Vancouver, British Columbia, September 3, 2010 (TSX Venture: EMX) – Eurasian Minerals Inc. (the “Company” or “EMX”) is pleased announce the appointment of Mr. Paul H. Zink as President of Eurasian Capital, the recently formed royalty and merchant banking division of EMX. Mr. Zink will focus on building a portfolio of revenue-generating royalties to complement EMX’s prospect generation business model. Eurasian Capital will be uniquely leveraged by EMX’s exploration expertise and global on-the-ground business connections to identify early-stage royalty opportunities. Mr. Zink most recently served as President of International Royalty Corporation (“IRC”), and comes to EMX after the successful sale of IRC to Royal Gold, Inc. in February 2010.
Mr. Zink graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Lehigh University with a bachelor’s degree in Economics and International Relations. He has more than 30 years of experience in the financial and extractive industries. He began his career following the mining and metals industries during a 17-year tenure on Wall Street with J.P. Morgan & Co., Incorporated, where he performed industry research and merger and acquisition analysis on mineral companies, banking and project finance advisory work for European mining companies, and sell-side equity research on U.S. mining stocks. His extractive industry experience includes managing Pegasus Gold, Inc.’s acquisition efforts and serving as Chief Financial Officer for Koch Mineral Services, a unit of Koch Industries Inc. As a member of the IRC team, Mr. Zink focused on strategic company development, investor relations and financial engineering.