Calibre Promotes Mr. Santos To Chief Financial Officer

Feb 1, 2010

Vancouver, British Columbia: Calibre Mining Corp. (TSX-V: CXB) (the "Company" or "Calibre") today announced the promotion of Mr. Paulo Santos, CA as the Company's Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Santos moves to this new role from his previous position as Controller for the Company. Mr. Santos will be taking over from Mr. Edward Farrauto who will continue as a director and will continue to advise the Company on securities and other corporate regulatory matters.

Rob Brown, President and CEO of Calibre, stated, "It gives me great pleasure that Paulo has agreed to take on these additional responsibilities and his growth with the Company gives us continuity in this key area. I would especially like to thank Ed for his diligent work on behalf of Calibre and for his counsel and leadership in the development of the Company. We are pleased to have his continued support as a director and in an advisory and consulting capacity."

Mr. Santos is a Chartered Accountant and has been working with Calibre since 2007. Prior to joining Calibre, Mr. Santos was employed as an external auditor at both local and international accounting and advisory firms in Vancouver, focusing his work on public companies in the junior resource sector for five years. Mr. Farrauto commented, "I am confident that Mr. Santos will serve Calibre extremely well in his new role. This change formalizes a transition that has been underway for some months now and allows me to have a continuing role with the Company. I look forward to being a part of the continued development and success of Calibre."

Calibre Mining Corp. is an aggressive, well financed, TSX Venture Exchange listed company (TSX.V: CXB) that is focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of gold and copper deposits in Central America. Major shareholders of Calibre include gold producers Yamana Gold Inc. and Kinross Gold Corp.

On behalf of the Board of Directors

"Robert Brown" President and CEO

For further information contact:
Robert Brown - Vancouver, Canada
604 681 9944
www.calibremining.com

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