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Former Barrick Gold Senior Project Geologist Joins Paramount Gold's Management Team

2006-04-25

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MONTREAL, April 25 /CNW Telbec/ - Paramount Gold Mining Corp. (PGDP:OTC; Frankfurt:P6G) and its wholly owned Peruvian subsidiary, Minera Paramount SAC, announced today that Marc Slauenwhite has joined the management team as Senior Project Geologist, South America. Previous to joining Paramount, Marc worked as a Senior Project Geologist with Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX) and INCO (NYSE:N). Commenting on the appointment, Alain Vachon, head of exploration in South America, stated, "Marc has 23 years of experience in mineral exploration in North and South America of which the last eleven was with Barrick Gold in Bolivia and Peru. Marc's appointment represents a very strong addition to our management team. In today's robust resource market, professionals of Marc's caliber are highly sought after and we are very pleased he has decided to join Paramount. His knowledge of Andean mineralization type, managerial expertise, technical field skills, project generation capability and strong leadership abilities will be invaluable as we expand our operations in South America." From 1995 to 2006, Marc worked as a Senior Project Geologist for Barrick Gold in Peru, which discovered the Alto Chicama high sulfidation deposit with 10 million ounces of gold and the Pierina high sulfidation deposit with 7.2 m ounces of gold. At Barrick, Marc was first in charge of all exploration work in the immediate area of the Pierina deposit and after that was in charge of the exploration team responsible for all aspects of Barrick's new exploration programs in South and Central Peru, including project conceptualization, project planning, project budgeting, and execution. Previous to his work at Barrick Gold, Marc was a Project Geologist for 11 years at INCO, the world's oldest and largest nickel mining company. Marc was in charge of reconnaissance exploration and drill projects exploring for base- metal VMS deposits, precious metal epithermal deposits, and porphyry copper deposits. He worked in a variety of extreme environments including the Canadian Artic, the Bolivian Andes, the Amazon jungle and the Chilean Atacama Desert. Marc earned his BSc degree in Geology from Acadia University, Nova Scotia, Canada. He is a Member of the Society of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of the Province of British Columbia and is a Member of the Society of Economic Geologists.

About Paramount Gold

Paramount Gold Mining Corp. is a precious metals exploration and development company. It is management's objective to grow Paramount into a significant gold and precious metals producer by developing the San Miguel and Linda projects in Mexico and Peru, and by acquiring other advanced-stage projects and/or producing mines in the most prolific precious metal districts in the world. The Company trades on the OTC market under the symbol "PGDP" and on the Frankfurt Exchange under the symbol "P6G". For more information, please visit the Company's web site at: www.paramountgold.com (now available in the following languages: English, German, French, Spanish, and Mandarin).

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