Black Panther Begins Olsen Gold Property Exploration Program

West Vancouver, British Columbia – Black Panther Mining Corp. (the “Company” or “Black Panther”) is pleased to announce that further to its news release of March 5, 2010, the Company has now received TSX Venture Exchange acceptance of its option agreement with Rainy Mountain Royalty Corp. (“Rainy Mountain”) pursuant to which the Company can acquire up to a 50% interest in a 234 claim unit gold property (the “Olsen Twp. Property”) located approximately 60 km north of Sault Ste Marie, Ontario. Black Panther and Rainy Mountain have certain common directors.

The Company has approved an exploration program for the Olsen Twp. Property. The first phase of exploration program will consist of prospecting, geological mapping and line cutting to further trace the favourable gold bearing carbonate alteration zones. The first phase will be followed up with magnetic and induced polarization (IP) survey on a 50-80 km grid designed to identify the width and most pyritic sections within the 10 km length of the prospective shear zones. Further mapping of the Property is planned to define the extent of porphyries and their relationship to the gold occurrences.  At least three gold occurrences have been historically identified on the Olsen Twp. Property and the discovery of a further gold occurrence was recently made during the Company’s initial property inspection. A further program of trenching, followed up by diamond drilling, is already being considered in light of the prolific extent of the carbonate (ankerite) alteration. The Property is road accessible via Highway 17 and a powerline across the Property. The geology of the Olsen Twp. Property resembles the Timmins-Porcupine Camp style gold deposits and is on the same section of the Abitibi greenstone belt.

Black Panther has approved an initial exploration budget of $250,000 for the phase one program, which program will commence immediately and is expected to be completed during the next 3 months.

Under the Option Agreement with Rainy Mountain, the Company must incur $250,000 in exploration expenses by March 2, 2011 to earn a 30% interest in the Property. As well, Black Panther has the right to earn a 50% interest in the Olsen Twp. Property by incurring an additional $250,000 in exploration expenses by March 2, 2012.

 This news release has been reviewed and approved by Mr. Robert Middleton, P. Eng., and Geophysicist, who is acting as the Company’s Qualified Person for this project in accordance with regulations under NI 43-101.

For further information, contact Mr. Clive Shallow, investor communications at 604-922-2030 or visit the Company’s new website at www.blackpanthermining.com

Black Panther Mining Corp.

“Ronald A. Coombes”
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Ronald A. Coombes, President & CEO

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

This news release includes certain statements that may be deemed “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of applicable securities legislation. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, that address such matters as future exploration, drilling, exploration activities, potential mineralization and resources and events or developments that the Company expects, are forward looking statements and, as such, are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors of which are beyond the reasonable control of the Company. Such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, this forward-looking information. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include such matters as market prices, exploitation and exploration results, continued availability of capital and financing, and general economic, market or business conditions. Any forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. The information contained herein is stated as of the current date and subject to change after that date and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update publicly or to revise any of the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by applicable securities laws.