Kimberly Gold Adds Don Rolfe to Board of Directors

Kimberly Gold Mines is pleased to announce that Don Rolfe has joined its Board of Directors. Rolfe is a mine engineer with over thirty years of mining industry experience. His career has included positions of Senior Mine Engineer, Chief Mine Engineer, Mine Foreman, Mine Superintendent and Mine Manager with several leading U.S. companies including Anaconda, Hecla, Union Carbide and Homestake.

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (PRWEB) July 17, 2003 -- Kimberly Gold Mines (OTCBB:KMGM) is pleased to announce that Don Rolfe has joined its Board of Directors.

Rolfe is a mine engineer with over thirty years of mining industry experience. His career has included positions of Senior Mine Engineer, Chief Mine Engineer, Mine Foreman, Mine Superintendent and Mine Manager with several leading U.S. companies including Anaconda, Hecla, Union Carbide and Homestake. Rolfe has extensive knowledge of the mine planning and development process along with expertise related to the mining of various minerals including gold, silver, uranium, tungsten, phosphate, and bentonite clay.

Kimberly President Kevin Shiell added, "We are extremely pleased that Don has joined our Board of Directors. Don brings a wealth of practical mining knowledge and is a tremendous addition to our team."

Please visit the Kimberly website at www.kimberlygold.com for more information about the projects and activities of Kimberly Gold Mines.

Kimberly Gold Mines is an aggressive gold exploration company, focused upon the historic mining districts of the Pacific Northwest. Kimberly holds four high-potential gold exploration projects including the Kimberly Gold Mine, the Matthews and Compton properties along the Wenatchee Gold Belt, and the Empire Creek project on the Republic Graben. Kimberly has approximately 5.5 million shares outstanding and no long-term debt. 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.