Solitaire Minerals' Joint Venture Partner Kings Bay Gold (TSX.V:KBG) today announced the appointment of David M. Rigg to its Board of Directors. The announcement is significant for Solitaire Minerals in that Mr. Rigg will develop and implement the exploration program for the three properties that Solitaire holds an option on with Kings Bay Gold, as described in Kings Bay Gold's press release, reprinted in its entirety below.

His expertise in the Red Lake geology is expected to increase dramatically the potential success of the exploration efforts.

Kings Bay Gold Appoints David M. Rigg (P. Geo)

King's Bay Gold has appointed David M. Rigg, BA, MSc, MA, FSG, PGeo, to its board of directors. Mr. Rigg brings 25 years of mining exploration experience to the corporation. After graduating from Cambridge University, England, in 1978 he completed his MSc degree at Queens University, Kingston, Ont., on the "Relationships between structure and mineralization at the Campbell Red Lake and Dickenson mines, Red Lake district, Ontario" in 1980. His distinguished career began in the Red Lake, Pickle Lake and Opapamiskan Lake camps. Mr. Rigg subsequently worked in the Abitibi region of Quebec before gaining international exposure in Africa and, most recently, Sweden.

Past positions include:

Boliden Minerals AB, Sweden: Manager, special projects
Trillion Resources Ltd., Zimbabwe: Exploration manager
Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd.: Exploration manager
Mines Goldex Ltee: Chief geologist
Mines Dumagami (La Ronde) Ltee: Chief geologist
Dome Mines Ltd., Thunder Bay: Project geologist
Falconbridge Copper Corp.: Exploration geologist
Wilanour Resources Ltd., Cochenour: Senior mine geologist

Mr. Rigg has a proven track record, he is responsible for the discovery of many new zones. His varied knowledge and experience of the Red Lake and Pickle Lake gold camps, makes him a welcome addition to the King's Bay Gold exploration team.

Red Lake properties

King's Bay's portfolio of properties in the Red Lake/Birch-Uchi greenstone belt include the Headway, Pickle Crow and Garnet Lake prospects where partner Solitaire Minerals Corp. has the right to earn a 50-per-cent interest upon completing payments to King's Bay totalling $1.6 million over three years. Each of these properties exhibit excellent potential for hosting high-grade gold deposits and are located within the world-class Red Lake area.

Headway group of patented claims

The Headway project consists of six patented claim units located in the "shadow" of the Red Lake headframes. The property lies about 1,200 metres southwest of Goldcorp's Red Lake HGZ (high-grade zone) and approximately one kilometre south of Placer Dome's Campbell mine.

The Placer Dome's world-class Campbell mine has past production of more than 10 million ounces of gold. Goldcorp, the other producer in the camp, has recently announced a proven and probable reserve at its high-grade zone of 3.8 million ounces grading 2.05 ounces per ton gold and a total proven and probable reserve of 4.3 million ounces grading 1.34 ounces per ton gold. Together, these two orebodies contain 23 million ounces with an average grade of 0.66 ounce per ton gold (past production and reserves).

Garnet Lake claim blocks

The Garnet Lake claim block is composed of approximately 54 units. This prospect is located but a short distance and on strike from the past producing South Bay mine, which produced 1.6 million tons at 2.3 per cent Cu and 14.7 per cent Zn. Pickle Lake properties.

The Pickle Lake properties consist of about 75 claim units located in Connell township, Ontario. The Pickle Lake project is located directly adjacent to the Pickle Crow gold mine, which produced 1,446,000 ounces of Au per ton at an average grade of 0.47 ounce of Au per ton between 1935 and 1966.

On Behalf of the Board
SOLITAIRE MINERALS CORP.

“Charles Desjardins”
President

The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.




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