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ZUG, SWITZERLAND–(Marketwire – Oct. 22, 2012) – Panex Resources Incorporated (the “Company,” or “Panex”) (OTCQB:DBGF)(FRANKFURT:D1Q), an exploration stage company, engages in the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties. The company intends to explore for commercially viable deposits of base and precious minerals, such as gold, silver, lead, barium, mercury, copper, and zinc minerals, as well as bulk commodity minerals, such as coal, iron, and potash.
As of October 19, 2012, the board of Panex is very pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Kovaldas Balciauskas as CEO. Klaus Eckof will resign as CEO and act as non-executive director for the Company. Ross Doyle will remain as CFO.
Mr. Balciauskas was active in the mining industry when working with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in the anthracitic coal region of Eastern Pennsylvania, USA from 1995. From 2001 Mr. Balciauskas was working as a commodity trading officer at the Chicago Board of Trade and then as CEO of KB Futures LLC, a Chicago based commodity brokerage firm. Since 2007 Mr. Balciauskas has been COO of Eurotraders AG, a Zug, Switzerland-based asset management company.
Panex common stock is traded on the OTCQB in the United States and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in Germany under the symbols (OTCQB:DBGF), (Frankfurt:D1Q).
ON BEHALF OF PANEX
Kovaldas “KB” Balciauskas, CEO
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Contact Information
Panex Resources Incorporated
Kovaldas “KB” Balciauskas
CEO
(+41) 7887 96966
