Coeur Appoints Joe Phillips to Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer and William N. Holder to Vice President of Health and Safety

Coeur d′Alene Mines Corporation (the 'Company? or 'Coeur?)(NYSE:
CDE, TSX: CDM) today announced that Joe Phillips has been appointed to
Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer where he will
oversee all of Coeur′s capital projects, including the new La Preciosa
Project in Mexico, which is the major asset of Coeur′s pending
acquisition of Orko Silver Corp., subject to Orko shareholder approval
and other closing conditions. In addition, William N. (Bill) Holder has
been appointed Vice President of Health and Safety and will be
responsible for designing and implementing the Company′s global safety
and health systems and programs and improving health and safety
performance Company-wide.

Mr. Phillips brings 40 years of experience in mine development and
operations. Most recently, Mr. Phillips served as Senior Vice President
of Operations and Development and acting Chief Operating Officer at
Silver Standard Resources. Prior to that, Mr. Phillips served as Senior
Vice President of Project Development at Pan American Silver where he
was a member of the senior leadership team and led the construction and
commissioning of four mines over seven years in Mexico, Argentina and
Bolivia.

Mr. Phillips is a graduate of the Colorado School of Mines and has
completed graduate studies in engineering management at the University
of South Florida. He has served as a Director of the Chambers of Mines
of Mexico, Chile and Ghana, Africa.

Bill Holder will join Coeur in mid-April as Vice President of Health and
Safety after transitioning from his current role as Director of Health,
Safety and Security for the potash division of The Mosaic Company, where
he implemented ISO 18001 standards, a method of assessing and auditing
occupational health and safety management systems. In addition to safety
management expertise, Mr. Holder′s background also includes
environmental, operations, maintenance and continuous improvement
leadership experience.

Mr. Holder holds a Bachelor of Science in business managementwith
an emphasis on leadership and human relations from the University of the
Southwest in New Mexico.

About Coeur

Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation is the largest U.S.-based primary silver
producer and a growing gold producer. The Company has four precious
metals mines in the Americas generating strong production, sales and
cash flow in continued robust metals markets. Coeur produces from its
wholly owned operations: the Palmarejo silver-gold mine in Mexico, the
San Bartolom? silver mine in Bolivia, the Rochester silver-gold mine in
Nevada and the Kensington gold mine in Alaska. The Company also owns a
non-operating interest in a mine in Australia, and conducts ongoing
exploration activities in Mexico, Argentina, Nevada, Alaska and Bolivia.

Coeur d′Alene Mines Corporation

Wendy Yang, 208-665-0345

Vice
President, Investor Relations

or

Stefany Bales, 208-667-8263

Director,
Corporate Communications

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