East Africa Metals Inc. announced additions to the Company's Project Development Committee as the Company prepares to engage the detailed engineering studies and development plans
for its Terakimti Gold Oxide Project in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. The company announced the following additions to the Project Development Committee: Peter J. Hawley, founder of Scorpio Mining Corporation, served as CEO of that company from 1998 until November 2010 and is currently a director. Chris Zerga has worked in the mining industry for over 30 years and is currently employed by Scorpio Gold Corporation as its General Manager for their Mineral Ridge Gold property located in Silver Peak Nevada. Prior to holding this position Mr. Zerga held various positions ranging from Mill, Refinery, and Laboratory Manager and Metallurgical accountantA for several companies including Newmont, Freeport McMoRan, Anglogold and Queenstake. Jay Melnyk, with more than 25 years of international and domestic mining engineering experience, predominantly in open-pit mines, with additional underground and exploration experience, Jay Melnyk is recognized as an expert in pit optimization, pit phase design, mine scheduling, equipment selection, cost estimating, project management, resource modeling, and construction management.