WALLACE, ID -- (Marketwire) -- 05/20/09 -- Shoshone Silver Mining Company (OTCBB: SHSH) announced today that it is relocating its home office from Wallace, Idaho to Coeur d' Alene, Idaho. "The move is being made, " according to Shoshone President Lex Smith, "to take the company to a location significantly closer to its Lakeview District mining properties in Bonner County, Idaho, and to its Warren District mining properties in Idaho County, Idaho."

"Locating in Coeur d' Alene," said Smith, "will also put us in closer proximity to the Spokane International Airport which will make it easier for shareholders to have access to us and for them to attend annual meetings such as the upcoming meeting to be held at 1:00 p.m. in Coeur d' Alene on May 29, 2009 at the Best Western Hotel on Appleway and Highway 95."

About Shoshone Silver Mining

Founded in 1969 as a silver exploration, development and production company, Shoshone maintains a diverse portfolio of mineral exploration projects in northern Idaho and across the western United States. Shoshone stock trades on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board (OTCBB) under the symbol "SHSH" and under the symbol "9IT" on the Frankfort Exchange.