22:29 EDT Wednesday, July 29, 2009

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    TSX, ASX: AVM
    Common shares outstanding 101.9 million
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MONTREAL, July 29 /CNW Telbec/ - Anvil Mining Limited (TSX, ASX: AVM) will release its second quarter results for the period ended June 30, 2009 prior to TSX opening market on Thursday August 13, 2009, and a conference call will be held at 8:30 a.m. (Canada, Toronto time) on the same day, coinciding with 8:30 p.m. (AWST - Australia, Perth time) on Thursday August 13, to discuss the results.

The details to access the conference call and the live audio webcast are as follows:

Conference call: 1-416-644-3423

(Please call approximately five minutes prior to the scheduled start of the call).

Live audio webcast of the conference call (listen mode only):

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    - CNW Group website at:
      http://www.newswire.ca/en/webcast/viewEvent.cgi?eventID=
      2721840 (English)
      http://www.cnw.ca/fr/webcast/viewEvent.cgi?eventID=2721840
      (French)

    Replay Information (available for a period of 7 days):

    - The conference call will be recorded and a playback of the call will be
      available after the event by dialling 1-416-640-1917, Reservation
      number 21310580 followed by the pound (#) key.
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Anvil Mining Limited is an unhedged copper producer whose shares are listed for trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange (as common shares) and the Australian Securities Exchange (as CDIs) under the symbol AVM.

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For further information: Craig Munro, Senior Vice President Corporate & CFO, +61 (8) 9481 4700, craigm@anvilmining.com (Perth); Robert La Vallière, Vice President Corporate Affairs, (Office) (514) 448-6664, (Cell) (514) 944-9036, robertl@anvilmining.com (Montréal); www.anvilmining.com