Revett Announces 2011 Earnings Release Date and Conference Call Information

SPOKANE VALLEY, WASHINGTON -- (Marketwire) -- 03/15/12 -- Revett Minerals Inc. ("Revett" or the "Company") (TSX: RVM) (NYSE Amex: RVM) has scheduled a conference call to discuss its 2011 financial results on Thursday, March 29th, at 11:30 am (Eastern Daylight Time). Financial results for the year ending December 31, 2011 are expected to be released before market open on March 28, 2012.

To participate in the call, please dial 1 (888) 231-8191 or 1 (647) 427-7450, approximately five to 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time of the call.

The conference call and all questions and answers will be recorded and made available until April 5th, 2012. To listen to the recording, call toll free 1 (855) 859-2056 or 1 (416) 849-0833 and enter the access code 60599312#

Monique Hayes, Corporate Secretary

Except for the statements of historical fact contained herein, the information presented in this press release may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation and The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Generally, these forward looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "expects", or "does not expect", "is expected", "is not expected", "budget", "plans", "schedule", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates", "or does not anticipate" or "believes" or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will", "occur" or "be achieved. Such forecast does not represent guidance issued by the company. Actual results and developments could be affected by development risks and production risks, as well as those factors discussed in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in the Form 10-K filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and with the SEC on EDGAR. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Revett Minerals does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements that are incorporated by reference herein, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.

Contacts:

Revett Minerals Inc.

Monique Hayes

Corporate Secretary / Director of Investor Relations

(509) 921-2294
www.revettminerals.com