Century Mining Appoints New President & CEO

BLAINE, WASHINGTON -- (Marketwire) -- 01/04/11 -- Century Mining Corporation ('Century' or the 'Company') (TSX VENTURE: CMM) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Daniel Major, B. Eng. (Honors) as the Company's new President, Chief Executive Officer and Director, with his appointment effective January 3, 2011.

'We are extremely fortunate to have a person of Daniel's calibre and experience to lead Century at this stage of its development. His broad and diversified experience will benefit the Company's current and future development of its extensive gold resources,' said Keith Hulley, interim CEO of Century Mining.

Mr. Major brings close to 25 years of extensive international mining experience, including mine development planning, project development, operations management, commercial negotiations, project and debt financing, and mergers and acquisitions.

Mr. Major's recent roles included COO of Ecometals Limited, overcoming political and legal issues in South America to advance the company's exploration and development projects. Prior to that Mr. Major was at Basic Element, a large and diversified Moscow-based conglomerate that he joined in 2003. He was CEO of the resource division, specifically responsible for development of the mining and other assets in Russia. The division had an annual revenue turnover in excess of a half a billion dollars, and was a producer of approximately 8% of global ferro molybdenum. This division had over 17,000 employees, and under his tenure the mines achieved two million manhours without a lost time accident.

Earlier in Mr. Major's career, he spent time as an investment banker and senior mining analyst at financial institutions that included JP Morgan and HSBC, where he was part of the No. 1 ranked Global Mining Team. He holds a B.Eng. (Honors) from Camborne School of Mines in Cornwall, England.

Concurrently with Mr. Major's appointment, Mr. Keith Hulley will step down from the position of Interim CEO and also leave the Board of Century Mining to enjoy his retirement.

'I would like to thank Keith for his hard work and dedication during this transition period since August 2010. Keith's dedication to the Company to ensure progress continues at the Lamaque and San Juan gold mine operations has been invaluable and at 71 years of age and over 45 years in the mining field, we wish him a well deserved retirement,' commented Ricardo Campoy, Lead Director of Century.

Mr. Daniel Major, Century's new President and CEO, has been granted 3,000,000 stock options for a period of five years at the closing price as at January 4, 2011. The Company has also granted stock options to Officers, employees and consultants to purchase up to 995,000 shares (445,000 shares at a price of $0.44 per share and 550,000 shares at a price of $0.43 per share) for a period of five years, which includes 225,000 options priced at $0.43 per share to Officers.

About Century Mining Corporation

Century Mining Corporation is a Canadian junior gold producer and holds strategic land positions in Canada, the United States and Peru. The Company's strategy is to grow to an intermediate gold producer through existing mine expansions and acquisitions of other strategic and synergistic gold opportunities.

On behalf of Century Mining Corporation,

Ricardo Campoy, Lead Director

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Contacts:

Century Mining Corporation

Peter A. Ball

Vice President Investor Relations

(360) 332-4653 or Toll Free: (877) 284-6535
pball@centurymining.com
www.centurymining.com