ECU Silver Reports on Gold and Silver Operations for January 2010

TORONTO, ONTARIO – February 18, 2010 – ECU Silver Mining Inc. (TSX: ECU)

ECU Silver Mining Inc. is pleased to report on its silver and gold fabrication for the month ending January 2010.

Highlights include:

· Silver generated in January was greater the ounces generated in November and December of 2009, combined.

· January yielded a silver equivalent of 59,510 ounces from the oxide mill and 37,476 ounces from the sulphide mill.

· Average daily throughput at the oxide mill was 650 tonnes per day (“tpd”).

As expected, the amount of silver equivalent generated in January was approximately 120% greater than December and more than November and December of 2009, combined. Gold ounces in doré were 14% lower than December due to lower feed grades while adjusting the circuit and lowering the copper content in the solutions. Gold generated in concentrates was up 98%.

In January, the Company generated (see Table 1), a total of 472 ounces of gold and 26,470 ounces of silver from its oxide mill and also generated 245 ounces of gold and 20,326 ounces of silver contained in concentrates from the sulphide mill. Using the current silver-to-gold ratio of 70 to one (base metals not included as equivalents), ECU generated 59,510 ounces of silver equivalents from its oxide mill and 37,476 ounces of silver equivalents from its sulphide mill.

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