to his Leadership: Inventing the Future (George Mason University) and Canadian Securities Course certificates, Mr. Lang received his Bachelor of Commerce degree from Royal Roads University, graduating with distinction. Mr. Lang also graduated with honours from the British Columbia Institute of Technology where he received his Marketing Management Entrepreneurship diploma.

Mr. Saderholm is a professional Senior Geologist and former Newmont Exploration Manager for the Western US. He has worked on numerous large mines and projects, including Bingham Canyon, Carlin, Midas, Gold Quarry, Twin Creeks, Lonetree, Mule Canyon, Black Pine, Genesis and Yanacocha. He has over four decades of experience in the minerals industry.