Tamarok- Tapisa Results Indicate Potential for Extensive Copper-Gold Mineralization System

Priority Exploration Program Planned

- Reconnaissance work supports historical findings and discovers new prospects:

-- Malachite Hill prospect yielded 38 meters averaging 0.705% Cu and 0.35gpt Au

-- Silawa-Tigon Creek prospect yielded more than 110 meters averaging 0.3% Cu

- Geological surveys and drilling program slated for 2007

-- Silawa-Tigon Creek prospect yielded more than 110 meters averaging 0.3% Cu

- Geological surveys and drilling program slated for 2007-->

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(CCNMatthews - Feb. 7, 2007) - TVI Pacific Inc. (TSX:TVI) (or the "Company") is pleased to announce that recent reconnaissance surveys, involving semi-detailed geological mapping and sampling over portions of the Tapisa and Tamarok tenement applications in the Northern Zamboanga Peninsula, Philippines, support previously reported historical findings and have identified additional copper and gold prospective occurrences.

Certain statements in this News Release are forward-looking statements, including statements respecting the Corporation's plans to pursue tenement applications covering the Tamarok and Tapisa exploration properties and expectations relating to additional exploration activities at Tamarok and Tapisa. Readers should refer to the cautionary statement that appears at the end of this News Release.

TVI Management believes that these early-stage results indicate that both properties have the potential to jointly host copper-gold porphyry deposits.

"In light of the positive results we're seeing from our preliminary exploration activities, the Company plans to pursue the Tamarok and Tapisa tenement applications on a priority basis," said Clifford James, President and CEO of TVI Pacific. "While we are encouraged by these developments, the existing results from the exploration program are preliminary and surface results only," he added. "Follow-up drilling is required to enable us to assess the continuity of the mineralization in all directions -and to enable us to start getting a handle on the potential of these areas."

The surveys were conducted by TVI's Philippine affiliate, TVI Resource Development (Phils.), Inc. ("TVIRD") on the western edge of the extensive, 34,749-ha Tapisa Tenement Application (AFTA-000013-IX) and the 486-ha Tamarok Tenement Application (APSA-000064-IX), as well as on the Dalman Claims that are under option to TVIRD. Readers are invited to refer to the Company's News Release of March 14, 2006, "TVI Commences Exploration Program on Tamarok and Tapisa", for details of the previous exploration work conducted on these properties.

The area is located 60 aerial kilometers NNE of TVI's Balabag project and 50 aerial kilometers SW of Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte.

Overall, TVIRD mapped 17.5 kilometers of drainage system and collected 314 rock/channel samples. Assay results from channel samples are consistent with and extend the historical results obtained on the Malachite Hill diorite outcrop. Sampling results over this prospect yielded 38 meters averaging 0.705% Cu and 0.35gpt Au. Recent exploration work also identified a number of new occurrences. The nearby Silawa-Tigon Creek area prospect has more than 110 meters of nearly contiguous channel sampling of dioritic outcrops averaging 0.3% Cu. The results of assays undertaken over significant intervals on these prospects are considered encouraging by management of the Company and indicate the potential for an extensive copper-gold porphyry system.

For maps showing the tenement and sample locations described in this news release, please visit the Company's website at http://tvi2014.q4web.com.

The Company is currently negotiating a Memorandum of Agreement with representatives of the indigenous communities in the area, under the Free Prior Informed Consent (FPIC) process, after which the Philippines' Mines and Geosciences Bureau will be in a position to complete the granting of the permits required to permit continued exploration. To the knowledge of the Company, there are no illegal miners operating in the area.

Once the permitting process is complete, TVIRD plans to carry out systematic detailed geological surveys, further delineate drill targets on surface and schedule a diamond drilling program commensurate with the ongoing results.

Technical Review

Mineralized dioritic intrusives and volcanic rocks have been traced over an area roughly 5km x 2km (10 square kilometers) in size, along outcrops and exposures encountered along creek banks, spurs and ridges. The principal occurrences were defined and identified as follows:

1. Kamaroy Creek: Mineralized Diorite Outcrop Area

2. Balobohan - Newlywed Creeks: Mineralized Diorite Outcrop Area

3. Malachite Hill-Sagukan Pait: Creek Mineralized Diorite Outcrop Area

4. Silawa Creek and Tigon Creek: Mineralized Diorite Outcrop Area

5. Tudlisan Creek: Mineralized Diorite Outcrop Area

6. Bree-Capinis: Diorite Dikes

7. Capinis Creek-Labawan Ridge: Clay-Silica-Pyrite Altered Rock Outcrops

A summary of assay values of the key channel samples over cumulative intervals is shown in Tables 1 to 4 below. Readers wishing to review the complete listing of sample details, procedures and results, please see "Tamarok Rock Samples.pdf" available for download accompanying this release.

Table 1. Malachite Hill - Sagukanpait Mineralized Area
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                                             Average Grades over Intervals
Sample Numbers          Channel Length     --------------------------------
(consecutive)            Cumulative (m)          Cu (ppm)          Au (ppm)
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TAM 0104 - 0105                      4               339             0.007
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TAM 0109 - 0127                     38              1548             0.021
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TAM 0128 - 0135                     20               734             0.007
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TAM 0207 - 0225                     38              7049             0.346
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TAM 0234 - 0244                     20               677             0.008
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TAM 0245 - 0255                     20               290             0.003
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TAM 0256 - 0266                     20               297             0.002
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TAM 0301 - 0306                     10               300             0.002
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TAM 0307 - 0316                     18               494             0.005
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TAM 0431 - 0453                     40               751             0.005
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Table 2. Silawa Creek - Tigon Creek Mineralized Area
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                                             Average Grades over Intervals
Sample Numbers          Channel Length     --------------------------------
(consecutive)            Cumulative (m)          Cu (ppm)          Au (ppm)
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TAM 0027- 0034                      16               512             0.003
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TAM 0035 - 0045                     20              1018             0.008
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TAM 0046 - 0054                     16              2333             0.010
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TAM 0055 - 0058                      8              2167             0.010
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TAM 0059 - 0072                     24              3547             0.042
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TAM 0073 - 0081                     16              3536             0.035
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TAM 0082 - 0087                     12              2524             0.032
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Table 3. Balobohan-Newlywed Mineralized Area
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                                             Average Grades over Intervals
Sample Numbers          Channel Length     --------------------------------
(consecutive)            Cumulative (m)          Cu (ppm)          Au (ppm)
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TAM 0227 - 0232                     12               334             0.006
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TAM 0227 - 0232                      4              6313             0.167
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TAM 0321 - 0343                     44               581             0.008
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Table 4. Kamaroy Creek Mineralized Area
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                                             Average Grades over Intervals
Sample Numbers          Channel Length     --------------------------------
(consecutive)            Cumulative (m)          Cu (ppm)          Au (ppm)
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TAM 0454 - 0466                     24              2301             0.121
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TAM 0405 - 0410                     12               605             0.007
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TAM 0411 - 0422                     24              1104             0.014
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TAM 0423 - 0430                     16              1435             0.017
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Readers are cautioned that further exploration of the Tapisa and Tamarok
properties is required to assess their potential for future development
and it is uncertain, at this time, that further exploration will result
in the discovery of mineral resources on either property

About TVI Pacific Inc. (TSX:TVI)

TVI Pacific Inc. is a publicly traded Canadian mining company focused on exploring for and producing precious and base metals within district scale systems in Asia.

In the Philippines, TVI's most advanced project, the Canatuan Mine, (the first foreign-invested, new, mining project in the Philippines in nearly four decades) began mining and milling operations in mid-2004, producing gold and silver dore. In 2006, TVI received a completed NI 43-101 feasibility study on the Canatuan Sulphide project prepared by Norwest Corporation (which has been filed with certain securities regulatory authorities in Canada and is available at the SEDAR website.) The Norwest study addresses the copper-zinc bearing massive sulphide zone, or lower portion of the Canatuan Deposit. Construction of the Sulphide Project at Canatuan is now underway. In addition, TVI holds a 2.5% NSR on the Philippine-based Rapu Rapu project operated by Lafayette Mining Ltd. Exploration in the Philippines is being conducted at Canatuan, in an effort to expand TVI's mineral resource base and to find new deposits, at Balabag and at other areas which management of TVI view as compelling exploration properties.

In China, TVI's wholly-owned Chinese subsidiary, Hunan Pacific Geological Exploration Inc. ("HPGEI"), was the first foreign mining company to be granted both WOFE status and a Qualified Explorer License. The exploration program in China is focused primarily within the Golden Triangle area, a highly prospective metallogenic region in China's south-western provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi Autonomous Region and prospective areas in the Tibet Autonomous Region. HPGEI has 2,394 sq kms of land under application in China in the Golden Triangle and in the Tibet A.R.

TVI also has a Drilling Division consisting of Exploration Drilling Corporation ("EDCO"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of TVI Pacific Inc. based in the Philippines, and Hunan Pacific Drilling ("HPD"), a division of HPGEI based in China, which generates revenue from contract drilling.

Carl L. Caumartin BSc, P.Eng., MBA, Vice President, Exploration of TVI Pacific Inc. is serving as TVI's "Qualified Person" (as contemplated by National Instrument 43-101 (Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects)), for purposes of the 2007 exploration program as described in this News Release. Mr. Caumartin has reviewed and approved this news release and has verified the data (including sampling, analytical and test data) set out in this news release. McPhar Laboratory of Manila, Philippines, an ISO 9001/2000 accredited laboratory, performed the sample preparation and assaying for the prior sampling phase of the exploration project at Tamarok. Gold analysis was by 50 gm fire assay fusion; where gold assay values greater than 3ppm were by gravimetric finish, and by AAS where the values were less than that threshold. Silver was determined by AAS after an HCl-HNO3-HClO4 digest. Pulp and coarse duplicate results were included in the analytical report. A blank and a standard sample were included for each batch of 50 samples for quality control. A replicate assay was done on every 10th sample, and certified reference materials were used in every 20 samples. In addition to the laboratory's internal QA/QC, TVIRD independently inserted blanks and standards randomly, but on average every twentieth sample.

Certain information set out within this News Release constitutes forward-looking information. Forward-looking statements are often, but not always, identified by the use of words such as "seek", "anticipate", "plan", "continue", "estimate", "expect", "may", "will", "intend", "could", "might", "should", "believe" and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are based upon the opinions and expectations of management of the Company as at the effective date of such statements. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that those expectations will prove to have been correct. Forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties (known and unknown) that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those anticipated or implied by such forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, such things as the volatility of prices for precious metals and base metals, commodity supply and demand, fluctuations in currency and interest rates, inherent risks associated with the exploration and development of mining properties, ultimate recoverability of mineral reserves, timing, results and costs of exploration and development activities, availability of financial resources or third-party financing, new laws (domestic or foreign), changes in administrative practices and changes in exploration plans or budgets. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance upon the forward-looking statements contained in this News Release and such forward-looking statements should not be interpreted or regarded as guarantees of future outcomes. Forward-looking information relating to the timing of tenement applications and the nature and timing of anticipated exploration activities is based upon prior experiences with Government agencies in the Philippines, the Company's understanding of the regulatory environment in the Philippines, the results of prior exploration activities, the current exploration plan developed by the Company, and the Company's current budget and overall strategy for exploration in the Philippines, which plans, budget and strategy are all subject to change. The forward-looking statements of the Company contained in this News Release are expressly qualified, in their entirety, by this cautionary statement. Various risks to which the Company is exposed in the conduct of its business (including exploration activities) are described in detail in the Company's Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2005, which was filed on SEDAR on March 30, 2006 and is available under the Company's profile at www.SEDAR.com. Subject to applicable securities laws, the Company does not undertake any obligation to publicly revise the forward-looking statements included in this News Release to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

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