BEAR CREEK ANNOUNCES CONFERENCE CALL DETAILS

VANCOUVER, June 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ – Bear Creek Mining (TSX Venture: BCM /
BVL: BCM) (“Bear Creek” or the “Company”) reports conference call
details.

CONFERENCE CALL / WEBCAST

Call-in details for the conference call are:

Date: June 27(th )2011

Time: 6 a.m. (Pacific) / 9 a.m. (Eastern)

Number: (647) 427-7450

Toll Free: (888) 231-8191

To access the webcast: http://www.newswire.ca/en/webcast/viewEvent.cgi?eventID=3589080

A replay of this conference call will be available from June 27th to
July 11th, 2011 and will be posted on Bear Creek’s website: www.bearcreekmining.com. The replay numbers are:

Number: (416) 849-0833

Toll Free: (800) 642-1687

Passcode: 79360087

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.

Regulatory footnotes:

All of Bear Creek’s exploration programs and pertinent disclosure of a
technical or scientific nature are prepared by or prepared under the
direct supervision of Marc Leduc, P. Eng., President and COO, Christian
Rios, P.Geo. Exploration Manager and the CEO, Andrew Swarthout, P.Geo.,
who serve as the Qualified Persons under the definitions of NI 43-101.
All diamond drilling has been performed using HQ diameter core with
recoveries averaging greater than 95%. Core is logged and split on site
under the supervision of Bear Creek geologists. Sampling is done on
two-meter intervals and samples are transported by Company staff to
Arequipa, Peru for direct shipping to ALS Chemex, Laboratories in Lima,
Peru. ALS Chemex is an ISO 9001:2000-registered laboratory and is
preparing for ISO 17025 certification. Silver, lead, and zinc assays
utilize a multi-acid digestion with atomic absorption (“ore-grade assay
method”). The QC/QA program includes the insertion every 20th sample of
known standards prepared by SGS Laboratories, Lima. A section in Bear
Creek’s website is dedicated to sampling, assay and quality control
procedures.

Certain disclosure in this release, including management’s assessment of
Bear Creek’s plans and projects, constitutes forward-looking statements
that are subject to numerous risks, uncertainties and other factors
relating to Bear Creek’s operation as a mineral exploration company
that may cause future results to differ materially from those expressed
or implied in such forward-looking statements. These risks,
uncertainties and other factors are disclosed in Bear Creek’s
continuous disclosure filings with Canadian securities regulators
including its most recent annual information form, available on www.sedar.com. Bear Creek expressly disclaims any intention or obligation to update
or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise.

SOURCE Bear Creek Mining Corporation