Aurizon Mines Ltd.: Deeper Drilling at Marban Reveals Added Upside With 5.3 Grams of Gold Per Tonne Over 12.8 Metres

Aurizon Mines Ltd AZK is pleased to report the latest drilling results at the Marban Block property, located in the Malartic gold camp, Abitibi region of Quebec. Highlights from 23 new drill holes include 5.3 grams of gold per tonne over 12.8 metres (MB-11-191) obtained along the depth extension of the footwall shear zone at the Marban deposit at approximately 400 metres below surface. The intersection has opened up significant potential to increase the gold resources at depth at Marban. Highlights of Marban deposit drilling results: -- 37.1 grams of gold per tonne over 1.4 metres (MB-11-182); -- 5.3 grams of gold per tonne over 12.8 metres (MB-11-191); -- 5.1 grams of gold per tonne over 6.0 metres (MB-11-192). Highlights of Norlartic deposit drilling results: -- 3.0 grams of gold per tonne over 14.4 metres (NL-11-049). Aurizon's initial program commenced on August 30, 2010 and includes 50,000 metres of diamond drilling. Three drill rigs are currently in operation on the project. To date, 152 holes and five (5) extensions of previous holes have been completed for a total of 40,888 metres. Results from 92 holes have been previously released, results from 23 holes are included in this release, and results are pending for 42 completed drill holes. "With these new series of holes, higher grade results become more important and increase our knowledge in an area located about 200 metres below the former mining operations. A higher grade distribution inside pluri-metric intervals provides a strong incentive to start exploring at depth," said Martin Demers, P.Geo. Exploration Manager of Aurizon.