Revocation of Cease Trade Order

CMC METALS LTD.

Suite 305 – 369 Terminal Avenue Vancouver, B.C. V6A 4C4 Phone (604) 605-0166 / Fax (604) 692-0117 Email: [email protected] / Website: www.cmcmetals.ca

NEWS RELEASE

TSX-V: CMB January 18, 2010 PK: CMCXF

Revocation of Cease Trade Order

Vancouver, B.C.: CMC Metals Ltd. (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that on January 15, 2010, the British Columbia Securities Commission issued a decision revoking its previous order that trading cease in respect of the securities of the Company.

The Company is in the process of making application to the TSX Venture Exchange to reinstate for trading its common shares on the TSX Venture Exchange

This news release was prepared on behalf of the Board of Directors, which accepts full responsibility for its contents.

On behalf of the Board:

“Don Wedman”

Don Wedman, P.Eng.

CEO CMC METALS LTD.

For further information on the Company, please contact Mr. Gord Zelko, VP Business Relations at StoxNetwork Corp. Telephone: 250-495-7123, or Email: [email protected] .

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

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