Calibre Completes Phase II Drilling at the 100% Owned Riscos de Oro Gold-Silver Project, Nicaragua

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 16, 2012) - Douglas Forster, Chairman of Calibre Mining Corp. (TSX VENTURE:CXB) (the "Company" or "Calibre") is pleased to announce additional results from the Phase II delineation diamond drilling program on the Company's 100%-owned Riscos de Oro epithermal gold-silver project in the Borosi Concessions of Northeast Nicaragua.

The Phase II drilling consisted of an additional 19 diamond drill holes totaling 4867.2 metres and was successful in expanding and further defining high-grade gold-silver mineralization at the Riscos de Oro project. Assays results have now been received for all holes. Previously unreleased results from the Phase II Drill Program include;

Hole ID	Zone	From (m)	To (m)	Interval (m)	Gold (g/t)	Silver (g/t)
RD11-031	Upper	148.50	151.15	2.65	3.33	11.22
	including	148.50	149.60	1.10	6.06	14.90
	Lower	219.06	223.60	4.54	2.03	12.18
	including	221.10	222.10	1.00	7.25	15.8
RD11-032	No Significant Results
RD11-033	Upper	191.50	193.00	1.50	0.13	0.10
	Middle	211.00	219.00	8.00	2.38	2.28
	including	214.00	219.00	5.00	3.66	2.32
	Lower	272.87	274.45	1.58	1.94	6.90
	Lower	302.00	303.40	1.40	0.26	2.40
RD11-034	No Significant Results
RD11-035	Upper	117.75	119.43	1.68	0.19	1.40
RD11-036	Upper	134.63	138.00	3.37	0.22	10.06
RD11-037	Upper	167.05	168.00	0.95	0.19	1.80
	Middle	191.98	193.17	1.19	0.12	8.80
	Lower	250.39	254.60	4.21	8.66	37.57
	including	251.79	252.98	1.19	24.74	84.60

Notes:	1) All reported intercepts are core lengths and true widths are estimated at 80 per cent of core lengths
	2) Weighted averages calculated using uncut assays.

Douglas Forster, Chairman of Calibre stated: "A total of 37 diamond drill holes totaling 9494 metres have been completed at Calibre's 100% owned Riscos de Oro project which has successfully outlined a continuously mineralized gold-silver zone 725 metres long and to a depth of 300 metres. The mineralized zone consists of one to three closely spaced sub-parallel vein structures each averaging between three to six metres in width. The majority of the 7.0 km long Riscos de Oro gold-silver trend remains untested by diamond drilling".

Highlights of the diamond drilling completed to date at the Riscos de Oro project include:

Hole ID	Thickness (m)1	Au Grade (g/t)2	Ag Grade (g/t)2	AuEq (g/t)3
RD10-001	5.80	2.44	292.60	7.84
RD10-002	4.90	0.97	28.72	1.50
RD11-003	3.40	8.81	55.74	9.84
RD10-005	4.14	9.04	30.02	9.59
RD10-009	8.53	4.23	384.86	11.34
RD11-010	1.50	5.98	9.10	6.15
and	4.20	2.50	5.16	2.60
RD11-011	3.62	6.41	139.21	8.98
RD11-012	10.60	7.69	211.87	11.60
RD11-013	5.08	0.82	2.76	0.87
RD11-014	3.03	1.54	46.30	2.39
RD11-015	2.20	5.44	405.55	12.93
RD11-016	7.10	2.72	287.65	8.03
and	4.29	3.20	13.30	3.45
RD11-017	3.90	9.31	336.06	15.51
RD11-018	1.39	9.11	14.33	9.37
RD11-019	5.80	9.37	64.8	10.57
RD11-021	8.64	4.4	24.12	4.85
RD11-024	2.35	7.75	15.49	8.04
RD11-025	2.95	4.23	449.8	12.53
RD11-026	2.58	8.74	120.5	10.96
RD11-027	4.60	2.28	11.56	2.49
RD11-029	2.45	10.30	56.71	11.35
RD11-031	2.65	3.33	11.22	3.54
RD11-037	4.21	8.66	37.57	9.35

Notes:	1) All reported intercepts are core lengths and true widths are estimated at 80 per cent of core lengths
	2) Weighted averages calculated using uncut assays.
	3) AuEq (g/t): Gold Equivalent calculated using $1,300/oz gold and $24.0/oz Ag and metallurgical and net smelter returns are assumed to be 100%.

During 2011, Calibre completed a regional soil survey program at Riscos de Oro that included over 1,500 soil samples that defined anomalous gold values over a three kilometre strike length in the vicinity of the Riscos de Oro deposit. Additional soil sampling has extended the gold-in-soil anomaly for a further four kilometres for an overall strike length of seven kilometres towards the southwest where historic sampling of a trench in the El Paraiso-Murcielago area returned 3.0 metres grading 12.43 g/t gold and 93.0 g/t silver.

The Company is currently compiling all drilling and exploration data in order to complete a detailed and upgraded geological and structural interpretation for the Riscos de Oro gold-silver project.

Additional maps and assay results for all drill holes on the Riscos de Oro project can be found at www.calibremining.com.

Quality assurance and quality control procedures include the systematic insertion of blanks, standards and duplicates into the rock sample strings. Samples are placed in sealed bags and shipped directly to Inspectorate Labs in Managua, Nicaragua for sample preparation and then to Inspectorate Labs in Vancouver, Canada for gold and silver fire assay and ICP multi element analyses. The technical content in this news release was read and approved by Gregory Smith, P.Geo, Vice President, Exploration and a Qualified Person ("QP") as defined by NI 43-101.

About Calibre Mining Corp.

Calibre Mining Corp. is a TSX Venture Exchange listed company (TSX VENTURE:CXB) that is focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of gold, copper and silver deposits in Central America. The Company is focused on advancing its 100% owned Riscos de Oro gold-silver project, the drilling program at the Primavera gold-copper porphyry prospect in conjunction with B2 Gold Corp., and the drilling program on the Rosita copper-gold-silver project in conjunction with Alder Resources Ltd.

CALIBRE MINING CORP.

Douglas Forster, M.Sc., P.Geo., Chairman

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