Century Mining To Forego Acquisition Of Etruscan Shares

- $20 million private placement proceeding as planned -

BLAINE, WA, Sept. 23 /CNW/ - Century Mining Corporation (CMM: TSX-V) announced today that it will no longer proceed with the acquisition from Kirkland Intertrade Corp. all of the outstanding shares of 2190776 Ontario Inc. whose sole assets are 26,315,789 common shares and 6,890,741 share purchase warrants of Etruscan Resources Inc.

Century also confirmed today that the Company will proceed as planned with the $20 million private placement to Kirkland Intertrade Corp. (Kirkland") and Gravity Ltd. ("Gravity") announced on September 15 . At the close of this transaction, Kirkland and Gravity will own 35.0% of the outstanding shares (44.1% after exercise of warrants) of Century. Regarding shareholder approval of the transaction, Century will hold a special meeting of shareholders on October 27, 2009 for the purpose of, among other things, approving the acquisition by Kirkland and Gravity of more than 20% of the outstanding shares of Century. As previously announced, Kirkland and Gravity will also provide Century with a $4 million bridge loan facility to address the Company's immediate working capital needs. The bridge loan is in final documentation and is expected to close by October 2, 2009 .

On September 15, 2009 , Century announced that it would issue 44,000,000 common shares of Century as consideration for the above-mentioned shares of Etruscan, and as a result Century would hold 19.9% of Etruscan assuming exercise of these warrants. Century also announced on the same day that it would acquire from Kirkland a US$3 million promissory note of Etruscan, convertible under certain circumstances into common shares of Etruscan, together with certain share purchase warrants of Etruscan in exchange for an additional 16,843,850 common shares of Century.

In consultation with Kirkland, it was decided that as a result of the private placement announced by Etruscan today, Century's proposed acquisition of the Etruscan shares would amount to a significantly lower percentage of the total outstanding Etruscan shares than originally intended by Century. The Company understands that subsequently Kirkland has agreed to sell its interest in Etruscan.

Margaret Kent , President and CEO of Century commented, "We are very disappointed that Etruscan has decided to pursue other alternatives in the financing of its operations. Century's management team has extensive experience in the banking community and the restructuring of debt. We anticipated a possible business combination with Etruscan that we believe would have added value for the shareholders of Etruscan. Century is now working closely with our new investors to close the proposed equity deal, and keep the startup of gold mining operations at Lamaque on schedule."

About Century Mining Corporation

Century Mining Corporation is a junior gold producer. The Company owns and is working towards the start up of the Lamaque mine in Québec that historically has produced over 9.2 million ounces of gold. In Peru , Century wholly-owned subsidiaries own an 82.6% interest in the San Juan Mine where the Company accounts for 100% of gold production. Total gold production for 2007 and 2008 was 63,124 and 14,252 ounces of gold, respectively.

    
    "Margaret M. Kent"
    Chairman, President & CEO

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