Tombstone Exploration Renews Six Arizona State Exploration Permits

PHOENIX, AZ -- (Marketwire - May 31, 2011) - Tombstone Exploration Corporation (OTCBB: TMBXF) (OTCQB: TMBXF) announced today the renewal of six Copper Silver/Gold Exploration permits in Arizona.

After continued review of the ZTEM Geophysical Report from Geotech Ltd., TMBXF has renewed all of its State Exploration Permits in the Tombstone Mining District. The applications for renewal encompass five sections, totaling approximately 2,600 acres in the Tombstone Mining District. The rocks in these parcels are principally the Bisbee Group sediments and metasediments that have been highly productive in both the Tombstone Mining District and in the Warren (Bisbee) Mining District, Arizona.

The ZTEM data indicates there are at least four to five porphyry targets on the Company's property, and there is still a very large land position to review. Of the targets that have been identified so far, two have precious metal (Gold and Silver) occurrences as "halos" around the properties, which are significant characteristics of porphyry systems.

Alan Brown, President of TMBXF, stated, "The area included in the six exploration permits encompass a key portion of our land holdings and one section is the focus of one of our most defined targets as identified in the Geophysical ZTEM Report and the continued geological work that has been performed on the property."

TMBXF is focused primarily on exploration and development of mineral resources. Tombstone Exploration Corporation has the mineral rights to approximately 11,500 acres of historical mining land in the areas around Tombstone, Arizona and is the largest landholder in the Tombstone Mining District.


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Contact Information

Investor Inquiries:
Redstone Communications, LLC
317-337-1800

Tombstone Exploration Corporation
Alan M. Brown, President
480-305-4507
480-452-0286 (fax)
Email Contact
www.tombstonemining.com

Investor Relations:
The Eversull Group, Inc.
Jack Eversull, President
972-571-1624
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