MMEX Mining Corp. announced that effective May 29, 2012, elected Nabil Katabi to its board. Mr. Katabi, Vice President-Project Development & Financing, joined Maple Resources in 1996 and had positions of increasing responsibility including the development of the Ethanol Project for Maple Peru (now Maple Energy). Prior to joining Maple Resources, Mr. Katabi worked for Banque Indosuez in Copenhagen, Denmark.