VMS Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE:VMS) ("VMS" or the "Company") is pleased to
announce that permits have been received and drill tenders are in progress for
the 2013 winter drilling program on its 100% owned Manitoba properties. 


Work permits have now been received for all 100% owned projects within the Flin
Flon - Snow Lake greenstone belt. Some permits have restrictions, including the
use of existing winter roads to limit new winter road development. Some projects
will be drilled by skid mounted equipment, while others will be drilled with a
helicopter supported lighter weight "fly drill" where road access is not
available.


VMS Ventures COO Neil Richardson states: "This winter's freeze up has come early
and the conditions are excellent for our Manitoba drilling program. All of these
targets are on our 100% owned ground, so we are excited to get the drills
turning. I expect the program will be completed before the end of April."


Diamond drilling tenders have been sent out to drill contractors. The drill
contract should be awarded on January 31, 2013, with drilling planned to start
on February 6, 2013. The program is budgeted at approximately $1.2 million, and
includes the drilling of between 3,000 and 3,400 metres in 16 to 20 holes
(figure 1). All target areas are within the Flin Flon - Snow Lake VMS greenstone
belt of Manitoba. 


The Reed East and Reed West properties are adjacent to our Joint Venture
property with Hudbay Minerals Inc. (TSX:HBM)(NYSE:HBM). Prospective targets
planned to be tested on this property include those with coincident Mobile Metal
Ion (MMI) zinc anomalies and VTEM conductivity and magnetic anomalies (figure
2). The adjacent Joint Venture property hosts the Reed Copper Deposit which is
currently under development by Hudbay Minerals with production commencing in Q1
of 2014. 


To view Figures 1 and 2 please visit the following link:
http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/vms117i.pdf  


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. 


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 Mine, which is subject to a 70-30 JV with HudBay Minerals and is
scheduled for production in Q3- 2013, 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 21M 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: 
VMS Ventures Inc.
Evan Sleeman
Director
(604) 986-2020 or Toll Free: 1-866-816-0118
www.vmsventures.com
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