• M Zone gold mineralization intersected within current pit shell
• 10.77 g/t Au over 7.0 m and• 1.67 g/t Au over 8.0 m in M Zone
• 1.27 g/t Au over 12.0 m and 1.93 g/t Au over 6.0 m in Hanging Wall Zone
• 0.8 g/t Au over 12.0 m and 2.54 g/t Au over 4.0 m in Footwall Zone
• 56.90 g/t Au over 1.10 m in M Zone and 56.9 g/t Au over 0.50 m in the Hanging Wall Zone

Vancouver, BC, August 18, 2010, - Trade Winds Ventures Inc. (TSX-V: TWD, FSE: TVR) ("Trade Winds") is pleased to announce the results for the final seven (7) holes totaling 3,097.5 metres from the winter 2010 drill program on the Block A property in northeastern Ontario, a 50/50 joint venture (JV) with Detour Gold Corporation ("Detour Gold"). Block A is located adjacent to Detour Gold's Detour Lake gold project, which contains a mineral reserve of 11.4 million ounces of gold. Trade Winds is currently the operator of the JV on Block A.

The 2010 winter drilling was completed on April 17th with a total 11,591 metres of drilling in 30 diamond drill holes. The Company previously announced the assay results of twenty three (23) drill holes totaling 8,493.5 metres from this program. This drill program was designed to fill drill-hole gaps and to test the western extension of the current US$700/oz pit shell, which presently contains an indicated resource of 1.2 million ounces and an inferred resource of 277,000 ounces of gold at an average grade of 1.02 grams/tonne (g/t), as outlined in the July 9, 2009 Technical Report by Watts, Griffis and McQuat ("WGM").

The M Zone, the major gold mineralized zone on Block A, was intersected in six of the seven drill holes. All six of these drill holes also intersected gold mineralization in the hanging wall and footwall. The seventh hole (TWDDH-268), which was drilled to the north of the M Zone, had a number of mineralized hanging wall intersections. The 30 drill holes of the winter 2010 drill program have confirmed the validity of the 2009 block model in predicting the location of M Zone and hanging wall and footwall zones parallel to the M Zone. Based on previous drilling, the M Zone extends another two kilometres further west of the proposed US$700/oz pit on Block A.

The best gold intercepts from this group of seven holes include 10.77 g/t over 7.0 m (which includes 56.9 g/t over 1.10 m) in hole TWDDH-263, 1.27 g/t over 12.0 m in TWDDH-264, 1.67 g/t over 8.0 m in TWDDH-267, 1.93 g/t over 6.0 m in TWDDH-263 and 3.87 g/t over 3.6 m in TWDDH-268. There continues to be a number of significant gold values greater than 10 g/t in most of the drill holes within the pit shell, including gold values as high as 56.9 g/t over 1.10 m in the M Zone (TWDDH-263), 56.9 g/t over 0.5 m in hanging wall zone (TWDDH-268) and 30.90 g/t Au over 0.47 m in hanging wall zone (TWDDH-265). Full results are summarized in the table below.

Ian Lambert, CEO & President, stated: "The winter 2010 drill program was successful both infilling and extending the gold mineralization within and to the west of the current US$700 pit shell. Mineralization occurs near surface on the hanging wall for up to 300 metres to the north side of the M Zone structure, and extends for up to 200 metres on the footwall side to the south of the M Zone. We anticipate that this additional mineralization will be incremental to the current mineral resource, and the results from this exploration program will be incorporated in an update of the resource block model. In addition, a metallurgical study is being completed, and all this information will be included in the updated mineral resource estimate and pit shell anticipated for completion before the end of September".

Highlights of Drill Results on Block A: : (HW – hanging wall; FW – footwall)

(True Width is estimated to be between 80-85% of core length)

Quality Assurance and Quality Control ("QA/QC") Program for Core Sampling
The Company has implemented a quality control program to ensure best practices in sampling, analysis and security of core samples. The drill core is first logged then sawn in half during the sampling process with half being retained for verification and reference purposes. During sample collection and assaying, there is an established QC procedure which includes the insertion into the sample stream of standard reference samples, sample duplicates and blank samples, including the insertion of blank samples after all samples with visible gold.

The samples are delivered in sealed bags direct to ALS-Chemex Laboratories preparation facility in Timmins, Ontario by Trade Winds personnel. Sample pulps are shipped from there to ALS-Chemex Laboratories in Vancouver, British Columbia for analysis.The samples are analyzed for gold using the ALS-Chemex procedure AU-AA24, which is a 50 g fire assay with AA finish. Samples returning greater than 10 g/t Au are automatically processed using a fire assay-gravimetric finish. Total metallic assays for gold were also performed on selected intervals. All samples assayed by ALS-Chemex include a standard multi-element ICP package.

The coarse rejects are kept in Timmins for re-assaying purposes for a period of six months and then returned to the Trade Winds site where they are stored in a locked shipping container. Selected coarse rejects are check assayed by third party laboratories other than ALS-Chemex.

ABOUT TRADE WINDS VENTURES INC.
Trade Winds Ventures Inc. is a Canadian gold exploration and development company focused, as operator, on advancing its Detour Lake properties to the feasibility study stage. The Block A 50% JV and adjacent 100% owned Gowest properties are located in the Detour Lake Mining District, north of the prolific gold mining camp of Timmins, Ontario, Canada. The current NI 43-101 technical reports on Block A and Gowest properties by WGM delineated a total indicated mineral resource of 2,010,711 ounces of gold and an inferred resource of 2,004,585 ounces of gold (includes the 50% portion to Detour Gold on Block A). Contained within this total resource is the in-pit mineral resource estimate shown in the table below.

The parameters and methodology utilized to produce this resource estimate are described in Trade Winds' May 26, 2009 press release and the July 9, 2009 NI 43-101 technical report by WGM. The material in this news release has been prepared and reviewed by Stephen Wallace, P. Geo, VP Exploration, a Qualified Person as defined in NI 43-101.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Ian D. Lambert, CEO/President (416) 840-9843
Terry McGee, Investor Relations Toll Free (866) 698-9187 ext 228 or (604) 648-6228

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