White Mountain Receives Progress Report on Titanium Metal Test Work

SANTIAGO, Chile, Jan. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- White Mountain Titanium Corporation ("White Mountain" or the "Company") (OTC Bulletin Board: WMTM) reports that it has received its first quarterly progress report since licensing a new titanium metal technology in September, 2010.  During the past quarter lab scale test work continued at the University of Cambridge in the UK under the direction of Professor Derek Fray into the refining and electrolytic deposition of pure titanium from lower grade concentrate. Small quantities of sponge have been produced successfully using Ultra-fine concentrate feedstock sourced from the Company's Cerro Blanco project in Chile.  

In the current quarter and beyond, the focus for the research will shift to an investigation of the possibility of adapting the new technology to produce titanium metal powder, a higher value product than sponge.  Consideration will also be given to testing lower grade concentrate as a feedstock for the new metal technology; feedstock of a quality that would not normally find application for use in the production of titanium pigment, currently the major outlet for titanium concentrates.  

Commenting on the work carried out thus far, Brian Flower, the Company's Executive Chairman said, "We are very encouraged by the results to date of the new metal technology.  Should we continue to have success with this technology at a lab scale, the Company will consider building a pilot plant to scale up the test work."

About White Mountain Titanium Corporation

The Company holds mining concessions on the Cerro Blanco property currently consisting of 33 registered mining exploitation concessions and five mining exploration concessions in the process of being constituted, over approximately 8,225 hectares located approximately 39 kilometres west of the City of Vallenar in the Atacama, or Region III, geographic region of northern Chile. The Company's principal objectives are to advance the Cerro Blanco project towards a final engineering feasibility, and to secure off-take contracts for the planned rutile concentrate output. It would be the intention to sell the rutile concentrate to titanium metal and pigment producers. Work also continues to investigate the commercial viability of producing a feldspar co-product. The feldspar could find applications in the glass and ceramics industries.

The OTC BB has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. This news release may contain forward-looking statements including but not limited to comments regarding the timing and content of upcoming work programs, geological interpretations, receipt of property titles, potential mineral recovery processes, etc. Forward-looking statements address future events and conditions and, therefore, involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements.

Cautionary Note to U.S. Investors -- The United States Securities and Exchange Commission permits mining companies, in their filings with the SEC, to disclose only those mineral deposits that a company can economically and legally extract or produce. We may use certain terms in our press releases and on our website, such as 'reserves,' 'resources,' 'geologic resources,' 'proven,' 'probable,' 'measured,' 'indicated,' and 'inferred,' that the SEC guidelines strictly prohibit us from including in our filings with the SEC. U.S. investors are urged to consider closely the disclosure in our annual report on Form 10K for the year ended December 31, 2007, File No. 333-129347, and in subsequent filings with the SEC. You can review and obtain copies of our filings from the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml.

SOURCE White Mountain Titanium Corporation

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