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Empire Appoints David Cliff as President and CEO, Director
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Vancouver, B.C., February 1st, 2008. Empire Mining Corporation (EPC:
TSX-V) ("Empire" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that Mr.
David Cliff has been appointed to the position of President and Chief
Executive Officer and a director of the Company.

Mr. Cliff is the former Exploration Manager, Europe of Rio Tinto
Exploration. During his 26 years with Rio Tinto he was involved in the
discovery of three gold deposits and one copper deposit and gained
experience in the exploration and development of a wide variety of
minerals and deposit types with a particular specialization in
copper-gold porphyry systems and epithermal precious metal systems. He
has lead multinational and multidisciplinary teams in a variety of
environments and jurisdictions, particularly in Central and Eastern
Europe and Turkey and has extensive experience in the evaluation of
mineral projects and in the negotiation of all forms of mining industry
agreements.

"The appointment of Mr. Cliff marks the beginning of a new stage in the
Company's growth" stated Company director, Mr. Robert Giustra. "We are
extremely delighted to have David Cliff accept this important
appointment and look forward to his considerable expertise in
management and strong technical background in directing our talented
team of professionals."

Empire is currently evaluating a number of mineral properties for
potential acquisition. The Company's initial acquisition consists of
an option to earn a 65% interest in the Bursa copper-molybdenum-gold
porphyry property located in western Turkey.

The Bursa Property is located 120km south of Istanbul and covers 429km2
within a belt of demonstrated copper and molybdenum porphyry systems in
Bursa and Kutahya provinces. Past drilling by Rio Tinto on one of
these systems, Karapinar, intersected 0.36% Cu, 51ppm Mo, and 0.1ppm Au
over 221 meters from surface and 0.31% Cu, 152ppm Mo, and 0.07ppm Au
over 54m at a depth of 273 meters in the same hole. A number of drill
targets on the Property with potential for economically important
porphyry and associated skarn systems remain untested.

Work at Bursa is planned to begin in March 2008 with the aim of
establishing potentially economic copper-gold mineralization through
drilling at Karapinar and other partially defined mineralized zones.
Geochemical and geophysical surveying and geological mapping will also
be carried out to identify and delineate additional targets for drill
testing.

The Company's Qualified Person, John Prochnau, B.Sc. (Mining
Engineering), M.Sc. (Geology), a director of Empire, has reviewed and
approved the content of this news release.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD,

Robert F. Giustra
Director

For more information contact:

Ray Lagace
Investor Relations
604-638-3474 or 1-866-689-2599
info@empireminingcorp.com


Cautionary note for US Investors: This news release may contain
forward-looking statements that may address future events and
conditions and therefore involve inherent risks or uncertainties.
Actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated
in such statements.

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