Capstone's Subsidiary Minto Explorations Makes Contribution in Support of the
Whitehorse Food Bank

VANCOUVER, July 20 /CNW/ - Capstone Mining Corp. (CS: TSX) is pleased to report that its wholly owned subsidiary, Minto Explorations Ltd., has made a $10,000 donation to the Whitehorse Food Bank, supporting the organization's efforts to provide hope for the hungry in Whitehorse and surrounding communities. Minto Explorations owns and operates the Minto copper-gold mine, located 240km north of Whitehorse, Yukon.

Minto's donation is planned to be the beginning of a long-term commitment to the Whitehorse Food Bank, providing a predictable and stable source of income, ensuring sustainability and the opportunity for the organization to develop truly effective programming.

"Giving back to worthy causes within the communities in which we operate is very important to us," said Stephen Quin, President of Capstone and Minto. "We recognize the importance of the Food Bank and all they do for the people of Whitehorse. We encourage other local businesses to also become active partners with the Food Bank."

Whitehorse Food Bank's Fundraising Chair Dave Stockdale says, "We are deeply thankful for the generosity of the people at Capstone and Minto. It is exciting to see the food bank's efforts continue to grow and be such a community-owned and community-driven project."

About the Whitehorse Food Bank

The Whitehorse Food Bank is a community volunteer based organization working in partnership with many local and national organizations. Each month, the Whitehorse Food Bank offers more than 450 food hampers to citizens in a friendly and open environment. Their mission is to provide emergency food to the hungry while supporting the greater effort to alleviate poverty, as part of a caring community. For more information, visit http://www.whitehorsefoodbank.ca/.

About Capstone

Capstone owns and operates two high grade copper mines and has an advanced high grade copper-zinc development project, all located in favourable mining jurisdictions in North America. The Cozamin Mine is a high grade, relatively shallow, mechanized underground copper mine in Zacatecas, Mexico, with significant by-product credits of zinc, lead and silver. The Minto Mine is a high grade open pit copper-gold mine, and is located in the Yukon, Canada. In addition, Capstone owns the high grade Kutcho Copper Project in British Columbia, Canada, which is being advanced towards a production decision, and could produce significant by-products of zinc, silver and gold. Capstone aims to grow both organically through its existing projects, and through mergers and acquisitions. Capstone's growth ambitions are backed up by a successful track record of growth through both avenues, and supported by a strong balance sheet and significant equity investments.

Capstone is deeply involved in a number of charitable efforts including partnerships with the Yukon Hospital Foundation, Yukon Special Olympics, Yukon First Nations and BC Children's Hospital Foundation amongst many others.

For further information: about Capstone's community efforts please contact: Julie Drossos, Corporate Communications at [phone] or [phone], [email protected]; For further information about the Whitehorse Food Bank please contact: Dave Stockdale, Fundraising Chair, Food Bank Society of Whitehorse at [phone]