Scorpio Discovers Another New Zone Reporting 11.50 metres grading 169 g/t Ag, 5.18% Zn, 0.55% Cu, 3.08% Pb, and 0.360 g/t Au at Nuestra Senora Project, Mexico

Vancouver, April 11, 2008 - Scorpio Mining Corporation (TSX:SPM) is pleased to announce the discovery of a new zone of mineralization at the 100% owned Nuestra Senora project, Sinaloa State, Mexico.

Peter J. Hawley, Chairman, CEO reports, "The results in Table 1, including discovery hole NS8L-07-58, show once again that the area surrounding the known mineralized zones remains under explored and offers excellent potential to add significant tonnage proximal to the existing underground infrastructure. Not only are there excellent opportunities down plunge from the current Level 11, but as this demonstrates, significant new discoveries can still be made which could immediately impact our mine planning and improve our average tons per vertical metre."

The reported underground drill holes were collared on Level 8 (approximately 130 metres below surface) and drilled to explore beyond the historic footwall limit of the Main Zone. At a depth of 89.9 metres, roughly 60 metres past the footwall contact, the discovery hole NS8L-07-58 crossed a new zone of skarn mineralization in an area previously thought to be barren. Assay results received to date are presented in Table 1.

Table 1. 8th Level Underground Drill Results - Footwall Zone

Hole #
	

From

(m)
	

To

(m)
	

Length

(m)
	

Ag

(g/t)
	

Au

(g/t)
	

Cu

%
	

Pb

%
	

Zn

%
NS8L-07-58 	89.90 	103.50 	13.60 	74 	0.180 	0.46 	1.54 	2.60

including
	96.20 	103.50 	7.30 	115 	0.262 	0.73 	2.23 	3.87
NS8L-07-188 	116.70 	119.30 	2.60 	823 	0.157 	0.10 	2.55 	2.60
NS8L-07-190 	101.70 	103.70 	2.00 	145 	0.311 	0.64 	4.31 	10.31
NS8L-07-191 	79.90 	81.10 	1.20 	131 	0.276 	0.11 	2.16 	1.72
NS8L-07-193 	93.20 	104.70 	11.50 	169 	0.360 	0.55 	3.08 	5.18

The new zone, dubbed the Footwall Zone, is located in an area historically thought to be principally composed of fresh barren limestone. Only limited drilling has been completed to date and further drilling is planned later this year in order to evaluate its dimensions and grade.

Recent drilling has focused principally on defining known mineralized zones with only limited exploration drilling completed. The Company expects to focus some of its drilling efforts toward finding new resources in order to replace the zones it expects to exploit in the future years.

Drill hole data in Table 1 reflects down hole core lengths and actual (uncut) grades. True widths cannot be reliably estimated at this time. Further information on the Company and the Nuestra Señora project is available on the Scorpio Mining web site at: www.scorpiomining.com.

President, Mr. D. Roger Scammell, PGeo, is the Company´s Qualified Person for the Nuestra Señora project. Mr. Scammell is responsible for the current exploration and development program and has reviewed the content of this release. All technical information for the Nuestra Señora property is obtained and reported under a formal quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) program. Samples are shipped to the ALS Chemex preparation laboratory in Hermosillo, Mexico for drying, crushing and pulverizing. ALS Chemex, Hermosillo then sends the pulps by air-freight to ALS Chemex, Vancouver for assaying. Systematic assaying of standards and blanks are performed for the precision and accuracy; check assays are regularly conducted by SGS Lakefield Research. Details of the QA/QC program are available on the Company´s website.


ON BEHALF OF SCORPIO MINING CORPORATION

Peter J. Hawley
Chairman & CEO




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