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	January 16, 2006 East Asia Minerals Forges Path Into China
	VANCOUVER, B.C. -- January 16 -- East Asia Minerals Corporation (TSXV-EAS) advances its China strategy to acquire quality gold projects and build strategic partnerships. The Company announces it has hired Dr. Frank Feng to manage exploration activities in China. Dr. Feng has 23 years of exploration experience in China and has considerable expertise with Chinese gold deposits. He has already introduced the Company to a number of promising project possibilities, some of which are currently under negotiation. Prior to joining East Asia Minerals Dr. Feng was Project Manager in China with Goldfields. "Dr. Feng's extensive professional network and Geological Institute associations will greatly assist East Asia Minerals to acquire and explore quality Chinese projects" stated Lyndon Bradish, President and CEO of East Asia' Minerals. "His addition to our management team in conjunction with the recent addition of Ms. Mei Yao to our Board of Directors, positions East Asia to better focus on China's mineral potential." As previously announced in December, 2005, the appointment of Ms. Mei Yao to East Asia's Board of Directors provides another key component to the Company's China strategy. Ms. Yao is a uniquely skilled individual who is both an investment professional and a United Nations Certified Chinese-English Simultaneous Interpreter. In those capacities she has forged significant political and business connections within China which include leading both central government-owned enterprises and key provincial players who have a significant presence in China's resource industry. Her extensive network and knowledge of China's resource sector will be of assistance in developing new partnerships and generating investment opportunities. Ms. Yao is responsible for China projects for her firm, The Sentient Group, which is an international private equity resource investment firm. East Asia Minerals views Ms. Yao as an extremely valuable addition to the Board and is extremely pleased to have the opportunity to work with her firm, through its Sydney office, in developing new business opportunities in East Asia About East Asia Minerals Corporation East Asia is an Asian-based Canadian mineral exploration company with projects in Mongolia and on-going acquisition targets in the Philippines, China, Mongolia and PNG. The Company has met the earn-in requirements to acquire a 75% interest in the Khok Adar copper oxide discovery by completing USD 1 million of exploration. It also has acquired options to four uranium properties and the Deren low sulphidation epithermal gold project, all located in central Mongolia. East Asia currently has 40,572,629 shares outstanding. The Company's shares are listed for trading on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "EAS". -30- FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, visit the Company's website at www.EastAsiaMinerals.com, or contact: East Asia Minerals Corp. Lyndon Bradish, President and CEO Tel: +852 2719-1551 (Hong Kong) Mobile +852 6103-9094 Fax: +852 2719-1664 E-mail: [email protected] www.eastasiaminerals.com CHF Investor Relations Nick Kohlmann, M.Sc., Vice President Tel: +1-416-868-1079 x222 Fax: +1-416-868-6198 Email: [email protected] www.chfir.com Should you wish to receive Company news via email, please email [email protected] and specify "EAS News" in the subject line. The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

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