Capstone to Release First Quarter Results on Tuesday April 29, 2008

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 04/22/08 -- Capstone Mining Corp. (TSX: CS) will release first quarter results on Tuesday April 29, 2008 after market close and will host a conference call on Wednesday April 30, 2008 at 8:00am PST (11:00am ET) to discuss these results. The conference call may be accessed by dialing 1.866.365.1119 in North America and 1.416.849.7329 Internationally. Please ask for the Capstone Mining Corp. conference call.

The conference call will be archived for later playback until Wednesday, May 7, 2008 and can be accessed by dialing 1.866.501.5559 and the passcode is 21270030#.

ABOUT CAPSTONE

Capstone is a Canadian based mining company currently operating the Cozamin copper-silver-zinc-lead mine located in Zacatecas State, Mexico. Capstone has approximately 81.9 million shares outstanding and is well financed with no bank debt. More information is available online at: www.capstonemining.com.

Contacts: Capstone Mining Corp. Chris Tomanik (604) 684-8894 Email: ctomanik@capstonemining.com

Capstone Mining Corp. Mark Patchett (604) 684-8894 (604) 688-2180 (FAX) Email: mpatchett@capstonemining.com Website: www.capstonemining.com

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