CENTURY MINING ANNOUNCES UP TO C$6 MILLION IN FINANCINGS

Blaine, WA:  June 5, 2008 - Century Mining Corporation (CMM: TSX-V) announced that, subject to regulatory approval, it has arranged with a Swiss institution a C$6.0 million financing for its Lamaque Project.

Details of the financing are as follows:

Convertible Debenture Facility for C$1.0 million

• Zero-coupon facility with 12 month maturity.
• Lender has the right to convert the debenture into approximately 5.6 million Units at a price of C$0.18 per Unit within 12 months from issue.

?         Each Unit will comprise one Common Share and One-Half of One Common Share Purchase Warrant.  Each whole Common Share Purchase Warrant will entitle the holder to purchase an additional Common Share at an exercise price of $0.30 per share for a period of 18 months.

• Finder's fee of 6% to be paid in units.

Bridge Loan Facility for C$5.0 million

• The term of the loan will be the earlier of 24 months or the date that the previously-announced project loan facility with Fortis becomes available for drawdown.
• The loan will bear interest of LIBOR + 6%.

?         The loan will be secured by Lamaque milling circuit and other assets at the Sigma Lamaque Complex.

• Draw down conditional on due diligence on the Lamaque Mine and mining operations satisfactory to the lender.
• Finder's fee of 4% of the total facility to be paid in common shares of the company.

The convertible debenture is scheduled to close immediately and draw down of the bridge facility is expected in the near term.

As announced on May 12, 2008 Century is currently negotiating a significant project loan facility with Fortis for up to C$70 million.  The financings announced today were arranged to provide Century with sufficient capital to continue production expansion at the Lamaque Mine until the proceeds from the project loan facility are available.

Margaret Kent, President & CEO, commented: "Today's announcement is another important step in Century's plan to expand production at the Lamaque Underground Mine.  The financing announced today will provide Century with the additional capital to operate the Lamaque Mine until the operation is cash flow neutral and the Fortis facility can be drawn down."

About Century Mining Corporation

Century Mining Corporation is an emerging mid-tier gold producer that is aggressively acquiring producing mines and exploration properties in Peru. The Company owns and produces gold at the Lamaque mine in Qu?bec that historically has produced over 9.4 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.  Century's growth strategy is to acquire gold producing assets in South America that will substantially reduce the Company's consolidated total cash cost of production and where there is exceptional exploration potential to expand production at these mines.

"Margaret M. Kent"

Chairman, President & CEO

For further investor information, please contact:

Brent Jones, Manager of Investor Relations

E-mail: bjones@centurymining.com

Phone: (877) 284-6535 or (360) 332-4653

Fax: (360) 332-4652

Website: www.centurymining.com

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