Minefinders Reports 6.46 GPT of Gold-Equivalent Over 67 Metres at La Virginia

Minefinders Corporation Ltd. MFN is pleased to report drill results from the 2011 exploration program on the Company's La Virginia Project in Sonora State, Mexico. Exploratory drilling began in 2010 in the Con Virginia Zone (central area of the La Virginia District) and then moved to additional targets in the El Campo Santo Zone (located to the north) and the Las Huatas Zone (located to the south). The main focus of the drilling program in 2011 has been at the Las Huatas Zone. A map showing the location of these zones can be found on the Company's website and all potentially significant intercept results received to date are categorized by zone in the tables included at the end of this news release.