Underground Drill Program at Azulcocha Mine 

TORONTO, ON - Vena Resources Inc. reported that an underground drill program will commence on the Azulcocha Mine with the intention to upgrade known resources and to increase the resources at depth and along the eastern flank of the ore body. A contract has been signed with Andacollo Servicios de Perforacion S.A. to mobilize a drill to the mine site for a total of 1,717 metres of diamond core drilling in 22 holes from eight underground stations. In preparation for the drill program, the Company has completed 200 metres of underground development work.

The main purpose of the current drill program is to: complete an infill drilling program to refine the first year mine plan at levels 00 and -40, with grades of zinc ore from 5% to 40%, increase the mineral resources at depth as well as to reconfirm drill data of the old Gran Bretana mine that contained several intersects of up to 14% of zinc, increase the mineral resources along the eastern zone where Vena Resources drilled underground in 2007 and intersected two sections of 9.9 metres and 8.75 metres with zinc grades of 15% and 8% respectively.