Produced at Canatuan

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CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Dec. 29, 2010) - TVI Pacific Inc. (TSX:TVI)(OTCQX:TVIPF) ("TVI" or the "Company") announced today that its Philippine operating affiliate, TVI Resource Development (Phils.), Inc. ("TVIRD"), completed its nineteenth shipment of copper concentrates produced at the Canatuan mine on December 21, 2010.

Gross revenue expected from nineteenth shipment US$9.7 million
Gross revenue year to date US$77.9 million
Copper concentrates shipped year-to-date 46,756 dry metric tonnes ("dmt")




Due to the consistency of the concentrate shipment schedule, TVI will no longer be issuing separate news releases to announce individual concentrate shipments. Instead, all figures will be reported on a quarterly basis in TVI's financial documents. Information regarding the shipment schedule, and any changes to the timing of the schedule, will continue to be made available on the Company' s website at