Vancouver, B.C. MAG Silver Corp. (TSX: MAG; NYSE-A: MVG) (“MAG” or the “Company”) announces the Company’s audited consolidated financial results for the year ended December 31, 2011. For complete details of the annual financial statements and related Management’s Discussion and Analysis, please see the Company’s filings on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) or on EDGAR (www.sec.gov). All amounts herein are reported in Canadian dollars unless otherwise specified.

2011 FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

At December 31, 2011, the Company had working capital of $26,217,691 (December 31, 2010: $40,478,028), including cash on hand of $26,662,581 (December 31, 2010: $39,825,071). The primary use of cash during the year ended December 31, 2011 was for exploration and evaluation expenditures in Mexico totaling $9,216,860 (December 31, 2010: $13,157,410). The Company also advanced to Minera Juanicipio, S.A. de C.V. (“Minera Juanicipio”) and expended on its own account a further $2,627,284 (December 31, 2010: $2,931,467) for work conducted on the Juanicipio property.

The Company’s net loss amounted to $8,259,567 (or $0.15 per share) for the year ended December 31, 2011 as compared to $12,592,982 (or $0.24 per share) in 2010. The smaller net loss in 2011 was due to several factors. In May 2011 the Company received a $1,799,775 (US $1.86 million) arbitration award from Fresnillo plc (“Fresnillo”). Exploration and evaluation costs written off in the 2011 fiscal year of $540,550 for the San Ramone Property were lower than the $2,398,754 written off in 2010 in relation to the Salemex and Camino Duro properties. A non-cash charge for share based payment expense of $2,929,828 in 2011 was lower than the $3,091,995 charged in 2010. Legal fees incurred during 2011 of $1,494,949 decreased significantly in comparison to the $3,196,063 incurred in 2010 when most of the legal work for the arbitration against Fresnillo was carried out.

Exploration expenditures incurred directly by Minera Juanicipio for the year ended December 31, 2011 amounted to US $5.5 million (2010 US $5.2 million) on a 100% basis. The level of drilling undertaken during the year exceeded the initial 2011 Minera Juanicipio exploration budget of US $4.5 million, and in September 2011, a budget increase of US $1.0 million was approved by Minera Juancipio to cover the cost of continued drilling. For the year ended December 31, 2011, Minera Juanicipio completed 27,870 metres of drilling on the property in 37 holes, representing approximately 90% of the revised 2011 budgeted drilling meterage.

During the year ended December 31, 2011, exploration and evaluation expenditures incurred at Cinco de Mayo totalled $6,377,680 (2010: $10,342,852) with 25,716 metres (2010: 59,192 metres) drilled in 49 holes (2010: 175 holes). Much of the work done in 2011 was focused in the emerging “Polaris Zone” and the “Bridge” zone between the Jose Manto and Cinco Ridge, a distance of almost 4 kilometres.

OUTLOOK

In late December 2011, Fresnillo and MAG jointly approved a preliminary 2012 exploration budget totaling US $8.5 million, an increase of US $4 million or 89% over the 2011 budget. The 2012 budget calls for a 36,000 metre drill program which will see 10,000 metres earmarked for the Valdecañas Vein, 6,500 metres targeted for the newly discovered Las Venadas vein/structure, 4,000 metres planned for the westerly portion of the Juanicipio Vein and the remaining 15,500 metres heavily weighted to exploration for new vein discoveries. Currently, eight drills are in operation on the property.

A technical study for the development of a ‘standalone’ underground silver mine on the Juanicipio property by AMC Mining Consultants (Canada) Ltd (“AMC” and the “AMC Study”) is nearing completion. The AMC Study will comply with Canadian NI 43-101 standards and will be issued as an Updated Preliminary Economic Assessment based on both Indicated and Inferred Resources. The Company and its advisors have been diligently reviewing all draft work provided by AMC to date. A recent Technical Committee meeting was held on March 9, 2012 and attended by the Company, Fresnillo and AMC, to review some of the key inputs for the study, to discuss certain analyses and to set a final timeline for completion of the study. As a result of the agreed upon work plan coming out of the March 9 meeting, the timeline for delivery of the final report has been set back by a few weeks. Although no assurances can be made regarding the timing for delivery of the final AMC Study, Minera Juanicipio now anticipates that the study will be completed in May 2012. This high level economic assessment will provide an important catalyst for MAG and open a pathway for the next step in the development of the Valdecañas Vein and the Juanicipio property. It is anticipated that the 2012 Minera Juanicipio budget will be reviewed and amended to reflect the recommendations in the final AMC Study once completed.

MAG’s 2012 budget for Cinco de Mayo has been approved at $3.5 million, with 15,000 metres of drilling targeted at delineating the mineralized corridor between Jose Manto and Cinco Ridge. The 2012 program will consist of delineation drilling and offsets of the new high grade silver / lead / zinc intercepts discovered in 2011 to determine the width and continuity of mineralization in the zone and to pin point where mineralization in the manto is thickest. Drilling in 2012 has started with three drill rigs dedicated to the Jose Manto and its extensions.

Shareholders may receive, upon request and free of charge, a hard copy of the Audited Financial Statements. The Company’s 40-F has also been filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

About MAG Silver Corp. (www.magsilver.com )
MAG is focused on district scale projects located within the Mexican Silver Belt. Our mission is to become one of the premier companies in the silver mining industry. MAG is conducting ongoing exploration of its portfolio of 100% owned properties in Mexico including a silver, lead and zinc discovery and a moly-gold discovery at its 100% owned Cinco de Mayo property in Chihuahua State. MAG and Fresnillo plc are jointly developing the Valdecañas Deposit on the Juanicipio Joint Venture in Zacatecas State. MAG is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Its common shares trade on the TSX under the symbol MAG and on the NYSE Alternext under the symbol MVG.

On behalf of the Board of
MAG SILVER CORP.

“Larry Taddei”
Chief Financial Officer

For further information on behalf of MAG Silver Corp.
Contact:
Gordon Neal, VP Corp. Development

Website: www.magsilver.com
Phone: (604) 630-1399
Toll free: (866) 630-1399
Email: [email protected]
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