Lincoln Mining Advances Permitting At Pine Grove 

VANCOUVER, BC – Lincoln Mining Corporation reported an update on progress at its Pine Grove property in Nevada. Lincoln is encouraged by the results of the most recent PEA and will begin advancing the Pine Grove project towards production and as such will focus the majority of its efforts in permitting the Project for production. Resource exploration will continue.

Paul Saxton, Lincoln’s President and Chief Executive Officer, noted, "The Company is poised now to capitalize on the favorable view towards mining in the U.S. We look forward to completion of the development work at Pine Grove. The Company’s policy of strong environmental stewardship has enabled us to work well with both State and Federal agencies towards attaining this goal."

Lincoln has commissioned various environmental studies at Pine Grove since 2009, and reported data required for the permitting of a mine to several agencies. The Company is establishing a full list of all reports, studies and approvals needed in its Plan of Operations. The Project will be under the jurisdiction of the federal US Forest Service ("USFS"). Lincoln will also need to obtain other permits from Federal, State and local agencies as required.

The National Environmental Policy Act ("NEPA") requires an environmental analysis to be carried out prior to approving the Plan of Operations ("POO"). Critical to this NEPA analysis are baseline surveys, reports and approvals regarding heritage resources, surface waters impacts, waste rock geochemistry, and biological concerns. The biological report along with the cultural survey report will be reviewed for final approval by Federal and State regulators.