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Re:   News - Wednesday, May 26, 2010
      Minco Silver Appoints VP of Operations and President of Foshan
      Minco Fuwan Mining Co. Ltd.
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Minco Silver Corporation (the "Company" or "Minco Silver") (TSX: MSV)
is pleased to announce that Dr. Dianmin Chen has been appointed as Vice
President of Operations for Minco Silver and President of Foshan Minco
Fuwan Mining Co. Ltd.  Dr. Chen will be based at the Fuwan Mine site
located in Gaoming, Guangdong Province, China, and will be in charge of
the construction and operation of the Fuwan Silver Project.

After working in the Chinese mining industry for eight years, Dr. Chen
joined Northparkes Mines of Rio Tinto for four years.  He was with
Barrick Gold Corporation for a decade (1998 to 2007) working in
progressively senior roles at several of its projects and operations in
Australia. Dr. Chen was the Executive Director and General Manager at
Sino Jinfeng Mining Ltd, a subsidiary of Sino Gold Corporation from
2007 to 2009, and was responsible for the management of the Jinfeng
Gold Mine located in Guizhou Province, China.  Prior to joining Minco
Silver, Dr. Chen was the Chief Operations Officer of CITIC Pacific
Mining Management Ltd, responsible for the development of a large
magnetic iron ore mine in Western Australia. 

Dr. Chen holds the degree of Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering
from the Central South University of China, and Ph.D. in Mining
Geomechanics from the University of Wollongong of Australia. 

"We are very pleased to welcome Dr. Chen to the Minco team," commented
Dr. Ken Cai, Chairman and CEO of Minco Silver, "Dr. Chen brings over 28
years of experience in mine construction, operations, management,
project development, strategic planning and corporate management.  He
will be in charge of the day-to-day management, development and
construction of the Fuwan Silver Mine. His breadth of experience both
in China and Australia will be invaluable as the Company advances the
Fuwan Silver project into production."

About Minco Silver

Minco Silver Corporation (TSX: MSV) is a TSX listed company focusing on
the acquisition and development of silver dominant projects. The
Company owns 90% interest in the world class Fuwan Silver Deposit,
situated along the northeast margin of the highly prospective Fuwan
Silver Belt. For more information on Minco Silver, please visit the
website at www.mincosilver.ca or contact Ute Koessler at 1-888-288-8288
or (604) 688-8002 ir@mincosilver.ca.

 
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

"Dr. Ken Z. Cai"

Chairman & CEO


The Toronto Stock Exchange does not accept responsibility for the
accuracy of this news release. Certain terms or statements made that
are not historical facts, such as anticipated advancement of mineral
properties or programs, productions, sales of assets, exploration plans
or results, costs, prices, performance are "forward-looking statements"
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995, and involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those projected, anticipated,
expected or implied. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not
limited to; metals price volatility, volatility of metals production,
project development risks and ability to raise financing. The Company
undertakes no obligation and has no intention of updating
forward-looking statements.

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