Web Site: www.CuMtn.com
TSX.V: CUM

VANCOUVER, July 14 /CNW/ - Copper Mountain Mining Corporation ("CMMC" or the "Company) announces that John Graf has agreed to join the Board of Directors effective immediately, subject to the approval of the TSX Exchange.

Mr. Graf is a Chartered Accountant who last worked at the British Columbia Securities Commission ("BCSC") as an Independent Commissioner from December 1998 to March 2008. While at the BCSC Mr. Graf was Chair of the Audit Committee. Prior to working at the BCSC Mr. Graf worked at Catalyst Paper Corporation and retired from the position of Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer of that corporation in 1997. Mr. Graf has managed the corporate finance, legal, and secretarial affairs and properties of a company with a market capitalization of $2.5 Billion. Prior to working at Catalyst Paper Mr. Graf was a tax manager at the accounting firm Arthur Andersen & Co. Mr. Graf has served on the Board of a number of Companies over his 40 plus year career. Mr. Graf received his Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia in 1966 and earned his Chartered Accountancy designation in 1968. Mr. Graf is a citizen and resident of Canada. As a condition of Mr. Graf's appointment he has been granted 175,000 share purchase options exercisable for a period of five years at an exercise price of $0.80 per share.

Jim O'Rourke, President and CEO, stated, "We are extremely pleased to have a person of John's stature join our Board to strengthen our ability to meet our corporate governance objectives. Mr. Graf's knowledge of the securities regulations and his experience as Chairman of the audit committee are an important part of satisfying the Company's obligations to represent our shareholders as the Company moves forward in becoming a mid-tier copper producer." Mr. O'Rourke stated further that "Copper Mountain is forging ahead with its development plans that will see the Copper Mountain Project in production by mid 2011 and Mr. Graf's contributions will be invaluable."

About Copper Mountain Mining Corporation:

CMMC is a Canadian resource company, managed by an experienced team of professionals with a solid track record of exploration and development success. The Company's shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "CUM". CMMC currently owns 100% of the 18,000 acre Copper Mountain Project, located 15 km south of the town of Princeton in southern British Columbia. The Copper Mountain Project is a past producer of 1.7 billion pounds of Copper that closed in 1996, and therefore, there is significantly developed infrastructure on site that the Company can build upon. The Copper Mountain Project has a current resource of approximately 5 Billion pounds of copper and it is CMMC's goal to develop the Copper Mountain Project as a mid tier copper and precious metal mine to produce approximately 100 million pounds of copper per year by mid 2011. Additional information is available on the Company's web page at www.CuMtn.com.

On behalf of the Board of
COPPER MOUNTAIN MINING CORPORATION
"Rod Shier"
Rod Shier
Director and Chief Financial Officer

Note: This release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. These statements may differ materially from actual future events or results. Readers are referred to the documents, filed by the Company on SEDAR at www.sedar.com, specifically the most recent reports which identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to review or confirm analysts' expectations or estimates or to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statement.