VMS Vortex Metals Inc

VMS Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE:VMS) ("VMS") is pleased to update shareholders on
the ongoing developments at the Reed copper project. The Reed project is located
120 kilometres from Flin Flon, Manitoba and is the subject of a joint venture
with Hudbay Minerals (TSX:HBM)(NYSE:HBM) ("Hudbay"), which operates the project
and has a 70% ownership interest while VMS owns the remaining 30%.


Construction activity on-site at the Reed copper project is advancing on
schedule and highlights since the last update in May include:




--  84% of the grouting for the portal entrance area is now complete and
    this phase of the program is expected to be finished within the next
    week. 
--  Portal trench excavation has commenced with the first three metres of
    overburden now removed. 
--  Materials and equipment from the Trout Lake mine have begun arriving at
    the property.



VMS Ventures Chief Operating Officer Neil Richardson, states: "The progress
report at our latest Joint Venture management meeting was encouraging and we are
pleased with the progress our partners at Hudbay Minerals are making in the
development of the Reed Copper project. The grouting program is almost complete
and we expect to commence trenching the portal area later this month."


In the previous project update dated May 10, 2012, it was reported that the main
access road to the project was completed and clearing and leveling had begun for
ore stockpiles, office and storage buildings, and settling ponds. Placement of
limestone gravel fill for the warehouse and shop was in progress.


Initial production at the Reed copper project is expected by the fourth quarter
of 2013, and is anticipated to ramp up to full production of approximately 1,300
tonnes per day by the first quarter of 2014.


Hudbay provides a monthly status report to VMS and our shareholders will be kept
informed throughout Reed's development.


Further details of the Reed Copper deposit can be found in the National
Instrument 43-101 Technical Report entitled "Pre-Feasibility Study Technical
Report on the Reed Copper Deposit, Central Manitoba, Canada" dated April 2,
2012, available at www.sedar.com.


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 Lake Project, Reed East/West Project, 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 26M shares 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, B.Sc., President

VMS Ventures Inc.

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