Michael Mooney Accepts Kimberly Gold Mines Offer of Chief Financial Officer Position

Business Wire, May 7, 2008

POST FALLS, Idaho -- Kimberly Gold Mines (OTC:KMGM) announced today that Michael Mooney has accepted their offer of the Chief Financial Officer Position. Mr. Mooney had previously been serving as an advisor for the company. Mooney, former Corporate Secretary and Treasurer of Sterling Mining Company, has also spent over 25 years with Hollister-Stier Laboratories LLC. Mooney spent five years, 1999-2004, acting as Chief Financial Officer for the Spokane, Washington based company which was formerly Bayer Corporation. Mooney holds a Bachelors Degree in Accounting from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington.

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