Yap International Appoints Roland Vetter as Chief Financial Officer

[September 04, 2004]

Yap International Appoints Roland Vetter as Chief Financial Officer

VAN HUYS, CA, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Yap International, Inc. (YPIL.PK - OTC), a provider of Voice over Internet Protocol ("VoIP") communication services and products, today announced that it has appointed Roland Vetter as its Chief Financial Officer.

Roland Vetter was born and educated in Johannesburg, South Africa. A Member of both the Canadian and South African Institutes of Chartered Accountants, he attended the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, where he obtained his Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Accounting degrees. Mr. Vetter immigrated from South Africa in 1998 and settled in Vancouver, BC, Canada, where he currently resides.
Mr. Vetter was the former Group Financial Services Director for the Zimco Group, a $300 million per annum division of Anglo American Corporation and a former Chairman of the Anglo American Audit Liaison Committee. Mr. Vetter was with Zimco for 12 years.
Since settling in Canada, Mr. Vetter has held the position of Chief Financial Officer and VP Finance & Admin. for Xenex Innovations Ltd., a TSX Venture Exchange company specialising in the commercialisation of new technology. More recently he was the CEO of both Olim Software Solution Co. Ltd. and Milo 1 Network Solutions Ltd. As well, Mr. Vetter was a director of Dasek Securities Ltd., a Bermuda-based company.
This group of companies created integrated web-databases and e-commerce solutions in the form of Oracle custom-built trading systems for multinational companies. He still consults for Level-1 Communications SA, a Swiss company specialising in trading systems for multinational corporations.
As an executive with a significant background in growing start-up companies, Mr. Vetter specialises in technology and manufacturing with the skill to highlight opportunities and find innovative solutions to successfully grow such companies.
He has diverse financial and operational ability at an executive level, including specialist skills in completing due diligence, business plans and fund-raising; then using his hands-on expertise in assimilating and rationalizing operations as well as implementing projects, mergers, acquisitions and disposals. He has been responsible for risk management, internal controls, corporate governance and optimizing funding structures including corporate tax planning.
The management team at Yap International, Inc. is excited about this newly appointed position and feels that the diverse background and experience that Mr. Vetter brings to the team will only help to ensure the Company's successful implementation of their business plan.
About Yap International, Inc.
Yap International, Inc. is a multi-national Internet Communications Company developing cost effective telecommunications through Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technologies. The Company currently holds the worldwide marketing rights for the only VoIP technology that requires no computer or high speed Internet connection and works in conjunction with any standard push button phone to access VoIP savings. The Company plans on targeting the market of more than 1.1 billion telephones worldwide, but specifically, the international calling market as it pertains to foreign-born residents living in the United States and Canada. The company is headquartered in Las Vegas with administrative offices in Vancouver and sales offices in Los Angeles.
To learn more about Yap International, Inc. please visit us at
http://www.yapinternational.com/

For further information please contact:
Investor Relations
Darren (604) 601-8432
email: info@yapinternational.com

This media release may contain forward-looking statements regarding, but
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size, international sales, marketing, future events and performance of
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Yap International Inc.

CONTACT: Investor Relations, Darren (604) 601-8432, email:info@yapinternational.com

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