Trade Winds to Speak at the Rodman & Renshaw Global Investment Conference: Al Gore, Dr. Henry Kissinger and Dick Cheney Will Keynote

Trade Winds Ventures Inc. (TSX-V: TWD, FSE: TVR) is pleased to announce that its CEO, Ian Lambert, will speak at the Rodman & Renshaw Global Investment Conference at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City on Tuesday, September 13th, 2011, from 1:35-2:00 pm in the Dillon Suite. Keynote speakers at the conference will include V.P. Al Gore, Dr. Henry Kissinger and V.P. Dick Cheney.

'Trade winds will introduce its advanced stage gold exploration project on Block A at Detour Lake, Ontario, to a global investment audience at the Rodman & Renshaw conference,' stated Ian Lambert, CEO of Trade Winds. 'With an aggressive 50,000 metre drilling program for 2011, together with a resource update and planned Preliminary Economic Assessment study for 1H 2012 and up to 80,000 metres of drilling in 2012, Trade Winds is well positioned to take advantage of rising gold prices, as it advances the multi-million ounce Block A gold project toward production of a large open pit mine.'


ABOUT TRADE WINDS VENTURES INC.

Trade Winds Ventures Inc. is a Canadian based gold exploration company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange, trading under the symbol TWD. The Company's primary focus is the advancement of its Detour Lake Block A and Gowest properties, located in northeastern Ontario. Trade Winds has completed extensive diamond drilling programs of over 156,000 metres on the Block A and Gowest properties. As Operator, we published a February 2011 NI43-101 compliant resource estimate by Watts, Griffis and McOuat on the 50/50 Block A Joint Venture with Detour Gold Corporation, including an US$1,000 in-pit indicated resource of ?70.8 million tonnes grading 0.85 g/t gold containing 1.924 million ounces and an inferred resource of 27.3 million tonnes grading 0.87 g/t gold containing 762,000 ounces at a cutoff grade of 0.4 g/t.

Trade Winds Ventures Inc. has been named to the 2011 TSX Venture 50, a ranking of strong performing companies listed on TSX Venture Exchange. The 2011 TSX Venture 50 is comprised of ten companies from each of five sectors; Clean Technology, Mining, Oil & Gas, Diversified Industries, and Technology & Life Sciences. The 2011 TSX Venture 50 companies were chosen based on the following criteria, with equal weighting assigned to each: share price appreciation, trading volume, market capitalization growth and analyst coverage. TSX Venture 50 is a trade-mark of TSX Inc. and is used under license.



Forward Looking Information

Certain information included in this news release constitutes 'forward-looking statements'. The words 'expect', 'will', 'intend', 'estimate' and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon a number of estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by management, are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies. Trade Winds cautions the reader that such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Trade Winds to be materially different from Trade Winds′ estimated future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by those forward-looking statements and the forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. These risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to, risks associated with the mining industry such as government regulation, environmental and reclamation risks, title disputes or claims, success of mining activities, future commodity prices, costs of production, possible variation in mineral reserves, mineral resources, grade or recovery rates, failure of plant, equipment or processes to operate as anticipated, accidents, labour disputes, the timing of estimated future production, capital expenditures, financial market fluctuations, requirements for additional capital, conclusions of economic evaluations, limitations on insurance coverage, risks associated with using third-party contractors and inflation. Trade Winds disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.



Trade Winds Ventures Inc.
Ian D. Lambert, 416-840-9843
CEO/President

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Investor Relations
Terry McGee
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