VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 04/06/11 -- Nevsun Resources Ltd. (TSX: NSU)(NYSE Amex: NSU) is pleased to announce the Bisha mine in Eritrea processed 461,000 tonnes of ore yielding 75,000 ounces of gold in dore in Q1 2011, during the same period it was ramping up to commercial production. Nevsun has accumulated significant cash during Q1, with a cash balance of $100 million as of March 31, 2011.