Monument Appoints New Director  

Vancouver, B.C. Monument Mining Limited (TSX-V: MMY and FSE: D7Q1) ("Monument" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has appointed Mr. Graham Dickson to the Board of Directors effective June 25, 2009.

Mr. Dickson brings a wealth of mining industry experience to the Board. He is a mining executive with over 25 years extensive hands on experience in the gold mining industry and has built numerous gold treatment plants in remote areas of the world. In the past, he served in various capacities with BYG Natural Resources Ltd., which had an operating gold mine in the Yukon Territory. He also acted as General Manager of a turnkey construction company for gold milling facilities in remote locations, including the Snip Mill for Cominco Ltd., Golden Patricia Mill for Bond Gold and Seabee Mill for Claude Resources. In the same capacity, he has recently completed the surface facilities, for Bema Gold's Julietta mine in Far East Russia, ahead of schedule and under budget. Mr. Dickson is currently serving as Chief Operation Officer of Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp., which holds a diverse portfolio of gold, silver, zinc and copper properties in the Yukon Territory and British Columbia, Canada as well as in the states of Arizona and Nevada in the US.

Mr. Brazier, Chairman of the Board said: "We are pleased to have Mr. Dickson join the Monument Board of Directors. His experience and the fact he is a mining professional compliment the present Board and is invaluable for our Selinsing gold mine development currently being undertaken in Malaysia."

     Robert F. Baldock, President and CEO

Monument Mining Limited

       Park Place, Suite 710, 666 Burrard Street

Vancouver B.C. Canada V6C 3P6

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Richard Cushing, Investor Relations                  Wolfgang Seybold, President, Axino AG

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Forward-Looking Statement:

This press release contains forward-looking statements about Monument Mining Limited ("Monument"), its business and future plans, including the contemplated phase I and phase II development plans resulting in the commencement of mining and gold production, and in respect of the dates and amounts projected for these two phases resulting in the plant construction, gold production, gold sales and costs of the Selinsing Project. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and include the timing of the proposed programs and events. The forward-looking statements in this press release are subject to various risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results or achievements to different materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These risks and certain other factors include, without limitation, uncertainty to the actual cost of the gravity circuit and the estimated cash flows which may be generated from the gravity circuit, the risk that the Selinsing Project will not be completed successfully or in a timely manner, general economic factors and other factors that may be beyond the control of Monument. Forward-looking statements are based upon the beliefs, opinions and expectations of the management of Monument at the time they are made and Monument does not assume any obligation to update its forward-looking statements if those beliefs, opinions, expectations or circumstances should change.