Pan American Goldfields Appoints Andrey Koniuhov to Board of Directors

VANCOUVER, May 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Pan American Goldfields Ltd. (OTCQB: MXOM) ("Pan American" or the "Company"), a precious metal producer and exploration company, has appointed Andrey Koniuhov to its board of directors.

Mr. Koniuhov has over 25 years of exploration and mining experience. He currently serves as Director of Geology and Advanced Projects for Polyus Gold, the third-largest gold company in the world by reserves. Prior to that, he was Deputy CEO of Polyus Exploration, a wholly owned subsidiary of Polyus Gold, where he directed the 2009-2011 brownfield exploration campaigns that led to the discovery of more than 40 million ounces of gold in the proven-probable, measured, indicated and inferred categories.

Prior to joining Polyus Gold, Mr. Koniuhov served as Senior Consulting Geologist for Barrick Gold Corp. and Senior Geologist for Kentor Gold Ltd. He previously worked as Deputy Director for Apex Asia LDC, a subsidiary of Apex Silver Mines Corp., on its Kumushtak joint venture. He holds an M.Sc. in Geology with an emphasis on exploration geology and mining exploration from Leningrad State University.

"Mr. Koniuhov is clearly one of the gold sector's most prolific explorationists," stated Neil Maedel, Chairman of Pan American. "He has a long track record of designing and implementing successful exploration programs for major producers such as Polyus and Barrick. Mr. Koniuhov's exceptional ability to find and develop giant gold deposits will be invaluable as we work to acquire and develop a portfolio of world-class gold assets. We welcome him to our board."

About Pan American Goldfields

Pan American Goldfields is a precious metals mining and exploration company with projects in Mexico's booming Sierra Madre gold-silver belt and the Maricunga Gold Belt straddling the border between Argentina and Chile. The Company's most advanced development is its now producing Cieneguita gold-silver mine, where a preliminary economic assessment for the expansion of the operation is underway. In addition, the Company holds the Cerro Delta project in Argentina, where it is preparing to drill test a series of large porphyry-style copper-gold occurrences - which are on structure and 12 miles east of Barrick's 25 million oz/Au Cerro Casale in the Maricunga gold belt. The Company continues to assess other high-impact acquisitions in Colombia, Argentina and Mongolia.

On behalf of the Board of Directors,

Neil Maedel, Chairman

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SOURCE Pan American Goldfields Ltd.