Midlands Minerals Announces Agreement With South Africa's E+PC Engineering & Projects Company

TORONTO, ONTARIO, Jun 24 (MARKET WIRE) --
Midlands Minerals Corporation ("Midlands" or the "Company")(TSX VENTURE:
MEX) is pleased to announce the Company has reached an indicative
agreement with South Africa's E+PC Engineering & Projects Company Limited
("E+PC") under which E+PC will provide technical and engineering services
to Midlands on the Sian gold project in Ghana. E+PC has extensive
experience in bringing mines into production, and in refurbishing gold
processing plants all over Africa, including the CIL (Carbon in Leach)
expansion at GoldFields' Tarkwa Mine in Ghana. E+PC's access to project
financing will enhance Midlands' financial resources and provide the
Company with the ability to proceed with growth projects in parallel.

This agreement, details of which are in the process of finalization,
creates a clear and focused arrangement which brings together a new
combined team with Midlands bringing extensive geological and exploration
experience, and E+PC bringing strong engineering, technical and
operational expertise. This partnership will result in continued value
creation for Midlands and its Shareholders. The terms of the arrangement
are currently being finalized by the two parties.

E+PC will provide Midlands with a broader base of technical, operational
and project management services as Midlands moves the Sian gold project
towards production. "This arrangement brings together two highly skilled
management teams with broad African experience, and offers a huge pool of
collective experience in gold exploration, mining operations and project
management," said Kim Harris, President and Chief Executive Officer.

The first priority is to conduct a scoping study on Sian with the view to
update the feasibility study done by the previous owners. The second
priority is to conduct a review of the existing CIL plant and to
determine what costs are associated with re-commissioning the plant.
E+PC's project development experience will ensure the appropriate
sequencing of work programs and reduce risks.

ABOUT E+PC ENGINEERING & PROJECTS COMPANY LIMITED

E+PC Engineering & Projects Company Limited (E+PC) is wholly owned
subsidiary of Aveng (Africa) Ltd and offers engineering, design, project
and construction management services as well as the operation and
maintenance of metallurgical processing plants. E+PC enjoys a strong
capital base with broad contracting expertise and a wealth of experience
for the delivery of projects in Africa. Find out more about E+PC at
www.e-pc.co.za.

ABOUT MIDLANDS MINERALS

Midlands is a growth oriented and value based gold exploration company
operating in Ghana and Tanzania, two stable countries with a history of
gold mining. Midlands' top priority project is the fully permitted Sian
gold project in Ghana. The Sian property contains Esaase and Ampeha, two
previously producing open pit mines with a resource with exceptional
growth potential.

Midlands' contiguous Kwahu Praso project, which was once part of Sian,
contains extensions of the Esaase and Ampeha trends. Sian and Praso are
just 30 kilometres northeast of Newmont Mining's +8.7 million Akyem gold
deposit on the Ashanti Gold Belt. Midlands also holds highly prospective
licences for gold and diamonds in the Lake Victoria Goldfields in
Tanzania.

The Company has a highly qualified management and technical team with
extensive experience in the countries in which the Company operates. For
more information on the Company, please visit Midlands' website at
www.midlandsminerals.com.

On behalf of the Board,

Kim Harris, President and Chief Executive Officer

Certain statements contained in this news release constitute
forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements involve a
number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which
may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the company
to be materially different from actual results and achievements expressed
or implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements
consist of statements that are not purely historical, including any
statements regarding beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions regarding
the future. No assurance can be given that any of the events anticipated
by the forward-looking statements will occur or, if they do occur, what
benefits the Company will obtain from them. These forward-looking
statements reflect management's current views and are based on certain
expectations, estimates and assumptions which may prove to be incorrect.

The Company adds a cautionary statement to the effect that the potential
quantity and grades referred to in this press release are conceptual in
nature and there has been insufficient exploration to define a mineral
resource. Further, the Company is uncertain if further exploration will
result in discovery of a mineral source. Readers are cautioned not to
place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak
only as of the date the statements were made. Readers are also advised to
consider such forward-looking statements while considering the risks
inherent in the business of mineral exploration. For more information,
investors should review the Company's filings that are available at
www.sedar.com.

Contacts:
Midlands Minerals Corporation
Kim Harris
President and Chief Executive Officer
CEO Direct Line: 416 447 6882 or 416 492 6992
416 492 6993 (FAX)
info@midlandsminerals.com
www.midlandsminerals.com

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