Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation Announces Appointment of W. Scott Lamb as Vice President of Investor Relations

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho, July 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation , the world's largest primary silver producer and a growing Gold producer, today announced the appointment of W. Scott Lamb as Vice President of Investor Relations, effective August 1, 2005.

Lamb was most recently Vice President of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications at Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation. Prior to joining that organization in 1992, he held positions in financial, corporate, and marketing communications with Boise Cascade Corporation and Datapoint Corporation.

Dennis E. Wheeler, Chairman, President and CEO stated, "Scott is a great addition to our professional team. His extensive investor relations experience will be particularly valuable as the Company continues to build on its dominant silver position and create value for its shareholders."

Lamb is a member of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) and completed the NIRI Investor Relations program at the University of Michigan. He holds an MA from the University of Houston and a BA from Weber State University. He is also a member of the National Advisory Council at Weber State University.

Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation is the world's largest primary silver producer, as well as a significant, low-cost producer of gold. The Company has mining interests in Nevada, Idaho, Alaska, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia and Australia

Cautionary Statement

This document contains numerous forward-looking statements within the meaning of securities legislation in the United States and Canada relating to the Company's silver and gold mining business. Such statements are subject to numerous assumptions and uncertainties, many of which are outside the Company's control. Operating, exploration and financial data, and other statements in this document are based on information the Company believes reasonable, but involve significant uncertainties as to future gold and silver prices, costs, ore grades, estimation of gold and silver reserves, mining and processing conditions, currency exchange rates, and the completion and/or updating of mining feasibility studies, changes that could result from the Company's future acquisition of new mining properties or businesses, the risks and hazards inherent in the mining business (including environmental hazards, industrial accidents, weather or geologically related conditions), regulatory and permitting matters, risks inherent in the ownership and operation of, or investment in, mining properties or businesses in foreign countries, as well as other uncertainties and risk factors set out in the Company's filings from time to time with the SEC and the Ontario Securities Commission, including, without limitation, the Company's reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. Actual results and timetables could vary significantly from the estimates presented. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements. The Company disclaims any intent or obligation to update publicly these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Contact: Tony Ebersole Director of Investor Relations 800-523-1535