VMS Ventures Inc.

Dear VMS Followers,

This morning's press release is tremendously exciting for our shareholders and, I can assure you, for our geologists.

Of course, this release asks, have we found another copper mine? This high grade copper drill intercept in the same region as our Reed Lake deposit and the Spruce Point mine suggests we are off to a great start. It emphasizes the potential in our huge land package covering so much of this highly prospective copper-zinc belt. It also points to the value that the VMS exploration team brings to our Company and shareholders.

As you recall, in November, Neil Richardson and his team found gold, near surface at Sails Lake. Now, at our Cowan River property, they have their first taste of high grade copper since our Reed Lake discovery.

These two discoveries made in the past 4 months move Cowan River and Sails Lake up in our list of exploration priorities. We will now use deeper penetrating ground based technologies and exploration methodologies to learn much more about the geology in the immediate area around the mineralization. In fact, today we will be reviewing the post discovery IP survey just completed at Sails Lake, in preparation for more drilling there in the coming weeks.

Our goal is simple: discover economic ore bodies. Today's copper results are an important step towards that goal at Cowan River.

VMS VENTURES DISCOVERS HIGH GRADE COPPER ZONE NEAR SURFACE: 9.81% COPPER OVER 1.37M WITHIN 6.59M OF 2.25% COPPER IN HOLE RE-11-001 AT ITS 100% OWNED COWAN RIVER PROPERTY, SNOW LAKE, MANITOBA

Vancouver, B.C., April 13, 2011 - VMS Ventures Inc. (VMS: TSX-V) ("VMS") is pleased to announce initial drill results for base metal targets on its Cowan River project near Snow Lake. The Cowan River property is located 7.5 km east of the Company's Reed Lake copper-zinc deposit and 8.1 km west of the past-producing Spruce Point deposit and 1.5 km south of provincial road 39. (to view a map, please click here: http://www.vmsventures.com/Theme/VMS/files/VMS_Manitoba_V3.pdf)

Neil Richardson, VMS' Chief Operating Officer states: "This new discovery on our 100% owned project is very exciting as Cowan River is close to our Reed Lake deposit and the former Spruce Point mine and occurs within the same belt of volcanic rocks that hosts numerous VMS-type deposits, including the past-producing Dickstone copper-zinc mine. The strongly chloritic style of alteration of the Cowan River host basalt and the high-grade copper mineralization closely resemble the Reed Lake deposit. Koop Geotechnical has completed a borehole pulse electromagnetic survey and assay data from outstanding core samples will be available shortly. Additional exploration is warranted on this discovery."

At Cowan River, airborne geophysical targets (VTEM) were tested by five drill holes totaling 1,500 metres. Hole RE-11-001 intersected 6.59 metres of 2.25% copper and 0.61% zinc including 1.37 metres of 9.81% copper and 1.46% zinc in near solid and disseminated sulphide within chloritized basalt. The intersection occurred approximately 75 metres vertically from surface.

Pervasive chloritization of the footwall basalt and the style of copper-rich mineralization are similar to the Reed Lake deposit and is typical of alteration associated with volcanogenic massive sulphide-type deposits. Assays are pending for samples from holes RE-11-002 to -005, inclusive. Holes RE-11-002 and -003 tested VTEM targets northeast of the copper-rich mineralization in DDH RE-11-001. Holes RE-11-004 and -005 were drilled to follow-up results in DDH RE-11-001. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE