Spokane, Washington – Revett Minerals Inc. (RVM-TSX) wishes to provide clarification of the status of its Rock Creek development project in northwest Montana and correct a number of inaccuracies contained in the March 30, 2005 press release made by Earth Justice and the Rock Creek Alliance.

The key issues of correction and clarification include:

1) The agencies approval of the Record of Decision for the Rock Creek project was not overturned as implied by the environmental group’s press release. Rather the ruling by the judge simply remanded the Biological Opinion back to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for further review and consideration.

2) Revett Silver Company, a subsidiary of Revett Minerals Inc., has received a letter from the U.S. Forest Service confirming that the U.S. Forest Service is not withdrawing the Record of Decision for the Rock Creek project.

3) The ruling by the judge did not state “….. the Rock Creek mine would drive grizzly bear and bull trout into extinction”. Revett believes this statement is a gross exaggeration of the scientific facts and the judge’s ruling. In parts of North America, it remains legal to hunt grizzly bear and to fish for bull trout; both facts inconsistent with the implication either species is on the verge of extinction.

4) The Rock Creek Mine, if developed, will increase the undisturbed acreage set aside as grizzly bear habitat as required by the mitigation plan.

5) While it is true the Cabinet Mountain population of grizzly bear is small, there is no credible evidence that mining activities will harm the bears. The issue with the grizzly bear is one of human encroachment on its habitat and poaching of the bears by mankind. It is these two real issues that the mitigation measures were specifically developed to alleviate.

6) It was grossly incorrect of the environmental groups to state that “the Fish and Wildlife Service had written off the Rock Creek population without considering the full range of threats facing the bull trout species.” In fact, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service extensively studied the issue and concluded that there was minimal risk to the bull trout species in the upper Clark Fork basin. Revett Minerals believes that in addition to the scientific studies conducted by the permitting agencies and with over 25 years of water monitoring at the Troy Mine where no water quality degradation has occurred, the agencies came to the only logical and reasonable conclusions.

7) Revett Minerals continues to work closely with all concerned permitting agencies respecting the legal rights and obligations of all concerned parties. The permitting agencies continue to diligently review all alternatives open to them. The two most obvious include an appeal of the judge’s ruling and secondly, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service has been working for approximately four months on updating its studies respecting the grizzly bear in the Cabinet Mountains.

8) Pending the deliberations by the permitting agencies, Revett is continuing to advance the preliminary work required to commence driving the proposed adit at Rock Creek. This includes finalizing the Memorandum of Understanding with the United States Forest Service and the Montana Department of Environmental Quality which essentially provides the administrative framework for the implementation of the mitigation plan as outlined in the Record of Decision. The company continues to negotiate with landowners to acquire the required mitigation lands, and preliminary studies on water quality issues and road enhancements are underway.

Mr. William Orchow, President and CEO of Revett Minerals stated “While we are disappointed with the judge’s ruling, we strongly believe that both we and the agencies’ findings will prevail. Our mitigation measures will actually enhance the probability of increasing the number of grizzly bears in the Cabinet Mountains and there are no facts to support the contention that the bull trout will be harmed. This is not an issue of harming potentially threatened species but is another anti-development crusade masked as an environmental protection measure. If the Rock Creek project is not allowed to proceed the losers will be the grizzly bear and the people of Montana”.

William Orchow
President & CEO

For more information, please contact:
Scott Brunsdon, CFO or Doug Ward, VP Corporate Development at (509) 921-2294 or visit our website at www.revettminerals.com.