General Metals Technical Team Is Joined By Samuel Nunnemaker, P. Geo Who Leads Technical Data...

RENO, Nev. -- General Metals Corporation (OTCBB:GNMT) (Frankfurt:GMQ) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that Samuel G. Nunnemaker, P.Geo., B.Sc., Consulting Geologist, has joined the Company's technical operations team to lead the data exchange with Newmont Mining and to oversee the Phase 1

drilling program on the Independence Mine in Battle Mountain, NV. Sam is a Registered Professional Geologist with 30 years experience in base and precious metal exploration and development. He is a graduate of the Mackay School of Mines and Geology in Reno, Nevada and has held positions as District Geologist, Inmet Mining Corporation and Vice President Inmet Mining (U.S.) Inc., where he managed exploration activities in the U.S. and Mexico. He has also held positions as Senior Geologist, Alta Exploration Inc., Geologist, Freeport Exploration Company, and Geologist, Union Carbide Corporation. He has extensive experience in Nevada gold systems as well as precious and base metal systems in the western U.S. and Mexico. Mr. Nunnemaker currently is the owner of N.G.S., a Nevada based exploration and mining consultancy company.

Company President and CEO, Steve Parent said, "We are fortunate to have obtained Sam's services at this busy time in the mining industry. Sam is already intimate with our overall data and project and is also familiar with the Data Exchange personnel involved. The introductory data exchange occurred last Thursday and included a tour of the underground workings at the Independence. Sam will also play a lead role on our Ofelia project in Sonora, Mexico as we advance to a Letter of Intent and Agreement in Principle."

With all required drilling permits in place for Phase 1, final selection of drilling rigs and crews are underway and stage 1 of Phase 1 is expected to be complete around August 15, 2007.

About General Metals Corporation, Inc: General Metals is a gold and silver mining Company that operates the Independence Mine in Battle Mountain, NV and has recently acquired 150 sq. km. with a full prospecting license for gold, diamonds and base metals in Ghana, West Africa. The Independence mine is located as an island in Newmont Mining's world class Phoenix mine (www.newmont.com), which is the largest producing gold mine in the US. The Phoenix mine contains 8.5 million ounces of gold and 660 million pounds of copper in reserves. Historical and recent geologist and engineering reports discuss an estimated 235,000 ounces of gold and 2.5 million ounces of silver in the Independence shallow target and from 818,000 -2 million ounces of gold in the Independence deep target. Phase 1 shallow drilling is scheduled to commence in a few weeks. We recently executed a Confidentiality agreement with Newmont Mining to consider possible future operations.

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