Kimberly Gold Mines Hires Don Rolfe as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho -- Kimberly Gold Mines (OTC:KMGM) is pleased to announce that Don Rolfe has joined the company as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Rolfe is a graduate of the Montana School of Mines and brings to the company more than 30 years of engineering and mine management experience gained primarily with senior mining corporations.

Mr. Rolfe has managed a diverse range of mining operations across North America. He worked as a Mine Engineer for Hecla Mining in Wallace, Idaho, Lakeshore project in Arizona and as Senior Mine Engineer at the Knob Hill mine in the Republic District of Washington State. He also held various positions with Union Carbide in Nevada, California and Utah including Mine Engineer, Foreman and Superintendent of Mines.

Mr. Rolfe joined Homestake Mining as Mine Manager of a new uranium mine in Utah and silver property in Creede, Colorado. He also managed an open-pit, heap-leach operation in Nevada, and the Golden Bear gold mine in northern British Columbia, Canada.

Kimberly Gold Mines is pleased by this new addition to its team as it advances its Plan of Operations for the Rescue gold mine in Warren, Idaho.

Effective immediately Mr. Rolfe will assume managing control over all operating initiatives including all safety, regulatory compliance, exploration, development, production and human resources matters.

He will be responsible for executing the Company's business plan, with primary focus for the next 12 months on the Rescue Gold Mine. Don will report directly to the President.

Kevin Shiell stated, "We are very fortunate to have a mining professional of Don Rolfe's caliber taking the lead in the field. I am confident Don's experience and business maturity will help to guide us down the critical path toward our objective of becoming a junior gold producer."

Kimberly Gold Mines is an aggressive gold exploration company focused on the historic mining districts of the Pacific Northwest. Active Kimberly projects include the Rescue and Kimberly Gold Mines in central Idaho, the Matthews property in the Wenatchee Gold Belt of central Washington, and the Empire Creek Project in the Republic Graben of northeastern Washington. Kimberly stock trades on the OTC Market under the symbol "KMGM."

Certain statements contained in this press release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are based on beliefs of management, as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to management. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expected results.