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MINERA ANDES ANNOUNCES SECOND QUARTER 2009
SAN JOS� MINE PRODUCTION

  
TSX: MAI   
NASD-OTCBB: MNEAF   
   

SPOKANE, WA--July 16, 2009-- Minera Andes Inc. (TSX: MAI and US OTC: MNEAF) is pleased to announce the San Jos� mine production results for the second quarter of 2009. During the second quarter, the San Jos� mine produced 1,265,000 ounces of silver and 18,080 ounces of gold, of which 49% is attributable to Minera Andes.

Compared to the first quarter of 2009, the 2009 second quarter silver production was 3% lower and gold production was 9% higher. The decrease in silver production was due to a lower head grade for silver, which was partially offset by higher processing recovery rates. The increase in gold production was the result of a higher mill feed head grade for gold and higher processing recovery rates. Mill throughput in the second quarter of 2009 was similar to the level of the previous quarter. Compared to the second quarter of 2008, the second quarter 2009 silver production increased 16% and gold increased 46% due to the increased production rate associated with the expansion program completed in the fourth quarter of 2008.

SAN JOS� MINE PRODUCTION COMPARISON (100% BASIS) *

Production             
    

Q2 2009

Q1 2009

Q2 2008

Ore production (tonnes)

119,184

118,986

60,603

Average head grade silver (g/t)

400

427

681

Average head grade gold (g/t)

5.65

5.29

7.56

Silver produced (ounces)

1,265,000

1,299,000

1,093,000

Gold produced (ounces)

18,080

16,560

12,410

Net silver sold (ounces)

1,709,000

838,000

2,284,400

Net gold sold (ounces)

21,930

11,380

28,980

*49% of the San Jos� mine production is attributable to Minera Andes Inc.

Second quarter production cost information will be provided when available in a subsequent press release.

Sales of precious metal were significantly higher in second quarter of 2009 compared to the first quarter because a large part of the first quarter 2009 production was not sold because new contracts with improved commercial conditions for the sale of dor� and concentrates were being negotiated. As a result, a larger than normal final product inventory of silver and gold had been accumulated at the end of the first quarter that was sold in the second quarter. In comparison to the same quarter of last year, sales in second quarter of 2009 were lower because gold and silver produced in the fourth quarter of 2007 and first and second quarter of 2008 were sold during the second quarter of 2008.

Product inventories were reduced substantially by the end of the second quarter compared to the end of the first quarter of 2009, as shown on the table below.

SAN JOS� MINE PRODUCT INVENTORY COMPARISON (100% BASIS)

           
    

Q2 2009

Q1 2009

Concentrate (tonnes)

992

1,449

Dor� (kg)

2,885

12,110

Precipitate (kg)

3,994

7,437

Total contained Ag in all products (oz)

391,000

898,000

Total contained Au in all products (oz)

6,610

11,290

*49% of the San Jos� mine production is attributable to Minera Andes Inc.

In addition to the plant capacity expansion, construction of a new power line was completed at the end of the first quarter of 2009, linking the San Jos� mine to the national grid and ensuring that it has a reliable, low-cost supply of energy. The benefit of lower energy costs started to impact mine production costs in the second quarter.

Mine production from the Kospi vein commenced at the end of the second quarter after several months of delays. During the first half of 2009, mill feed was derived from the Huevos Verdes and Frea veins and from a surface stockpile of low-grade ore. Going forward, the plan is to generate mill feed entirely from underground ore and defer processing of the stockpile ore until the end of the mine life.

In April 2009 a new mineralized structure was discovered at San Jos� that is located approximately 845 meters southwest from the Huevos Verdes vein. The blind structure, which does not outcrop on the surface, was discovered in the first drill hole of a program of five 1,000 meter long Diamond drill holes to be drilled horizontally from existing underground workings. The vein intercept from the discovery core hole (SMJ-105) ran 8.9 g/t gold and 517 g/t silver over 1.00 meters, as previously reported by the Corporation on April 23, 2009.

Brian Gavin, Minera Andes' Vice President of Exploration, who is a "qualified person" as defined by National Instrument 43-101, is responsible for technical information used in this news release and has supervised the preparation of such information and reviewed all such information used in this news release.

Minera Andes is a gold, silver and copper exploration company with a 49% interest in the San Jos� silver-gold mine in Santa Cruz, Argentina. The San Jos� mine is owned by Minera Santa Cruz S.A. ("MSC"), which in turn is owned 49% by Minera Andes and 51% by Hochschild Mining plc. Hochschild is the operator of the San Jos� mine, and exercises total operating control of the mine. The Corporation also owns the Los Azules copper project in San Juan province, where a scoping study has been completed and the Corporation is awaiting a decision by its joint venture partner, Xstrata Copper Company, if it will exercise its right to back in to a 51% ownership of the project. The Corporation holds or has an interest in approximately 304,000 acres of mineral exploration land in Argentina located in the regions near the San Jos� mine and Los Azules project. The Corporation presently has 230,688,851 shares issued and outstanding.

 



For further information, please contact: Art Johnson at the Spokane office, or Krister A. Kottmeier, investor relations - Canada, at the Vancouver office. Visit our Web site: www.minandes.com.

Spokane Office
111 East Magnesium Rd.,
Spokane, WA 99208 USA
Phone: (509) 921-7322
E-mail: mineraandes@minandes.com

Vancouver Office
Suite 911 - 470 Granville St,
Vancouver, BC. V6C 1V5
Phone: (604) 689-7017 / 877-689-7018
E-mail: ircanada@minandes.com

Reliability of Information

Minera Santa Cruz S.A., the owner of the San Jos� mine, is responsible for and has supplied to the Corporation all reported results from the San Jos� mine. This press release is based entirely on information provided to Minera Andes by Minera Santa Cruz S.A. (MSC). Minera Andes' joint venture partner, a subsidiary of Hochschild Mining plc, and its affiliates other than MSC do not accept responsibility for the use of project data or the adequacy or accuracy of this release. As the Corporation is not the operator of the San Jos� mine, there can be no assurance that production information reported to the Corporation by MSC is accurate, the Corporation has not independently verified such information and readers are therefore cautioned regarding the extent to which they should rely upon such information.

Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements:

This news release contains forward-looking statements and forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable US and Canadian securities laws. Such forward-looking statements or information include expected lower energy costs, expanded mine production at MSC's San Jos� mine and availability of higher grade ore. In making the forward-looking statements and providing the forward-looking information, we have made numerous assumptions. Although our management believes that the assumptions made and the expectations represented by such statements or information are reasonable, there can be no assurance that the forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate. Forward-looking statements and information involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results to be materially different from that expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include among other things, declines in the price of gold, silver, copper and other base metals, capital and operating cost increases, changes in general economic and business conditions, including changes in interest rates and the demand for base metals, economic and political instability in Argentina, discrepancies between actual and estimated production and mineral reserves and resources; operational and development risk; the speculative nature of mineral exploration and regulatory risks.

Readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements or information. We undertake no obligation to reissue or update forward-looking statements or information as a result of new information or events after the date hereof except as may be required by law. See our annual information form for additional information on risks, uncertainties and other factors relating to the forward-looking statements and information.. All forward-looking statements and information made in this news release are qualified by this cautionary statement.


THE TSX HAS NOT REVIEWED AND DOES NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS RELEASE.

 

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Minera Andes is a silver producing company based in Canada.

Minera Andes is listed in Canada and in United States of America. Its market capitalisation is 122.4 millions as of today (US$ 122.2 millions, € 93.2 millions).

Its stock quote reached its lowest recent point on February 06, 2009 at 0.32, and its highest recent level on April 15, 2011 at 3.39.

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