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October 25, 2011

AXMIN, AN EMERGING PRODUCER, STRENGTHENS ITS PASSENDRO MINE DEVELOPMENT TEAM



Toronto, Ontario – October 20, 2011 – AXMIN Inc
. ( TSX Venture: AXM) (“AXMIN” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce two new appointments to its development team that is responsible for construction of the wholly-owned Passendro Gold Project, located in the Central African Republic (“CAR”). The addition of Mike Edwards as Project Director and Geoff McLoughlin as Engineering Manager will broaden AXMIN’s existing skill base for the construction at Passendro which is anticipated to begin in 2012.



Mr. Mike Edwards, a Senior Project Director with over 40 years experience, 25 of which were in high-level positions, managing the construction and development of major mining, hydroelectric, civil and earthworks projects primarily throughout sub-Saharan Africa. As Senior VP Projects for MagIndustries Corp., Mike was responsible for the Group’s hydroelectric, mining and forestry projects in central Africa. Prior to that Mike was Divisional Director at Grinaker-LTA, a South African construction and engineering group focused on infrastructure, energy and mining projects. Over the 22 years with Grinaker-LTA, Mike was responsible for major studies and construction of many civil and mining projects including the 870 km gas pipeline from South Africa to Mozambique, Phase I of the Tarkwa Gold Mine project in Ghana and the Sadiola Gold Mine in Mali.



Mr. Geoff McLoughlin, a process Metallurgist, has 25 years senior level design and operational experience with gold mining projects and operations throughout Central Asia and Africa. As Chief Metallurgist for MAED Limited, Geoff’s experience included the design and commissioning of metallurgical operations for several gold operations in Central Asia. In particular, as Metallurgical Process Manager at the Amantaytau Goldfields 1 mtpa Milling Leach CIP operation; Geoff took the project from commissioning to a production capacity 60% higher than designed on budget and on time. Prior to that, Geoff was responsible for managing the Phase I and II of expansions at Randgold’s Syama Gold Mine in Mali, and was Plant Manager for four of Harmony Gold’s South African gold mines. Geoff has considerable recent experience in gold plant project implementation by leading the process as well as engineering design.



President and CEO of AXMIN, Mr. George Roach, comments, “These high-level appointments to AXMIN’s Passendro mine development team is a signal to the market of our confidence in our ability to both finance and build CAR’s first modern gold mine.



AXMIN is in the midst of a very busy period as it prepares for the construction of the Passendro project, while at the same time continuing to negotiate with banking consortiums for the remainder of the debt required. During this quarter we hope to advise our shareholders on the finalization of both the legal and technical due diligence; the award of the critical contracts required to finalize the terms for the debt package namely, the EPCM, fuel supply, power and mining equipment contracts; as well as the initiation of an exploration drill program targeting resource and reserve expansion.”

About AXMIN

AXMIN is a Canadian exploration and development company with a strong focus on central and West Africa. AXMIN has projects in Central African Republic, Mali, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Senegal and Zambia. For more information regarding AXMIN visit our website at www.axmininc.com



For additional information please contact AXMIN Inc.:



George Roachbr> President & CEO

DDirect T: +44 779 626 3999



Judy Websterbr> Manager Investor Relations

T: 416 368 0993 ext 221

ir@axmininc.com



Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.



This press release includes certain "Forward-Looking Statements." All statements, other than statements of historical fact included herein, including without limitation, statements regarding future plans and objectives of AXMIN; and statements regarding the ability to develop and achieve production at Passendro, to revalidate the BFS and to satisfy the terms of the Mining Licence as negotiated, are forward-looking statements that involve various risks and uncertainties.



There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from AXMIN's expectations have been disclosed under the heading "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in AXMIN’s documents filed from time-to-time with the TSX Venture Exchange and other regulatory authorities.  AXMIN disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether resulting from new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.