TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - May 5, 2010) - Inmet Mining Corporation ("Inmet") (TSX:IMN) announced today that it has filed a National Instrument 43-101 compliant technical report on its Cobre Panama project on the Canadian Securities Administrators' System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR).

Inmet has also filed a revised annual information form (AIF) on SEDAR that updates disclosure on the Cobre Panama project and Inmet's mineral reserves and resources to reflect information contained in the Cobre Panama technical report.

The Cobre Panama technical report and the revised AIF are also available on Inmet's website at www.inmetmining.com.

About Inmet

Inmet is a Canadian-based global mining company that produces copper, zinc and gold. We have interests in five mining operations in locations around the world: Cayeli, Las Cruces, Pyhasalmi, Troilus and Ok Tedi. We also have a 100 percent interest in Cobre Panama, a development property in Panama.

This press release is also available at www.inmetmining.com.

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Source: Inmet Mining Corporation