VMS Vortex Metals Inc

VMS Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE:VMS) ("VMS") today announced results from a
mechanical trenching, outcrop power washing, mapping and sampling program at its
100% owned Sails Lake Property in northwestern Manitoba.


Neil Richardson, VMS' Chief Operating Officer, states: "I am pleased with the
results from our channel sampling program at Sails Lake and look forward to
incorporating these results into our 3D IP/geological model. The Long Zone
mineralization is still open to the east and high grade samples from the M-Zone
are not drill tested. Both areas warrant follow-up work."


The program was carried out in August of 2011 in three main areas of the
property named the Long Zone, M-Zone and the E-Zone. Each area consists of
numerous large trenches that expose gold mineralization in association with
quartz vein and bedrock-hosted blocky and acicular arsenopyrite. Host rock to
the gold mineralization is a multi-phase tonalite-gabbro intrusion. The
mineralized zones are marked by Induced Polarization (IP) chargeability
anomalies and well developed Mobile Metal Ions soil geochemical anomalies.


The Long Zone trench uncovered two sets of quartz veins. One set trends in a
northeasterly direction, is mineralized with arsenopyrite and appears to be the
host for the gold mineralization with values of up to 61.73 g/t gold. The second
set trends north-northwesterly and is barren. Two previous holes drilled by VMS
beneath the Long Zone trench assayed 1.21 g/t gold over 58.89 metres core length
(DDH SA-10-007) and 1.48 g/t gold over 13.41 metres core length (DDH SA-11-013).
Channel sample results from the current program will be incorporated with our 3D
IP data and drill data in the upcoming months. Two additional trenches were
excavated at locations 35 metres and 75 metres from the main trench at the Long
Zone. These new trenches uncovered a large broad northeast-trending shear zone
with lesser gold values of up to 0.31 g/t. This shear zone is interpreted to be
a late feature and unrelated to the main gold mineralizing event.


The M and E Zone trenches exposed gold mineralization associated with quartz
veins in a tonalite intrusion with values of up to 13.58 g/t. These gold values
are associated with blocky to acicular arsenopyrite and similar to the Long Zone
mineralization. Gold values are generally sporadic and correspond with the
amount of quartz veins observed in outcrop. These veins are quartz-filled
tension gash structures developed at the boundaries of the multi-phase tonalite
intrusion.


The Sails Lake property is located 25 km east of the mining community of Snow
Lake, Manitoba and consists of 8 claim blocks covering an area of approximately
1,900 hectares. Additional follow-up work on this project is warranted and will
be reviewed in the upcoming months.


For additional details on exploration on our Sails Lake property, see VMS' press
releases issued between January 24, 2007 and September 9, 2011, available at
www.vmsventures.com.


Qualified Person

All technical information in this release has been reviewed by Dr. Mark Fedikow,
P.Geo., who is the Qualified Person for the Company and Vice President of
Exploration and Technical Services, VMS Ventures Inc.


Quality Assurance and Quality Control

Geological mapping was carried out at 1:100 scale by geologists and
geotechnicians employed VMS Ventures Inc. Channel samples were marked on outcrop
with spray paint and samples were cut with a portable diamond saw approx. 4cm
thick and 5cm deep with the maximum sample length of 1.2 metres, but average
0.60 metres. The channel samples were then placed in plastic bags and tagged
with a unique sample number. A metal tag with the sample number was placed in
cross slots at the end of samples for future reference. Chemical analyses
reported in this press release were performed by TSL Laboratories in Saskatoon,
SK, where it was dried, crushed and pulverized and a 250-gram sample was
prepared for assaying. Gold was analyzed by fire assay Atomic Absorption using a
30g charge, with gravimetric finish for assays greater than 3 g/t. Sampling and
analytical procedures are subject to a comprehensive Quality Assurance and
Quality Control program that includes blanks and analytical standards.


About VMS Ventures Inc.

VMS Ventures Inc. is focused primarily on acquiring, exploring and developing
copper-zinc-gold-silver massive sulphide deposits in the Flin Flon-Snow Lake VMS
Belt of Manitoba. The Company's VMS project property portfolio consists of the
Reed Copper Project, McClarty Lake Project, Sails Lake Project, Puella Bay
Project and Morton Lake Project. Outside of the Snow Lake camp, the Company
holds massive sulphide prospective properties near the past producing Fox Lake
and Ruttan copper-zinc mines, near the communities of Lynn Lake and Leaf Rapids
in northern Manitoba. These properties are located in the mining friendly
province of Manitoba, Canada. The Company also has optioned three properties in
the Sudbury mining camp. They are Terra Incognita, Golden Pine and Black Creek.


VMS Ventures owns approximately 45% of North American Nickel Inc. (TSX
VENTURE:NAN). For more information on North American Nickel Inc., please visit
www.northamericannickel.com.


Forward-Looking Statement

Some of the statements contained herein may be forward-looking statements which
involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Without limitation,
statements regarding potential mineralization and resources, exploration
results, and future plans and objectives of the Company are forward-looking
statements that involve various risks. The following are important factors that
could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements: changes in the world
wide price of mineral commodities, general market conditions, risks inherent in
mineral exploration, risks associated with development, construction and mining
operations, the uncertainty of future profitability and the uncertainty of
access to additional capital. There can be no assurance that forward-looking
statements will prove to be accurate as actual results and future events may
differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. VMS Ventures Inc.
undertakes no obligation to update such forward-looking statements if
circumstances or management's estimates or opinions should change. The reader is
cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements.


ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

John Roozendaal, President

VMS Ventures Inc.

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