UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
| Pine Valley Mining Corporation ——————————————————————————————————— | ||||
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| Brtish Columbia ——————————————————————————————————— | ||||
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| 501-535 Thurlow Street Vancouver, BC V6E 3L2 | ||||
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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, February 15, 2005 – Pine Valley Mining Corporation (TSX-VE: PVM; OTCBB: PVMCF) (the “Company” or “Pine Valley”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Martin Rip, CA, as Vice-President, Finance and Financial Officer of the Company effective February 14, 2005. Mr. Rip is a Chartered Accountant with over eight years experience providing business advice to a variety of clients. He joins the Company from Grant Thornton LLP where he served as a Senior Manager in the Assurance and Business Advisory practice, focusing on the needs of public company clients. Martin was formerly with Deloitte & Touche in the UK and holds a law degree from the University of Birmingham. Recently, he has concentrated on providing internal control expertise to his clients and Martin brings a strong background in this field to Pine Valley. Also effective February 14, 2005, the Company has granted, under its Share Option Plan, an incentive stock options to officers and employees to purchase to 400,000 Common shares in the capital of the Company exercisable for a period of five years ending on February 14, 2010 at a price of $5.60 per share. The options will vest as to 50,000 Common shares on May 14, 2005 and 50,000 Common shares every three months thereafter until fully vested. This news release contains certain “forward looking statements”, as defined in the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, that a number of risks and uncertainties including but not limited to economic, competitive, governmental and geological factors effecting the Company’s operations, markets, products and prices and other risk factors. There can be no assurances that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Factors that could cause future results to differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements include the Company’s dependence on the steel industry, volatility in coal prices, accidents and risks associated with mining operations, the Company’s need for and of additional financing, the restrictions imposed under the Company’s existing debt arrangements and its debt service requirements and the other risk factors discussed in greater detail in the Company’s various filings with the and Exchange Commission and Canadian securities regulators, including the Company’s Form 20-F dated September 30, 2004. PINE VALLEY MINING CORPORATION “Graham Mackenzie” Graham Mackenzie President and Chief Executive Officer ### Pine Valley Mining Corporation web site: www.pinevalleycoal.com Contacts: Graham Mackenzie Mark Fields President & CEO Executive Vice President (604) 682-4678 (604) 682-4678 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada gmackenzie@pinevalleycoal.com mfields@pinevalleycoal.com The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
| Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. |
| Pine Valley Mining Corporation | ||
| Date: 02/15/2005 | By: | Graham Mackenzie |
| Name: | Graham Mackenzie | |
| Title: | President & CEO | |
