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Century has elected to hire an investment bank and immediately put the project up for sale.

Investor conference call

Management will host a conference call on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2008, at 10 a.m. (Pacific Time) (1 p.m. (Eastern Time)) to discuss the details of this press release. Mining analysts, investors and the media are invited to phone 1-800-988-9669, or 1-312-470-7065 if outside Canada and the United States, followed by the passcode 7109991 approximately five minutes before the start of management's presentation. The presentation will be followed by a question-and-answer period. A replay of the conference call can be heard through Friday, Jan. 30, 2008, by dialling 1-800-925-5417, or, from outside North America, 203-369-3849.

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