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TSX-V: GOM

FRANKFURT EXCHANGE: 3G8


VANCOUVER, Feb. 15 /CNW/ - GOLDEN DAWN MINERALS INC. (TSXV- GOM,
FRANKFURT 3G8) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Ernesto
Higueras, Chief Executive of Intercapital Agente de Bolsa S.A of Lima
Peru. Intercapital, which Mr Higueras founded in 1993, is a brokerage
firm in Lima, Peru with a seat on the Bolsa Stock Exchange and he is
one of its founding members.




Mr Higueras was a member of the board of the Lima Stock Exchange from
2001 to 2004. He was also member of the Board of CAVALI (Peruvian
Clearing House) between 2006 and 2010. He was instrumental in
negotiating the contract between CAVALI and the Canadian Clearing and
Depository Service (CDS) regarding the trading and settlement of
transactions in securities in Peru. Mr Higueras brings with him a
wealth of experience in the financial industry. He received a bachelor
of Business Administration from Montgomery College, Maryland, U.S.A. Mr
Ernesto Higueras will act as an independent director.




Wolf Wiese said: "The directors and I welcome Mr. Higueras to the board
and look forward to his valuable contribution to the board and to the
expansion of the Company's international shareholder base."




The company has resumed its drill program two weeks ago and is currently
working towards the completion of its 2500 m phase 1 drill program on
the Greenwood Project's Wild Rose and Tam O'Shanter claims. New assay
results will be available in the near future. In view of the drill
results published earlier this year, the Company is optimistic that the
historic drill results will be verified and that the known mineralized
zone on the Wild Rose Property extending onto the Tam O'Shanter
property will prove the widespread low grade bulk tonnage of gold and
copper mineralization and higher grade IN THE KNOWN veins systems
within the 2000x200x200 m zone.




The reader is cautioned that historical drilling results are being
confirmed by current drilling, and such historical results cannot be
relied upon until reconfirmed. There are no known mineral resources on
the property, and there can be no assurance that any mineral resources
will be discovered on the properties, and if discovered there is no
assurance that any mineralization may be economically extracted.




The information in this release has been reviewed on behalf of the
Company by consultants Dr. Stewart A Jackson, P. Geol. and Mike
Dufresne, M.Sc., P.Geol., Qualified Persons. The program is being
supervised by Mike Dufresne of APEX Geosciences Ltd.


ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF

GOLDEN DAWN MINERALS INC.


"Wolf Wiese"

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Wolf Wiese

President/CEO