Vancouver, B.C. Monument Mining Limited (TSX-V: M MY and FSE: D7Q1) (“Monument” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce it has received TSX Venture acceptance for, and has closed, the acquisition for 49% of the Mersing Gold Project through its wholly owned Malaysian subsidiary, Damar Consolidated Exploration Sdn. Bhd. The Mersing Gold Project is located in Jahore State, Malaysia, approximately 300 km away from the Company’s Selinsing gold mine.

As previously announced, the Company signed an Earn-In Agreement with a Malaysian company, Emas Kehidupan Sdn. Bhd. (“EK”) and its 30% joint venture partners, under which Monument has the right to earn up to a 100% interest in the “Mersing Gold Project” (previously known as the “Gunung Arong Gold Prospect”). The Mersing Gold Project is held through mining certificate #1221 for 256 hectares of prospective land, located approximately 30 kilometers north-west of Mersing Town in Jahore State, Malaysia. 

Pursuant to the terms of the Earn-In Agreement, Monument has initiated a two-year earn-in period of the Mersing Gold Project by paying $500,000 cash and issuing 1,500,000 fully paid Monument shares to the vendors in exchange for 70% of the shares in EK. As EK holds a 70% interest in the Mersing Gold Project, Monument’s 70% interest in EK gives it a 49% interest in the Mersing Gold Project. During the first two-year earn-in period, the Company is obligated to complete $2,000,000 in exploration on the Mersing Gold Project. 

The Company has the right to earn a further 21% interest in the Mersing Gold Project by making either, at the option of the vendors, a further $1,500,000 cash payment to the vendors or by issuing 2,500,000 fully paid Monument shares to the vendors in order to acquire the remaining 30% of the issued EK shares bringing Monument’s interest in the Mersing Gold Project to 70%. As additional consideration to earn the 21% interest in the Mersing Gold Project, Monument must commit to initiate a second two-year earn-in period resulting in a further exploration obligation totaling $2,000,000 to be completed by Monument within two years. 

Upon acquiring 100% of the shares of EK and reaching a 70% ownership level in the Mersing Gold Project, the Company has the right, for a period of 180 days after the completion of its second earn-in exploration obligations and the completion of an initial or pre-feasibility study on the project, to buy out the remaining 30% interest in the project thereby achieving 100% ownership in the Mersing Gold Project. The consideration of this buy-out will be based on an independent valuation and be paid in cash or by issuing shares of Monument at the option of the vendors and remains subject to the acceptance of the TSX Venture Exchange. Throughout these arrangements Monument will be the sole operator and manager of the Mersing Gold Project.

The original Malaysian Geological Survey identified a widespread geochemical anomaly that follows the north-west regional structural trend running for more than 30 kilometers, commencing near the beach at Kampung Sri Pantai running inland toward the Mersing Gold Project. The presence of widespread quartz veining within the highly deformed metasediments, sulphide mineralization and free gold showing in the vein material, and the evidence of substantial alluvial mining and processing activities indicate that the Mersing Gold Project has potential to host primary gold mineralization. To date, the area has not been systematically explored for its primary gold potential and no production details are available.

The Company is now planning an exploration program on the Mersing Gold Project as a part of its gold project pipeline development in Malaysia. Exploration at the Mersing Gold Project will provide an opportunity to understand the geological nature of gold mineralization within the Mersing district and, if successful, will create an opportunity for further discovery along the structural trend as defined by the Mineral and Geosciences Department of Jahore State. 

About Monument Mining Limited

Canadian based Monument Mining Limited has two wholly-owned principal properties: Selinsing Gold Mine Project (“Selinsing”); and Damar Buffalo Reef Prospect (“Buffalo Reef”); which are located in Pahang State in the Central Gold Belt District of Malaysia. In addition, the Company recently acquired the Famehub properties comprising 32,000 acres of prospective exploration land adjacent and nearby the Selinsing and Buffalo Reef properties. 

In conjuction with extensive exploration programs at Selinsing, Buffalo Reef and the Famehub properties, the Company recently announced it exceeded its 2011 financial gold production target of 40,000 ounces by 10%. The Selinsing Gold Mine is scheduled to increase its annual production rate to approximately 55,000 ounces of gold inside its first full year of commercial production with an estimated average operating cash cost of approximately $317 per ounce. The phase III capacity expansion of the 400,000 tpa gold treatment plant to 1,000,000 tpa through the addition of an additional milling circuit is targeting completion in May 2012. The Company has recently announced that construction has commenced on the processing plant expansion and the expansion of the tailings storage facility to enable throughput of approximately 1,000,000 tpa for 10 years. 

The Company has also signed a binding MOU to acquire a 70% interest in the Mengapur Polymetalic Project in Malaysia subject to due diligence, and a variety of conditions including regulatory approval. Details of the project are available on the website.

Please visit our website at www.monumentmining.com for more information.
 

Robert F. Baldock, President and CEO
Monument Mining Limited
Suite 910- 688 West Hastings Street
Vancouver B.C. Canada V6B 1P1

For further information contact:

Monument Mining Limited:
Richard Cushing, Investor Relations
T: + 1 604 638 1661 x 102
E: rcushing@monumentmining.com

CHF Investor Relations:
Robin Cook, Senior Account Manager
T: + 1 416 868 1079 x 228
E: robin@chfir.com

Axino AG – Europe:
Wolfgang Seybold, President and CEO
T: + 49 711 25 35 92 40
E: wolfgang.seybold@axino.de


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