Farallon to announce fourth quarter and year end results on March 30, 2010

CONFERENCE CALL TO BE HELD ON MARCH 31, 2010

VANCOUVER, March 25 /CNW/ - Farallon Mining will release its Fourth Quarter and Year End results before the market opens on Tuesday March 30, 2010. A conference call and webcast will be held by management on Wednesday March 31, 2010 at 8:00 AM Pacific Time (11:00 AM Eastern Time) to further discuss the results.

The conference call can be accessed by telephone at the following numbers [phone] or the toll-free number [phone]. A live webcast will also be available at www.farallonmining.com or at the following webcast location : http://www.newswire.ca/en/webcast/viewEvent.cgi?eventID=2969780 The replay of the conference call will be on the website after the call is completed.

Farallon's G-9 zinc, copper, silver, gold and lead mine at the Campo Morado Property in Mexico reached commercial production in April 2009. The Company is targeting annual production of 120 million pounds of zinc and 15 million pounds of copper per year.

    
    ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
    J.R.H. (Dick) Whittington
    President & CEO
    

No regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information contained in this news release.

Forward Looking Information

This release includes certain statements that may be deemed "forward-looking statements." All statements in this release, other than statements of historical facts, that address future production, reserve or resource potential, continuity of mineralization, exploration drilling, operational activities, production rates, costs to completion and events or developments that the Company expects, or is targeting, are forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes that the expectations expressed in such forward looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those in the forward looking statements and may require achievement of a number of operational, technical, economic, financial and legal objectives. The likelihood of continued future mining at Campo Morado is subject to a large number of risks, including obtaining lower than expected grades and quantities of mineralization and resources, lower than expected mill recovery rates and mining rates, changes in and the effect of government policies with respect to mineral exploration and exploitation, the possibility of local disputes including blockades of the company's property, the possibility of adverse developments in the financial markets generally, fluctuations in the prices of zinc, gold, silver, copper and lead, obtaining additional mining and construction permits, preparation of all necessary engineering for ongoing underground and processing facilities as well as receipt of additional financing to fund mine construction, development and operation, if needed. Such funding may not be available to the Company on acceptable terms or on any terms at all. There are no mineral reserves at Campo Morado and there is no assurance that the mineralization at Campo Morado will ever be classified as mineral reserves. For more information on the Company and the risk factors inherent in its business, investors should review the Company's Annual Information Form at www.sedar.com.

For further information: on Farallon Mining Ltd., please visit the Company's website at www.farallonmining.com or contact Neil MacRae, Investor Relations Manager, at [phone] or within North America at 1-877-688-2050