In fact, the final release's ISOs were available on Heatnet servers for some hours (http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/linuxmint.com/stable/12/ http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/l

In fact, the final release's ISOs were available on Heatnet servers for some hours (http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/linuxmint.com/stable/12/ http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/linuxmint.com/stable/12/) but there was no oficial announcement. I guess the real deal will come pretty soon.