MMI Messina Minerals Inc.

VMS Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE:VMS) ("VMS Ventures" or the "Company") updates
shareholders on the progress of its winter drill programs.


The Company has completed drill testing its 100%-owned base metal massive
sulphide-type targets in the Snow Lake greenstone belt of Manitoba and several
targets in the North Range of the Sudbury Basin, Ontario. All targets in
Manitoba have been selected for drill testing subsequent to the integration of
airborne VTEM or ground EM-magnetic geophysical surveys and Mobile Metal Ions
("MMI") soil geochemistry coupled with a review of historic exploration
databases. The Company completed 13 holes with two holes abandoned due to low
water supply for a total of 3,259.9 metres. In Sudbury, the Company completed
three skid mounted drill holes following up TDEM, VLF-EM and MMI anomalies on
the Terra Incognita project for a total of 440.6 metres.


Drill testing of Manitoba targets began on the Reed East project and finished on
our Copper project. All targets were confirmed as uneconomic iron sulphide
mineralization, generally associated with graphitic argillite within basaltic
host rocks.


Neil Richardson, COO states: "The cold winter and spring have been exceptionally
good for skid mounted drilling with frozen ground providing good access to many
of our planned targets. The cold weather created some problems with small ponds
frozen solid, providing an inadequate water source for drilling of two targets.
We continue to see excellent correspondence between our geophysical targets and
the drill results in explaining the anomalies."


The drilling for this season was completed on April 17, 2013. The final assay
results for the last few holes are outstanding at the time of writing.


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 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, respectively 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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