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Founded in deduces cage cher 1891, UC recalls Berkeley Extension is the continuing education branch ofthe University of California Berkeley. Today, Extension offers 1,500 courseseach year, including online courses, along with more than 30 certificate andprofessional programs.To find out more about these and other information technology courses offeredat UC Berkeley Extension this spring visit Berkeley ExtensionPat Rose of UC Berkeley Extension, +1-510-643-1087, . TSX: MAINASD-OTCBB: MNEAFSPOKANE, WA, Jan 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Minera Andes Inc. (TSX: MAI andUS OTC: MNEAF) today announced results received from drilling that wasrecently completed at the San Jose mine in southern Argentina The San Joseproject is operated by Minera Santa Cruz S.A. ("MSC") owned 51% by HochschildMining plc ("Hochschild") (HOC.L: Reuters and HOC.LN: Bloomberg - London StockExchange) and 49% by Minera Andes Hochschild is the operator of MSC. Infilland step-out drilling on several veins continues to indicate further potentialto expand the areas of mineralization on the property.

One of thehighest-grade intercepts from this drilling campaign was in hole SJD-478 andencountered 30.92 grams per metric ton "g/t" (0.90 ounces per short ton "opt")gold and 778 g/t (22.7 opt) silver over an intercept thickness of 1.56 meters(see table below).Between August and December 2008, 46 core holes totaling 11,278 meters werecompleted as part of the 2008 drilling program in which a total of 18,694meters were drilled on the Frea, Odin, Ayelen and Kospi veins cher hot . Thesehigh-grade gold/silver veins were discovered in late 2005 throughreconnaissance drilling of blind geophysical targets . A NI 43-101 technicalreport is underway to update the reserves and resources at San Jose . Thistechnical report will reflect approximately 27,478 meters of drilling coveringthe 12 month period that occurred between June 30, 2007 and June 30, 2008 butwill not contain the results that are the subject of this news release . Thereport is anticipated to be completed in the first quarter of 2009 uponreceipt of technical information to be provided by MSC. The results describedin this news release are expected to be part of another technical report dueout later this year that will reflect drilling results to year end 2008.The majority of the 2008 drilling has been concentrated on the Odin and Ayelenveins covering approximately 2.8 kilometers of strike length along theseopen-ended mineralized veins. Drilling completed last year extended the knownmineralization along the Odin and Ayelen vein trends for 1,000 meters alongstrike - or a 64% increase from the discovery drilling in 2005.

The drillresults presented here focused on the Odin vein and a subsidiary structure atthe Frea vein cher lynn . Several holes were also drilled on the Kospi, Frea and HuevosVerde veins.The development and discovery of new mineralization demonstrates the largemineral potential of the San Jose property where more than 40 kilometers ofvein-trend target is currently known to exist, of which less than 15% has beenexplored to date.Odin VeinDuring the 2008 campaign 37 holes have been completed on the Odin vein(bringing the total to 88 holes) along approximately 1600 meters along thestrike of the vein, to a depth of approximately 200 meters . Highlights of theprogram included the identification of massive and banded quartz veining withdisseminated pyrite and argillic alteration . The Odin vein remains open to thewest along strike and to depth.The highest-grade intercept was in hole SJD-478 (described above) .

HoleSJD-483 intercepted 2.12 meters of 6.91 g/t (0.20 opt) gold and 486 g/t (14.2opt) silver (SJD-483).Frea VeinThe Frea vein is located 2 kilometers northeast of the Huevos Verdes vein, andboth veins are currently being mined on several levels . The drill resultspresented here are for veins subsidiary to the main Frea vein which iscurrently in production (see table below for results).------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2008 Drilling Results from July 31 to December 31, San Jose Project------------------------------------------------------------------------- FromToInterval*Au AgDrill Hole/Vein(meters) (meters)(meters) (g/t)(g/t)-------------------------------------------------------------------------SJD-478 ODIN122.44 124.00 1.56 30.92 778-------------------------------------------------------------------------SJD-479 FREA**185.10 185.58 0.483.67 163-------------------------------------------------------------------------210.69 212.20 1.517.8452-------------------------------------------------------------------------224.24 224.54 0.305.07 499-------------------------------------------------------------------------227.78 228.12 0.343.23 104------------------------------------------------------------------------- less thanSJD-480 ODIN182.90 183.26 0.360.15 9-------------------------------------------------------------------------SJD-481 ODIN No vein encountered-------------------------------------------------------------------------SJD-482 ODIN172.80 174.65 1.85 18.69 1,506-------------------------------------------------------------------------SJD-483 ODIN132.25 133.50 1.253.91 280-------------------------------------------------------------------------251.73 253.85 2.126.91 486-------------------------------------------------------------------------SJD-484 FREA**203.80 204.50 0.65 10.301176-------------------------------------------------------------------------SJD-485 FREA**251.50 252.05 0.550.2017-------------------------------------------------------------------------SJD-486 FREA** No vein encountered-------------------------------------------------------------------------SJD-487 ODIN No vein encountered------------------------------------------------------------------------- less thanSJD-488 ODIN 249.2249.6 0.400.15 3-------------------------------------------------------------------------SJD-489 ODIN184.30 184.74 0.449.27 946------------------------------------------------------------------------- less thanless thanSJD-490 KOSPI 110.44 110.90 0.460.15 2------------------------------------------------------------------------- less thanless than155.15 155.45 0.300.15 2------------------------------------------------------------------------- less thanless than166.30 166.60 0.300.15 2-------------------------------------------------------------------------SJD-491 FREA**196.26 197.10 0.84 No results reported-------------------------------------------------------------------------SJD-492 ODIN220.46 221.25 0.791.50 115-------------------------------------------------------------------------300.27 302.02 1.751.1359------------------------------------------------------------------------- less thanless thanSJD-493 ODIN240.48 243.45 2.970.15 2-------------------------------------------------------------------------SJD-494 ODIN225.10 225.40 0.30 10.9092------------------------------------------------------------------------- less thanless than302.00 302.60 0.600.15 2-------------------------------------------------------------------------SJD-495 ODIN252.50 255.20 2.706.03 952-------------------------------------------------------------------------SJD-496 FREA170.45 172.652.21.63 193------------------------------------------------------------------------- less thanless thanSJD-497 ODIN267.00 268.45 1.450.15 2-------------------------------------------------------------------------SJD-498 FREA**132.25 132.90 0.651.43 108-------------------------------------------------------------------------140.20 140.55 0.351.40 113-------------------------------------------------------------------------(Frea vein) 149.10 154.20 5.102.84 203-------------------------------------------------------------------------224.15 225.00 0.85 21.731502-------------------------------------------------------------------------SJD-499 ODIN174.95 175.55 0.602.1045------------------------------------------------------------------------- less thanless thanSJD-500 ODIN300.00 300.30 0.300.15 2-------------------------------------------------------------------------SJD-501 ODIN259.35 261.42 2.070.9742------------------------------------------------------------------------- less thanless thanSJD-502 HV OESTE130.67 130.97 0.300.15 2-------------------------------------------------------------------------SJD-503 FREA**220.85 223.60 2.756.63 837-------------------------------------------------------------------------239.25 240.60 1.352.33 116------------------------------------------------------------------------- less thanless thanSJD-504 HV SUR119.58 120.58 1.000.15 2------------------------------------------------------------------------- less thanSJD-505 HV SUR 90.4090.77 0.370.15 5-------------------------------------------------------------------------SJD-506 FREA 89.7791.23 1.461.53 319-------------------------------------------------------------------------215.58 216.43 0.850.7089------------------------------------------------------------------------- less thanless thanSJD-507 HV NORTE 89.0394.15 5.120.15 2------------------------------------------------------------------------- 96.0099.86 3.860.2271------------------------------------------------------------------------- less thanless thanSJD-508 HV NORTE178.55 179.20 0.650.15 2-------------------------------------------------------------------------SJD-509 E . FREA/ less than KOSPI 99.80 100.15 0.350.15 3------------------------------------------------------------------------- less thanless than144.00 145.55 0.550.15 2-------------------------------------------------------------------------SJD-510 E . FREA/ less thanless than KOSPI201.70 202.25 0.550.15 2-------------------------------------------------------------------------SJD-511 E . FREA/ less than KOSPI134.70 135.90 1.200.15 8-------------------------------------------------------------------------SJD-512 E.