Chester Mining Adds New Directors and Appoints New Officers

  
    
  
  
    
      The Board of Directors of Chester Mining Company (PINK SHEETS:CHMN) has 
      appointed two new directors, Mr. Roger England B.A. Economics and Dr. K. 
      Warren Geiger Ph.D. P.Eng. P.Geol., effective immediately. Dr. Geiger 
      has been appointed to the position of Vice President of Exploration, and 
      Mr. Roger England will assume the responsibilities of Corporate 
      Secretary.
    
    
      Dr. Geiger has a Ph.D. in Economic Geology from Cornell University, as 
      well as a Bachelor's Degree in Mining Engineering, from the University 
      of Alberta. He specializes in the evaluation and monitoring of mining 
      exploration projects and has been a principal in the formation, 
      financing, property acquisition and management of exploration-oriented 
      mining companies. Noteworthy examples of these companies are Aquarius 
      Resources Ltd., (President), Arizona Star Resource Corp., (President), 
      Nevada Star Resource Corp., (President) and Alberta Star Mining Corp., 
      (Vice President). He is a “Qualified Person” 
      as defined in National Instrument 43-101 and has been approved to write 
      geological reports.
    
    
      Mr. Roger England was a stockbroker with Georgia Pacific Securities Inc. 
      in Vancouver, B.C., Canada for a number of years, before starting his 
      own consulting firm which specializes in Corporate planning and 
      restructuring. His firm’s mission statement 
      includes Website Design and Communications Networking.
    
    
      The Board has also appointed Mr. Chris England to the position of 
      President and Chief Executive Officer, replacing Mr. William Campbell, 
      who will remain on the board as a director.
    
    
      The Company has moved its Corporate and Exploration office to Suite 
      E118, Big Creek Road, Kellogg, Idaho and the new mailing address will be 
      P.O. Box 646, Wallace, Idaho, 83873.
    
    
      Statements about the Company’s future 
      expectations and all other statements in this press release other than 
      historical facts are “forward-looking 
      statements” as defined under the Private 
      Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company intends that such 
      forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created 
      thereby. Since these statements involve risks and uncertainties and are 
      subject to change at any time, the Company’s 
      actual results may differ materially from the expected results.
    
  
The Board of Directors of Chester Mining Company (PINK
SHEETS:CHMN) has appointed two new directors, Mr. Roger England B.A.
Economics and Dr. K. Warren Geiger Ph.D. P.Eng. P.Geol., effective
immediately. Dr. Geiger has been appointed to the position of Vice
President of Exploration, and Mr. Roger England will assume the
responsibilities of Corporate Secretary.

   Dr. Geiger has a Ph.D. in Economic Geology from Cornell
University, as well as a Bachelor's Degree in Mining Engineering, from
the University of Alberta. He specializes in the evaluation and
monitoring of mining exploration projects and has been a principal in
the formation, financing, property acquisition and management of
exploration-oriented mining companies. Noteworthy examples of these
companies are Aquarius Resources Ltd., (President), Arizona Star
Resource Corp., (President), Nevada Star Resource Corp., (President)
and Alberta Star Mining Corp., (Vice President). He is a "Qualified
Person" as defined in National Instrument 43-101 and has been approved
to write geological reports.

   Mr. Roger England was a stockbroker with Georgia Pacific
Securities Inc. in Vancouver, B.C., Canada for a number of years,
before starting his own consulting firm which specializes in Corporate
planning and restructuring. His firm's mission statement includes
Website Design and Communications Networking.

   The Board has also appointed Mr. Chris England to the position of
President and Chief Executive Officer, replacing Mr. William Campbell,
who will remain on the board as a director.

   The Company has moved its Corporate and Exploration office to
Suite E118, Big Creek Road, Kellogg, Idaho and the new mailing address
will be P.O. Box 646, Wallace, Idaho, 83873.

   Statements about the Company's future expectations and all other
statements in this press release other than historical facts are
"forward-looking statements" as defined under the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company intends that such
forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created
thereby. Since these statements involve risks and uncertainties and
are subject to change at any time, the Company's actual results may
differ materially from the expected results.