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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Dec. 23, 2010) - Midlands Minerals Corporation ("Midlands" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:MEX) announces granting of options in accordance with the TSX Venture Exchange Policies, and consistent with the Company's Stock Option Plan as approved by the shareholders of the Company on June 24, 2010.


2,030,000 options, valid for a period of sixty (60) months, have been granted with an exercise price of $0.25 to Directors, Officers, Consultants, and Employees of the Company.



ABOUT MIDLANDS MINERALS



Midlands is a growth oriented and value based gold exploration company operating in Ghana and Tanzania, two stable countries with a history of gold mining. Midlands' top priority project is the fully permitted Sian gold project in Ghana. The Sian property contains Esaase and Ampeha, two previously producing open pit mines with a resource with significant growth potential. Midlands' contiguous Kwahu Praso project, which was once part of Sian, contains extensions of the Esaase and Ampeha trends. Sian and Praso are just 30 kilometres northeast of Newmont Mining's +8.7 million-ounce Akyem gold deposit.


Midlands' second priority project is the highly prospective Kaniago gold project, which is located on the Asankrangwa Gold Belt and is contiguous to two past open pit gold producers - Abore to the north and Obotan to the south.


Midlands also holds highly prospective licences for gold and diamonds in the Lake Victoria Goldfields in Tanzania, including its advanced Itilima Gold Project, which lies within the Geita-Bulyanhulu-Sekenke Trend, which is host to over 40 million ounces in gold reserves.


The Company has a highly qualified management and technical team with broad African experience and extensive experience in the countries in which the Company operates. For more information on the Company, please visit Midlands' website at >www.midlandsminerals.com