Omineca Mining and Metals Ltd. (‘Omineca’ or the ‘Company’) announced that it has appointed Mr. Bill Van Breugel, P. Eng., as the Company's Lead Technical Advisor for the Wingdam underground placer gold bulk sampling program, currently underway and located 45 km east of Quesnel, BC, in the Cariboo Mining District. Working closely with Omineca's joint venture partner's management, engineers and underground mining team, Mr. Van Breugel provides corporate oversight to the mine plan and engineering at the Company's recently commenced underground placer gold sampling program. Mr. Van Breugel is a mining engineer with over 40 years of experience in the mining industry. He previously held the positions as: Senior Mine Engineer for Cameco's Cigar Lake project and Kinross Gold's Hoyle Pond project; Engineering Lead at the BHP Jansen Project and Project Manager for Goldcorp and Star Diamond Corporation.