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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Sabrina
Martinez in Investor Relations: (801) 619-9320
Golden
Eagle Appoints Director with
Vast
Experience in Bolivia
CEO
Reports on Meeting with Bolivia’s President Morales
SALT
LAKE
CITY, UTAH—(BUSINESSWIRE)---September 28, 2006---Golden
Eagle International,
Inc.
(MYNG,
OTCBB)
announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed Harlan McSpadden
(Mac)
DeLozier as a member of its Board of Directors.
Since
March 1, 1997 (a period of over 9 years), Mr. DeLozier has been Golden Eagle’s
Administrative Vice President for Bolivian Operations. Mr. DeLozier has over
40
years of experience living, operating and conducting business in Bolivia. He
is
a 1966 graduate of Oklahoma State University, where he received B.A. degrees
in
Political Science, Foreign Language and History. He served in the Peace Corps
in
Bolivia from 1966-1971 and administered a large cattle ranch in Beni, Bolivia
from 1972-1990. In addition to his ranching activities, from 1976 to 1980,
he
was the representative of Homeline/Textron in Bolivia, and from 1980-1981 he
was
the operations manager of the Kerani gold mine in the Murillo Province in
western Bolivia. From 1981 to 1985, Mr. DeLozier was the purchasing agent for
the U.S. Embassy Commissary in La Paz, Bolivia, and from 1986-1988 he managed
a
large leather products exporting operation from Bolivia to Chile and Peru.
From
1989 until 1997, Mr. DeLozier was the international sales representative for
Toyota, Chevrolet, and Hyundai in Bolivia.
“Mac
DeLozier, with his 40-year experience and important contacts in Bolivia, is
one
of the principal reasons that Golden Eagle has been able to remain resilient
through difficult times. This vast experience now allows us to benefit from
opportunities for growth and progress that we have today,” stated Terry Turner,
Golden Eagle’s CEO. “Mac is an able administrator, as he proved with the
construction and administration of our Cangalli gold mine under demanding
circumstances, who can now help our Board navigate the challenges of getting
into pilot operations at the B and C Zones at our eastern Bolivia Buen Futuro
project, as well as getting into operation at our larger development at the
Buen
Futuro A Zone if we are successful in obtaining financing.”
The
Company also reported that H.E. Dunham has resigned as its Chief Operating
Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as well as a member of its Board of
Directors.
Golden
Eagle indicated further that its CEO met on September 19, 2006 with Bolivia’s
President Evo Morales, and other executives from American companies operating
in
Bolivia, in a meeting sponsored by the Council of the Americas and the
Bolivian-American Chamber of Commerce in New York City prior to President
Morales’ speech to the United Nations General Assembly.
While
President Morales’ specific comments at the meeting were “off the record,”
Golden Eagle’s CEO reported that “President Morales was very open and he gave me
the impression that after having gone through a learning curve over the past
8
months, he has concluded that Bolivia needs to protect and foster foreign
investment, and create a stable and positive atmosphere in which foreign
companies can operate.”
Alvaro
Riveros, a member of Golden Eagle’s Board of Directors and former Bolivian Vice
Minister of Natural Resources, stated, “President Morales has communicated to
his cabinet and to the Bolivian people that he understands the pressing need
to
have foreign investment stimulating the Bolivian economy and creating jobs.
Recently, I have personally discussed Golden Eagle’s Buen Futuro project with
representatives of the Ministry of Mining and Metallurgy and have received
assurances that the project is viewed with great hope and anticipation by the
current administration regarding its potential to invigorate an economically
depressed region of Bolivia.”
Eagle
E-mail Alerts: If you are interested in receiving Eagle E-mail Alerts, please
e-mail the Company at: eaglealert@geii.com.
Golden
Eagle International, Inc. is a gold and copper exploration and mining company
headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah and with offices in La Paz and Santa
Cruz,
Bolivia. The Company is currently focusing its efforts on developing its mining
rights on its Buen Futuro project within its 136,500 acres (213 square miles)
in
eastern Bolivia’s Precambrian Shield.
The
Company highly recommends that you review its disclosures, risk statements,
previous press releases, annual reports, quarterly reports and current reports
found at its website: www.geii.com.
CAUTIONARY
NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND RISKS
Some
of the statements in this press release are forward-looking
statements and are based on an assumed set of economic conditions and courses
of
action, including: (a) Golden Eagle’s ability to obtain the necessary financing
on reasonable terms in light of current social and political conditions in
Bolivia; (b) estimates of mineral reserves and future production levels;
(c)
expectations regarding estimated mine production costs taking into account
higher petroleum prices, expected trends in mineral prices, and statements
that
describe Golden Eagle’s future plans, objectives or goals; (d) uncertainties
that result from actions that may be taken in Bolivia relative to increases
in
the Complementary Mining Tax, Corporate Income Tax or the amount paid for
mining
patents [claims fees] in the future; and (d) other risk factors and matters
disclosed in Golden Eagle’s Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filings
which may be accessed at
www.sec.gov. There is a significant risk that
actual material results will vary from projected results depending on such
factors as changes in general economic, social and political conditions in
Bolivia and financial markets; changes in gold and copper prices; technological
and operational hazards in Golden Eagle’s mining and mine
development activities; uncertainties inherent
in the calculation of
mineral reserves, mineral resources and metal recoveries; the
timing and availability of financing; governmental and other approvals, and
other risk factors listed from time-to-time in Golden Eagle’s Form 10-K and its
other reports filed with the SEC. Golden Eagle’s appointment of Mr. DeLozier as
a member of its Board of Directors, the mining projects in Bolivia described
in
this release, and related evaluations, or in our other disclosures, should
not
be construed by any means as an indication of the present or future value
of the
Company or its common stock. Additionally, our plans with respect to the
Buen
Futuro A Zone gold and copper project, or the B & C Zone gold project,
should not be construed by any means as an indication of whether we will
ever
conduct successful mining operations in connection with those projects.
Moreover, our CEO’s meeting with Bolivia’s President should not be construed as
an endorsement of Golden Eagle by President Morales, or a representation
that
President Morales or his administration will show any favor to Golden Eagle
over
and above that shown to any and all foreign companies in Bolivia, or that
his
position regarding private mining activities in Bolivia will have any positive
impact whatsoever upon our mining operations in Bolivia. Golden Eagle disclaims
any responsibility to update forward-looking statements made herein.
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