VMS Vortex Metals Inc

VMS Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE:VMS) ("VMS Ventures" or the "Company") is
updating shareholders on the progress being made at the Reed Copper Project,
near Flin Flon Manitoba.


Wednesday the Company's joint venture partner on the Reed Copper Project, HudBay
Minerals Inc. (TSX:HBM)(NYSE:HBM), reported the following update on progress
being made towards construction of the mine:


"During the first quarter, Hudbay's focus for its 70% owned Reed copper project
near Flin Flon, Manitoba was advancing the underground ramp and sinking the
escape and ventilation raises from surface. Of Hudbay's $72 million capital
construction budget, the company has invested approximately $37 million on the
project to March 31, 2013 and has entered into an additional $13 million in
commitments. Capital expenditures at Reed are expected to total approximately
$44 million in 2013.


After completing the first portal development round in October 2012, the
underground ramp had advanced approximately 363 metres as of March 31, 2013. In
March 2013, Hudbay was able to start hauling waste from underground via haul
trucks, which is expected to reduce cycle times and improve the rate of ramp
development."


Neil Richardson, VMS Ventures' COO states: "We are very pleased with the
progress being made at Reed and in particular the efforts being made to keep the
project within budget. The project team is doing an excellent job in overcoming
the challenges that accompany a project like this and in particular at the early
phases of the development."


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, which is subject to a 70-30 JV with HudBay Minerals and is
scheduled for production in Q4-2013, 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 two properties in the Sudbury mining camp. They are Terra Incognita and
Black Creek. 


VMS Ventures owns approximately 27.5% 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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