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Franklin, COMIBOL Joint Venture Is Structured to Revitalize -
FMNJ - Mining Operations at Historic Cerro Rico de Potosi -
Market Wire, May, 2006
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Franklin Mining, Inc. -
(FMNJ)- Franklin Mining, Bolivia's Joint Venture with COMIBOL
for four veins of the Cerro Rico de Potosi, has been designed
and structured in anticipation of returning this historic mine
to full operations and enhancing multiple aspects of the local
economy.

Franklin's MOU with EcoSystem Partners, LLC, Sarasota, FL to
provide Broadband technology and services designed
specifically to help improve mine safety was one of the first
such commitments.

The value of FMNJ's Bolivian subsidiary's Joint Venture with
COMIBOL is not yet fully defined.

What is known is that the Cerro Rico, under COMIBOL's
ownership, is considered the world's largest silver deposit.

Dr. Adrian Boyce, Senior Research Fellow, Scottish
Universities Environmental Research Centre in Glasgow, has written
that the Cerro Rico's production has never been matched,
having produced almost five times more silver than any
other BPV deposit.

The San Miguel, the first Joint Venture vein to be publicly
identified, is estimated to contain 154,011 Kilo of silver
plus additional PM, base & rare metals.

Results from COMIBOL's three other analysis reports have not
yet been released.

In releasing today's information, Franklin CEO Jaime Melgarejo
confirmed FMNJ's position in Bolivia,
"Our agreement with COMIBOL is to be their partner in their
goal of returning the Cerro Rico to full production.

With Franklin Mining, Bolivia providing capital and
technology, with FEDECOMIN providing workers and with
COMIBOL having assigned the Joint Venture its four veins,
work is set to begin."

Missions:

Three other foreign-owned mining operations in the Potosi area
are also projected to make contributions to improving local
economies.

1. Coeur d'Alene Mines is projecting their San Bartolome
operation will be online in 2007 -

http://tinyurl.com/ptbmq

2. Apex Silver Mines, Ltd has two projects including the
multi-million dollar San Crisotbal -

http://www.apexsilver.com/social_commitment.html

This multi-national project is expected to be operating
by the third quarter, 2007.

3. Franklin, COMIBOL Joint Venture Is Structured to
Revitalize Mining Operations at -



Historic Cerro Rico de Potosi.


Mining is a crucial part of Bolivia's history and is playing
a pivotal role in President Evo Morales' plan to
reinvigorate the economy.

Modern era silver mining of -
The Cerro Rico de Potosi -
has been ongoing since 1544 -
when the Conquistadores -
discovered the immense wealth.

A study by Mark Abbott -
(Univ. of Pittsburgh's Dept. of Geology and Planetary Science)
and Alexander Wolfe
(Univ. of Alberta's Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences)
published in the Sept. 26, 2003 -
issue of Science, concludes that New World metallurgy -
was under way as early as 1000 to 1200 A.D.

Abbott and Wolfe believe these large scale smelting -
operations continued through early Colonial times
(1400 to 1650 A.D.) and provide evidence of a
major pre-Incan silver industry.

FEDECOMIN is Bolivia's management council -
responsible for providing guidance and supervision -
to all Cooperatives Societies.

COMIBOL is Bolivia's national mining company.

Franklin Mining, Bolivia (a Bolivian corporation) -
is a subsidiary of Franklin Mining, Inc.

For additional information on
Franklin Mining, Inc,
please visit our web site,

http://www.franklinmining.com .

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competitive products, product demand, market acceptance risks,
fluctuations in operating results, political risk and other
risks detailed from time to time in Franklin Mining, Inc.'s
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These
risks could cause Franklin Mining, Inc.'s actual results to
differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking
statements made by, or on behalf of,
Franklin Mining, Inc.

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Contact:
Franklin Mining, Inc. -
Andrew Austin 619-334-5644
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