GMV Minerals Inc. announces new Director

        






GMV Minerals Inc.  announces new Director

VANCOUVER, Jan. 17, 2013 /CNW/ - GMV Minerals Inc. (the "Company" or "GMV") (TSXV: GMV) is pleased to announce the appointment of Carl Hale to its Board of Directors effective immediately.

Carl D. Hale, B.Sc., R.P.G, Q.P. received his Bachelor of Science degree in geology from the University of Washington in 1972.  He has worked the majority of his career on mineral exploration projects in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest for various mining companies and consulting groups.  He supervised massive sulfide exploration projects in the Brooks Range, Alaska, mineral reconnaissance programs in the Alaska Range and Southeast Alaska, and is presently the project manager on a gold exploration venture in the United States.

Carl spent several years as a mine geologist at the Cannon Mine, a large gold mine in Wenatchee, Washington, as a geologist at the Sunshine silver mine in Idaho, managed a copper exploration project at Bornite, Alaska for three years for Kennecott and served as a geologist on a gold exploration project in Myanmar.

The Company wishes to thank David McMillan who up until recently served as a Director. The Company wishes him well in his retirement.

As well, subject to regulatory approval and pursuant to the company's stock option plan, GMV announces that it has granted a total of 150,000 incentive stock options to a director of the company. The options are exercisable at a price of 15 cents per share for a five-year period.

About GMV Minerals Inc.

GMV Minerals Inc. is a junior exploration company focused on the discovery of gold assets in Guyana, South America where it holds mineral rights to nearly 900 sq. miles. The Company is conducting a variety of advanced exploration programs during 2012.

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release or has in any way passed upon the merits of the transaction and has neither approved nor disproved the contents of this press release.

SOURCE GMV Minerals Inc.

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