Midlands Minerals Corporation commences preparation for drilling for gold on the Itilima Project in Tanzania

Kim Harris, Chief Executive Officer of Midlands Minerals Corporation (“Midlands”or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the Company commenced a detailed Metal Mobil Ion (“MMI”) geochemistry program on the Itilima Project in Tanzania, in preparation for drilling in the fourth quarter of 2006. The work program is designed and supervised by Marc Boisvert P. Eng.

Midlands is conducting a detailed survey to select drill location sites along previously detected soil geochemical anomalies. The work program entails three detailed grids with lines spaced at 100 metres and sampling stations along the line at 20 metre intervals. Two grids, the main Itilima Grid and the Itilima West Grid, are covering two anomalous areas bordering both sides of a diorite sill over a strike length of 3 to 4 kilometres. The third grid is covering an anomalous gold area coinciding with an iron rich dyke taking place along a NE structural lineament.

A total of 2157 samples are planned to be collected along 57 km of grid lines.

On July 5, 2006, the first 600 sample batch was delivered to the SGS laboratory in Mwanza, Tanzania. Field work is expected to be completed by the end of July 2006 and results are expected in August and September 2006. The Company is targeting November 2006 for commencement of the next phase of drilling for gold on the Itilima Project.

The Itilima Project is located in the Lake Victoria Goldfields, an area with over 40 million ounces of known gold reserves. Gold mines in the area include Barrick Gold’s Bulyanhulu, AngloGold Ashanti’s Geita and Resolute Mining’s Golden Pride. Previous RC drilling done in 2004 also confirmed the presence of diamondiferous kimberlites on the Itilima Project.

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For further information

Kim Harris, CEO, 1210 Sheppard Avenue East, Suite 302 Toronto, Canada M2K 13E, CEO Direct Line: (416) 447-6882, Tel: (416) 492-6992, Fax: (416) 492-6993, E-Mail: info@midlandsminerals.com
Website: www.midlandsminerals.com

Source: Midlands Minerals Corporation