Revett Closes $3.4 Million Private Placement for Troy Mine Exploration and Development

Spokane Valley, WA -- (Marketwire - Aug. 24, 2010) - Revett Minerals Inc. (TSX: RVM) (OTCBB: RVMIF) ("Revett" or the "Company) is pleased to announce that it has closed a non—brokered private placement of its shares to accelerate ongoing exploration and development at the Troy Mine. The private placement consisted of the sale of 12,094,368 equity units at a price of CDN$0.28 per unit for gross proceeds to the Company of CDN$3,386,423.

Each unit consists of one common share and one-half of a common share purchase warrant, each whole warrant entitling the holder to acquire an additional common share at a price of CDN$0.35 per share for a 36 month period.

In connection with CDN$386,426 of the private placement, the Company has paid a 6% finders fee and issued 41,403 warrants exercisable at CDN$0.35 for a period of 36 months.

Proceeds from this private placement will be used for continuing exploration and development at the Troy Mine, in particular, acceleration of the exploration of the extensive land position in the immediate mine area and for general working capital purposes.

John Shanahan, President & CEO stated, "We are pleased to announce this placement and are eager to accelerate our exploration efforts at Troy which will hopefully culminate in a significant extension in the life of the Troy Mine. We remain mindful of the extensive and valuable infrastructure at the Troy Mine and are focused on realizing its full potential."


About Revett

Revett Minerals, through its subsidiaries, owns and operates the currently producing Troy Mine in Lincoln County, Montana and development-stage Rock Creek Project located in Sanders County, Montana, USA. The proven reserves at the Troy Mine and significant resources at the Rock Creek project will form the basis of our plan to become a solid mid-tier base and precious metals producer. Revett plans on expanding production through exploration in and around its current properties, as well as through targeted business combinations of advanced stage projects.


John Shanahan
President & CEO



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Revett Minerals Inc.
Monique Hayes
Director of Corporate & Investor Communications
(509) 921-2294
www.revettminerals.com