Inmet to Announce Second Quarter 2011 Financial Results July 25, 2011 Followed by Conference Call and Webcast July 26, 2011

TORONTO, CANADA -- (Marketwire) -- 07/12/11 -- Inmet Mining Corporation (TSX: IMN) (Inmet) will be releasing its second quarter results on Monday, July 25, 2011 after the close of trading and will conduct a live audio webcast and conference call discussing the results on Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. The call will be hosted by Jochen Tilk, President and Chief Executive Officer.

You are cordially invited to listen to the conference call via audio webcast through either http://events.digitalmedia.telus.com/inmet/072611/index.php or www.inmetmining.com. After the broadcast, an archive of the audio webcast will be available on both websites.

Interested persons who are unable to connect to the audio webcast can listen to the second quarter results conference call by dialing 1 416 695-6616 (local/international) or toll free 1 800 952-6845 (North America only). No passcode is required for the live conference call.

A conference call replay will be available beginning July 26, 2011 at 10:30 a.m. and will run until August 26, 2011 at midnight. The dial-in numbers for the replay are as follows: 1 905 694-9451 (local/international) or toll-free 1 800 408-3053 (North America only) with each number to be followed by passcode 5516403.

ABOUT INMET

Inmet (TSX: IMN) is a Canadian-based global mining company that produces copper, zinc and pyrite. We have three wholly-owned mining operations: Cayeli (Turkey), Las Cruces (Spain) and Pyhasalmi (Finland). We also have a 100 percent interest in Cobre Panama, a development project in Panama.

This press release is also available at www.inmetmining.com.

FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

Securities regulators encourage companies to disclose forward-looking information to help investors understand a company's future prospects. This press release contains statements about our future financial condition, results of operations and business.

These are 'forward-looking' because we have used what we know and expect today to make a statement about the future. Forward-looking statements usually include words such as may, expect, anticipate, believe or other similar words. We believe the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable. However, actual events and results could be substantially different because of the risks and uncertainties associated with our business or events that happen after the date of this press release. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. As a general policy, we do not update forward-looking statements except as required by securities laws and regulations.

Contacts:

Inmet Mining Corporation

Flora Wood

Director, Investor Relations

1 (416) 361-4808
www.inmetmining.com