SPOKANE VALLEY, WA, May 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Revett Minerals Inc., ("TSX-RVM") ("Revett" or the "Company") has entered into an agreement to hedge copper and silver production for the second half of 2009. John Shanahan, President and CEO, stated "Although we feel copper and silver will be strong in the long-term, we feel that near term hedging is prudent risk management to secure our short term cash flows.

SPOKANE VALLEY, WA, April 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Revett Minerals Inc., ("TSX-RVM") ("Revett" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that Silver Wheaton has exercised its participation right to acquire 3,855,558 Revett Minerals common shares. In connection with the recent exchange of 20,553,500 Revett Silver Class B common shares for Revett Minerals common shares, Silver Wheaton has taken up a portion of its pro-rata share of Revett Minerals common shares under the Participation Rights Agreement dated November 22, 2006.