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Mexican Silver Mines Announces the Addition of Jim Glass to Board of Directors

Mexican Silver Mines Ltd. (“Mexican Silver” or “MSM”) (TSXV: MSM; Frankfurt WKN: A0MSLE) is pleased to announce that Mr. Jim Glass has joined the board of directors effective April 8, 2008. Mr. Glass brings a diversified business background that includes experience providing investor relations, marketing, management, operation and administration for public companies. He has also been successful in taking companies from their formative stages through to development. Mr. Glass spearheaded the development of Gresham Resources Inc., an oil and gas company that was acquired in 2002 by Alberta-based True Energy Inc. Currently, Mr. Glass is a partner of Ascenta Capital Partners Inc. and is responsible for business development and sales.

Mexican Silver would also like to state that Mr. Bill Dynes has resigned from the board of directors effective April 8, 2008. Mr. Dynes’ resignation is due to his pursuit as an independent geological consultant in the industry. Mexican Silver would like to thank Mr. Dynes for his dedication and contributions to the company.

About Mexican Silver Mines

Mexican Silver Mines is a silver focused junior resource company developing three former silver producing properties in north-eastern Mexico. To learn more about Mexican Silver Mines, please visit: www.mexicansilvermines.com.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF
MEXICAN SILVER MINES LTD.

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Feisal Somji, B.Sc., MBA
President and Chief Executive Officer

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Mexican Silver Mines Ltd. Investor Relations
Feisal Somji, President & CEO Jamie Mathers, Ascenta Capital Partners Inc.
Phone: 403.236.5089 Phone: 604.684.4743 ext. 236
Fax: 403.398.0693 Phone: 1.866.684.4209
Email: info@mexicansilvermines.com Email: jamie@ascentacapital.com
Web: www.mexicansilvermines.com

This news release contains forward-looking information including but not limited to comments regarding the timing and content of upcoming work programs, geological interpretations and potential mineral recovery processes. Forward-looking information includes disclosure regarding possible future events, conditions or results of operations that is based on assumptions about future economic conditions and courses of action, and therefore, involves inherent risks and uncertainties. When used in this news release. The words "estimated", “inferred”, "plan", "anticipated", "expected", "intend", "believe", and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Mexican Silver to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievement expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. For any forward-looking information given, management has assumed that the analytical results it has received are reliable, and has applied geological interpretation methodologies which are consistent with industry standards. Although management has a reasonable basis for the conclusions drawn, there can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate and actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements. For such statements, we claim safe harbour.