East Asia Minerals Announces Appointment of Director

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Nov. 9, 2011) - East Asia Minerals Corporation (TSX VENTURE:EAS) announces that Mr. David Stein, MSc., CFA, has been appointed to the board of directors of EAS. Mr. Stein, is President and COO of Aberdeen International (TSX:AAB) where he manages a diversified junior resource investment portfolio with a focus on gold and precious metals. Prior to his role at Aberdeen, Mr. Stein worked as a senior equity analyst at Cormark Securities (and its predecessor Sprott Securities) for nine years, including serving as a director, with a focus on gold mining companies. Mr. Stein is also a director of several publicly-traded mining and resource companies as well as serving as a director of a privately-held resource development company focused on Mongolia. Mr. Stein earned a Master of Science degree in Geology from Queen's University in 2001 and a Bachelor of Applied Science (Geological Engineering) from Queen's University in 1998.

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About East Asia Minerals Corporation

East Asia Minerals (TSX VENTURE:EAS) is an Asian-based, Canadian mineral exploration company with gold and copper exploration properties in Indonesia, and uranium exploration properties in Mongolia. In Indonesia the Company has a 70 to 85% interest in three advanced gold and gold-copper properties located in Aceh Province, Sumatra, and Sangihe Island, North Sulawesi. The Company owns nine uranium properties, including the advanced Ingiin-Nars, Ulaan Nuur and Enger uranium properties, and two phosphate properties in Mongolia. East Asia currently has 84,221,582 shares outstanding. Its shares are listed for trading on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "EAS".

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