Revett Minerals Reports Operating and Financial Results for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2007

May 11, 2007 Revett Minerals Inc., Spokane Valley, Washington (TSX-RVM) ("Revett" or the "Company") is pleased to report on its improving operating and financial performance for the three months ended March 31, 2007. All currency in this report is in United States dollars unless otherwise indicated.

The major highlights for the quarter ending March 31, 2007, included:

�Troy (100% basis) achieved record mill throughput averaging 3,891 tons per day;
� Troy (100% basis) attained record production of 3.3 million pounds of copper and 359,134 ounces of silver;
� Initiation of the "Troy Complex" exploration program outside of the Troy ore body;
� Ore reserves based upon ore tons increased by 10% over the level of proven and probable reserves of the previous year (see the press release dated April 2, 2007);
� Agent compensation warrants exercisable at (Cdn) $1.20 per share for 1,293,615 common shares were exercised this quarter realizing (Cdn) $1,552,338; and.
� The Company reported net income of $301,000 or $0.00 per share.

Mr. Orchow, President and CEO, of the Company in commenting on the first quarter said "We are very pleased with the production improvements and cost control activities at Troy. The production enhancement programs implemented last year are achieving meaningful increases in mill throughput which has the added benefit of reducing our production costs on a metal produced basis. The management and staff at Troy are to be complemented for the efforts that they have made in improving the operations at the mine".

CONSOLIDATED RESULTS

For the first quarter of 2007, Revett Minerals Inc. reported a profit of $301,000 or $0.00 per share on revenue of $10.7 million. This compared to a profit of $26,000 or $0.00 per share during the first quarter of 2006 and a loss of $4.9 million or ($0.07) per share in the fourth quarter of 2006. Sales revenue for the first quarter of 2006 was $7.4 million and it was $4.0 million for the fourth quarter of 2006.

Concentrate deliveries and sales during the first quarter of 2007 were comprised of 2.5 million pounds of payable copper and 303,541 ounces of payable silver compared to 1.7 million pounds of copper and 230,303 ounces of silver and 1.4 million pounds of copper and 165,176 ounces of silver for the first and fourth quarter of 2006, respectively.

During the first quarter of 2007 cost of sales was $7.6 million compared to $5.9 million in the first quarter of 2006 and $7.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2006. Operating costs were higher reflecting increased mill throughput, higher labor costs, higher material and supply costs and higher property and mining costs. Depreciation and amortization in this current quarter was $0.4 million compared to $0.4 million in the first quarter of 2006 and $0.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2006. The Company uses the units-of-production method to depreciate the majority of Troy's plant and equipment and therefore changes in throughput and ore reserves will result in corresponding adjustments to these expense items. The reclamation and closure accretion expense was $0.2 million in the first quarter of 2007 and $0.04 million and $0.5 million in the first and fourth quarters of 2006 respectively.

Exploration and development costs totaled $0.5 million in 2007, the costs rising because of the initiation of the "Troy Complex" exploration program in this current quarter. General and administration costs were $1.0 million in the first quarter of 2007 compared to $0.6 million and $1.6 million in the first and fourth quarters of 2006 respectively. The main factor affecting the general and administration costs on a quarter over quarter basis are changes in employees' stock option compensation expense. Finally interest expense, net of interest income and other costs totaled $0.02 million in 2007 and $0.06 million in the first quarter of 2006 and $0.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2006.

As a result net income before non controlling interest and taxes was $1.2 million for the first quarter of 2007 and $0.1 million for the first quarter of 2006 and a loss of $6.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2006. During the first quarter of 2007 net income was $301,000and as previously discussed for the other comparable quarters.

At March 31, 2007, the Company's cash and cash equivalents and short term investments, which consists of cash invested in fixed income securities, totaled $22.4 million compared to $23.8 million as at December 31, 2006. This use of cash was a function of low metal prices in December, January and February which are used for invoicing purposes and below budget production in December and January.

THE TROY MINE

The table below illustrates certain key operating statistics for Troy (100% basis) for the three months ended March 31, 2007, with a comparison to the previous quarter and also for the three months ended March 31, 2006.

The increase in mill throughput, along with the recovery in copper and silver prices are the two most significant factors affecting the Company's first quarter operating and financial results. During the last few months of 2006, the management of Troy initiated a number of productivity enhancement programs with the objective of increasing the efficiency of the underground mining operations. These productivity improvement programs included: (i) increased supervisory training, (ii) improvements in communications at shift change, (iii) improved training of the workforce on operating the jumbo drills, (iv) more emphasis on maintenance planning, and (v) short term mine planning aimed at improving cycling efficiencies. We believe the production improvements noted in the table above are indications of the benefits of the productivity programs implemented last year.

Also during the first quarter, Troy has initiated its "Troy Complex" exploration program previously announced (see the release dated February 1, 2007). The target of this program is to test the potential for deeper mineralization below the existing mine workings, known as the "I-beds" and to follow up on the known mineralization on the JF claims, about 1.5 kilometers  south of the Troy ore body.

ABOUT REVETT

Revett Minerals, through its subsidiaries, owns both the Rock Creek Project and the Troy Mine located in northwest Montana. Based on the drilling to date, Rock Creek contains an estimated inferred resource of 137 million tons grading 1.67 ounces silver per ton and 0.72% copper, containing approximately 229 million ounces of silver and over 2 billion pounds of copper using a cut off grade of US $10.00 per ton. Further information on both the Troy Mine and the Rock Creek Project may be found in the National Instrument 43-101 reports at www.sedar.com. These reports were prepared on behalf of the Company by Mr. Jean-Francois Couture, P.Geo.  and   Mr. Ken Reipas, P.Eng. of SRK Consulting (Canada). Both Mr. Couture and Mr. Reipas are Qualified Persons in accordance with National Instrument 43-101. All of these issues are discussed in greater detail in the Company's official filings at www.sedar.com. 

William Orchow
President  & CEO

For more information, please contact:
Scott Brunsdon, CFO or Doug Ward, VP Corporate Development at (509) 921-2294 or visit our website at www.revettminerals.com.

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