NEW YORK, April 11, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Mayfair Mining & Minerals, Inc. (OTCBB:MFMM) (Frankfurt:M1M) is today pleased to announce that Mr. Klaus Fey Ali Abood has been appointed as the Marketing Manager of the company's Zambian subsidiary. The first member of the advisory board of the company, Mr. FeyAli Abood will be responsible for the sales and marketing of product for the company's amethyst mining operations. Mr. Fey is a German Tanzanian by birth and has been a resident of Kafue, Zambia since 1988, from a prominent business family there. During his career in the gemstone industry, Mr. Fey has worked as a cutter of diamonds and other precious stones, as a knocker and grader of amethyst, aquamarine and tourmaline, and as a technical manager for a major gemstone cutting factory in Germany. Most recently and since 1988, he has worked as a gem technologist, marketing manager and as general manager for Kariba Gemstones, the largest amethyst mining operation in Zambia.
Clive de Larrabeiti, President of the Company stated, "We are pleased that someone of the calibre and experience of Mr. Fey has joined our growing company at this stage of our development. We can now seek to put in place a sales and marketing operation to complement our production of these attractive and valuable stones. With Mr. Fey's appointment, we have now addressed one of the important issues for a successful business operation, which is strong and organized marketing."
Abood has been a Senior Advisor and International Consultant for various multinational corporations. He has in excess of fifteen years' experience in the field of marketing and business development in the Middle East and Africa, where he has traveled extensively, establishing top-level contacts in business and government in most of the countries in those regions. Prior to this, Mr. Abood has held positions as the Chief Executive of Gulf Marketing Consultants, as the Financial Controller of the Embassy of the State of Quatar in London, and with Exxon, the U.S. corporation, in the Finance and Marketing Division responsible for the Middle East and Africa. He has also worked within the Trade Finance Department of the National Commercial Bank of Saudi Arabia. He holds a Bachelor's of Commerce degree through the University of Cairo, Egypt.
Clive de Larrabeiti, President of Mayfair Mining & Minerals, Inc., stated, "We are delighted to appoint someone of Mr. Abood's obvious networking and marketing skills to the advisory board. With his breadth of high level contacts in business and government across both Africa and the Middle East, he will be instrumental in opening discussions concerning finance and potential project acquisition."
The company is presently in discussions with a number of other highly-qualified individuals to augment the advisory board. Mayfair Mining and Minerals, Inc. has just commenced operations and has not yet engaged in any development activities. It is a precious metals exploration and development company. Mayfair's corporate mission is to seek, find, explore and mine prospectively profitable mineral properties worldwide, with the main focus on the African continent. The company is also currently reviewing mining projects in other countries within the Southern African Development Community.
On behalf of the Board of Directors, Eur. Ing. Dr. Michael Harold Smith, FIMM, C.Eng. Director, Clive de Larrabeiti