International Tower Hill Mines Appoints James Komadina as New CEO (THM)

International Tower Hill Mines (NYSE: THM) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. James J. Komadina as the Company's new Chief Executive Officer and as a director, effective June 1, 2011. He will be stepping into the role currently held by Jeff Pontius, who will move to the Company's board of directors. Mr. Komadina has 32 years of diverse natural resource experience in project development, construction and operations, having held senior management positions with major gold producers including Gold Fields, AngloGold and Newmont.