Rio Alto Mining Limited ("Rio Alto" or the "Company") (TSX
VENTURE:RIO)(OTCQX:RIOAF)(LMA:RIO)(DBFrankfurt:MS2) is pleased to announce that
it has received updated mineral resource estimates for its 100% owned La Arena
Project. The updated oxide mineral resource estimate is limited to the Calaorco
and Ethel deposits and a zone of oxide material containing 300ppm - 1000ppm
copper to the east of Calaorco. The updated mineral resource estimate for the La
Arena sulphide project incorporates an additional 3,879 meters of diamond
drilling ("DD") and 21,904 meters of reverse circulation ("RC") drilling when
compared to the previous resource estimate. As part of the feasibility study for
the La Arena sulphide deposit, the Company expects to drill an additional 28,122
meters of DD and 11,412 meters of RC drilling that will complete the database
for the sulphide feasibility study resource estimate which is due to be updated
in Q3, 2012.


Both oxide and sulphide mineral resource estimates significantly increase the
gold and copper resources previously described in the Company's La Arena Project
Technical Report with an effective date of July 31, 2010 prepared on behalf of
the Company by Coffey Mining Pty Ltd (the "July 2010 Report"). The July 2010
Report may be referenced within Rio Alto's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com.


Highlights of the updated mineral resource estimates are as follows:

Oxide Mineral Resource (0.1 g/t gold cut-off)



--  100.7 million tonnes grading 0.46 g/t gold in the measured and indicated
    categories containing 1,484,000 ounces of gold representing an increase
    of 434,000 gold ounces (41.33%) from the oxide mineral resource estimate
    in the July 2010 Report. 

--  10.4 million tonnes grading 0.27 g/t gold in the inferred category
    containing 90,000 ounces of gold representing an increase of 33,000 gold
    ounces (57.89%) from the oxide mineral resource estimate in the July
    2010 Report. 



The updated oxide mineral resource is based on drilling completed by Cambior and
IAMGOLD (the "Previous Owners") and drilling completed by Rio Alto during 2011.
The oxide mineral resource remains open to the north-west and at depth. The
Company intends to further explore the oxide mineralization with an RC drill
program during 2012.


Sulphide Mineral Resource (0. 18% copper equivalent cut-off)



--  312.7 million tonnes grading 0.29% copper per tonne and 0.24 g/t gold in
    the indicated category containing 2.0 billion pounds of copper and
    2,422,000 ounces of gold representing an increase of 285 million pounds
    of copper (16.55%) and 490,000 gold ounces (25.36%) from the sulphide
    mineral resource estimate in the July 2010 Report. 

--  319.7 million tonnes grading 0.30% copper per tonne and 0.20 g/t gold in
    the inferred category containing 2.1 billion pounds of copper and
    2,075,000 ounces of gold representing an increase of 963 million pounds
    of copper (82.24%) and 859,000 gold ounces (70.64%) from the sulphide
    mineral resource estimate in the July 2010 Report. 



Drilling in the sulphide resource completed by the Previous Owners prior to 2006
was to an average depth of 450 meters. During the past 6 months, Rio Alto has
drilled 12 DD holes to a depth of 800 meters and has received assay results for
5 of these deep DD holes, which are incorporated in the updated sulphide mineral
resource estimate. A total of 40 RC holes drilled in the gap zone between the
Calaorco oxide resource and the La Arena sulphide mineral resource and an
additional 22 RC holes drilled in sulphides were also incorporated in the
updated sulphide mineral resource estimate.


Significant sulphide drill hole intercepts are as follows:



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Hole_ID        Interval      Au g/t        Cu %      Ag g/t      Mo ppm
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LA-D11-001A         328        0.26        0.41        0.34          71
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LA-D11-004          623        0.22        0.45        0.71          85
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  Including         135        0.38        0.82        2.23         287
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LA-D11-008          635        0.30        0.48        0.54          82
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  Including         101        0.42        0.63        0.53          56
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LA-D11-013          416        0.20        0.35        0.83         103
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LA-D11-013          126        0.23        0.52        1.20          90
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LA-D11-014          576        0.22        0.38        0.39          38
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GAP-R11-015         360        0.23        0.26        0.30          40
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GAP-R11-022         156        0.20        0.37        0.25         109
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GAP-R11-030         334        0.35        0.31        0.46          22
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GAP-R11-033         382        0.19        0.23        0.58          69
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LA-R11-002          388        0.22        0.26        0.27          26
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LA-R11-003          360        0.30        0.29        0.72          33
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LA-R11-004          380        0.22        0.26        0.73          40
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LA-R11-005          322        0.19        0.21        0.59          71
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LA-R11-011          204        0.19        0.35        0.50          35
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LA-R11-015          264        0.15        0.23        0.02          85
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LA-R11-016          346        0.21        0.27        0.21          23
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LA-R11-017          266        0.44        0.39        0.98          30
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  Including          98        0.88        0.78        1.69          18
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LA-R11-020          190        0.39        0.52        0.41          43
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LA-R11-022          302        0.23        0.34        0.31          37
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Sulphide Drilling Results

The results of the additional 3,879 meters of DD holes and 21,904 meters of RC
drilling completed by Rio Alto prior to the September 30, 2011 effective date
for the updated sulphide mineral resource are as follows:




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Hole_ID        From      To   Interval    Au g/t     Cu %    Ag g/t   Mo ppm
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LA-D11-001A      86     414        328      0.26     0.41      0.34       71
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  Including     120     192         72      0.35     0.49      0.15       21
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  Including     240     356        116      0.28     0.50      0.69      126
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LA-D11-001A     452     508         56      0.14     0.29      0.56       33
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LA-D11-001A     570     785        215      0.17     0.40      0.77       85
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  Including     576     680        104      0.24     0.55      1.19       64
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  Including     764     785         21      0.22     0.54      0.42       73
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LA-D11-004      188     811        623      0.22     0.45      0.71       85
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  Including     419     470         51      0.36     0.56      0.54      112
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  Including     590     724        135      0.38     0.82      2.23      287
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LA-D11-008       20      36         16      0.28     0.27      0.28       54
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LA-D11-008       94     125         31      0.24     0.24      1.17       54
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LA-D11-008      174     809        635      0.30     0.48      0.54       82
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  Including     424     474         50      0.48     0.64      0.63       65
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  Including     570     670        101      0.42     0.63      0.53       56
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  Including     686     750         64      0.32     0.55      0.32      171
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LA-D11-013      164     580        416      0.20     0.35      0.83      103
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  Including     500     569         70      0.49     0.77      2.30      109
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LA-D11-013      614     740        126      0.23     0.52      1.20       90
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  Including     672     726         54      0.30     0.65      1.39       83
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LA-D11-013      768     794         26      0.38     0.73      1.29       52
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LA-D11-014       19      88         70      0.20     0.22      0.09       68
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LA-D11-014      104     680        576      0.22     0.38      0.39       38
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  Including     218     248         30      0.40     0.55      0.75       17
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  Including     495     572         77      0.29     0.60      0.71       27
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GAP-R11-006     316     354         38      0.09     0.16      0.01       36
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GAP-R11-010     188     366        178      0.15     0.16      1.00       22
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GAP-R11-011      44     122         78      0.22     0.10      0.38       23
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GAP-R11-011     150     362        212      0.19     0.19      0.57       23
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GAP-R11-014      60     258        198      0.14     0.17      0.31       66
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  Including     174     204         30      0.30     0.33      0.60       49
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GAP-R11-014     302     334         32      0.11     0.14      0.18       54
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GAP-R11-015      48     408        360      0.23     0.26      0.30       40
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  Including     112     262        150      0.29     0.32      0.37       32
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GAP-R11-016      20     402        382      0.21     0.18      0.43       26
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  Including      66      90         24      0.34     0.44      0.63       33
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GAP-R11-017     322     402         80      0.21     0.21      0.53       34
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GAP-R11-020     314     360         46      0.09     0.14      0.01       31
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GAP-R11-021       8     310        302      0.14     0.21      0.14       31
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  Including      50      80         30      0.20     0.53      0.07       20
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GAP-R11-022       0     156        156      0.20     0.37      0.25      109
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  Including      36     138        102      0.22     0.47      0.30      118
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GAP-R11-026      32     146        114      0.17     0.23      0.01       71
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GAP-R11-027       0     150        150      0.12     0.17      0.22       72
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  Including      28      56         28      0.14     0.26      0.41       83
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GAP-R11-028      50      76         26      0.17     0.21      0.42       42
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GAP-R11-030      22      60         38      0.24     0.18      0.51       56
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GAP-R11-030      68     402        334      0.35     0.31      0.46       22
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  Including     140     234         94      0.39     0.36      0.05       26
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  Including     322     392         70      0.64     0.53      1.30       13
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GAP-R11-031       6     120        114      0.22     0.28      0.35      115
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  Including      76     120         44      0.27     0.45      0.09      164
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GAP-R11-031     176     300        124      0.25     0.33      0.87       69
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GAP-R11-032     190     300        110      0.20     0.20      0.01       40
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GAP-R11-033      20     402        382      0.19     0.23      0.58       69
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  Including      42      72         30      0.19     0.47      0.14       44
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GAP-R11-034     108     276        168      0.12     0.18      0.61       66
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GAP-R11-035     272     286         14      0.52     0.49     13.61       25
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GAP-R11-035     250     402        152      0.23     0.22      3.36       27
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GAP-R11-036     256     300         44      0.12     0.14      0.65       26
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GAP-R11-040     170     234         64      0.13     0.29      0.31       34
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  Including     202     224         22      0.15     0.47      0.18       33
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LA-R11-002       14     402        388      0.22     0.26      0.27       26
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  Including      20      54         34      0.50     0.58      0.26       17
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  Including     306     342         36      0.44     0.54      1.06       39
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LA-R11-003       42     402        360      0.30     0.29      0.72       33
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  Including     328     374         46      0.50     0.58      1.12       37
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LA-R11-004       22     402        380      0.22     0.26      0.73       40
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LA-R11-005       80     402        322      0.19     0.21      0.59       71
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LA-R11-006        4      44         40      0.16     0.21      0.34       50
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LA-R11-006      120     300        180      0.17     0.20      0.45       46
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LA-R11-007        0      76         76      0.20     0.25      0.61       43
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LA-R11-007      124     168         44      0.15     0.18      0.21       13
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LA-R11-007      196     300        104      0.14     0.14      0.04       14
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LA-R11-008        6      82         76      0.18     0.16      0.05       42
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LA-R11-008      154     296        142      0.15     0.17      0.46       28
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LA-R11-009      140     282        142      0.16     0.20      0.31       64
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LA-R11-010      184     300        116      0.18     0.20      0.34       42
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LA-R11-011       24     228        204      0.19     0.35      0.50       35
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  Including      52     120         68      0.26     0.46      0.58       48
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LA-R11-012       48     136         88      0.20     0.29      0.66       78
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LA-R11-012      228     402        174      0.12     0.17      0.66       53
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LA-R11-013       76     124         48      0.24     0.33      0.13      353
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LA-R11-014       34     104         70      0.32     0.57      0.48       17
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LA-R11-015      124     388        264      0.15     0.23      0.02       85
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  Including     276     388        112      0.26     0.35      0.01       77
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LA-R11-016       26     372        346      0.21     0.27      0.21       23
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  Including      26      82         56      0.28     0.44      0.08       55
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  Including     260     300         40      0.36     0.46      0.40       29
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  Including     330     346         16      0.41     0.55      0.91       14
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LA-R11-017       34     300        266      0.44     0.39      0.98       30
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  Including      60     158         98      0.88     0.78      1.69       18
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LA-R11-018       36     122         86      0.25     0.29      0.51       65
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LA-R11-019       50     132         82      0.33     0.38      0.10       19
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LA-R11-019      320     348         28      0.11     0.13      0.01       47
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LA-R11-020        0     190        190      0.39     0.52      0.41       43
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  Including       8     134        126      0.48     0.69      0.35       55
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LA-R11-020      250     402        152      0.12     0.19      0.45       36
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LA-R11-021       14     154        140      0.37     0.42      0.55       38
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  Including      52     104         52      0.59     0.62      0.68       48
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LA-R11-021      174     214         40      0.20     0.46      1.10       10
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LA-R11-022       48     350        302      0.23     0.34      0.31       37
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A map of drill hole locations and selected drill hole cross sections related to
this press release maybe viewed at
http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/Resource_Update_Graphics.pdf.


The Company will release assay results for the additional and future drill holes
once the results have been compiled. The 5 deep DD holes drilled, by Rio Alto,
to date have all ended in mineralization. The sulphide mineral resource is open
at depth and in all directions. In addition to completing the sulphide
feasibility study drill program, the Company intends to begin testing the
extension of the sulphide mineralization during 2012.


Resource Development Drilling

There are 2 RC and 4 DD rigs operating at the La Arena Project. The current work
program is to complete an additional 21,904 meters of DD drilling and 11,412
meters of RC drilling in the sulphide, for an estimated total of 32,000 DD
meters and 34,000 RC meters related to the ongoing sulphide feasibility study. A
total of 22,612 meters of RC drilling within the oxide mineral resource was
completed during 2011 and results of that drilling were announced during the
year.


Oxide Mineral Resource Estimate

The following tables outline the updated oxide mineral resource estimate for the
La Arena Project.


Oxide Mineral Resource - Low Copper (Cu less than 300ppm ; Au greater than = 0.1
g/t)




                                                       Ag      Mo         Au
Resource Classification       Mt Au (g/t)  Cu (%)   (ppm)   (ppm)  ('000 Oz)
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Measured                     9.8     0.67    0.01     0.6     6.9        210
Indicated                   76.9     0.46    0.01     0.5     6.5      1,136
Measured + Indicated        86.7     0.48    0.01     0.5     6.6      1,346
Inferred                     9.0     0.28    0.01     0.5     6.7         82



Oxide Mineral Resource - High Copper (Cu 300ppm - 1000ppm ; Au greater than =
0.1 g/t)




                                                      Ag       Mo         Au
Resource Classification       Mt Au (g/t)  Cu (%)   (ppm)   (ppm)  ('000 Oz)
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Measured                     0.5     0.66    0.06     0.7    36.0         11
Indicated                   13.5     0.29    0.06     0.6    41.4        127
Measured + Indicated        14.0     0.31    0.06     0.6    41.2        138
Inferred                     1.4     0.18    0.06     0.6    55.7          8



Oxide Mineral Resource - Total



                                                      Ag      Mo         Au 
Resource Classification       Mt Au (g/t)  Cu (%)   (ppm)   (ppm)  ('000 Oz)
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Measured                    10.3     0.67    0.01     0.6     8.3        221
Indicated                   90.4     0.43    0.02     0.5    11.7      1,263
Measured + Indicated       100.7     0.46    0.02     0.5    11.4      1,484
Inferred                    10.4     0.27    0.01     0.5    13.1         90



The updated oxide mineral resource estimate was based on a total of 22,612
meters of RC drilling and 24,658 meters of DD holes in a total of 427 holes. The
Previous Owners completed 183 DD holes totalling to 24,658 meters. Rio Alto
completed the balance of 22,612 meters of RC drilling during 2011.


The updated oxide mineral resource estimate was generated from drill hole sample
assay results and the interpretation of a geological model that relates to the
spatial distribution of gold, copper and silver within the deposit. Mineralized
oxide material containing copper amounts in excess of 1000 ppm per tonne was
considered to be waste material. As a result of limited test work conducted
during 2011, Rio Alto believes there is potential to either blend or separately
leach the Oxide - High Copper material with Oxide - Low Copper resource
material. A metallurgical laboratory is under construction at the La Arena mine
site and once completed will test the viability and economics of leaching the
Oxide - High Copper material. 


Grade estimates for the oxide mineral resource were made using ordinary kriging
with parental block sizes measuring 20 meters long, 10 meters wide and 6 meters
in height. The resource is confined within an optimized undiscounted pit shell
based on US$ 1,600/oz gold, US$ 3.00/lb copper and US$ 30/oz silver and also
constrained by anticipated metallurgical recovery, costs to produce and sell
potential metal production as well as estimated leach pad expansion costs.


Sulphide Mineral Resource Estimate

The following table outlines the updated sulphide resource estimate for the La
Arena Project.




Resource                                                      Au            
 Classific         Mt    Au    Cu  CuEq(1)     Ag     Mo   ('000          Cu
 -ation    (millions) (g/t)   (%)      (%)  (ppm)  (ppm)     Oz) (000's lbs)
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Indicated       312.7  0.24  0.29     0.48    0.7   42.9   2,422   2,007,000
                                                                            
Inferred        319.7  0.20  0.30     0.46    0.6   46.1   2,075   2,134,000



Note:



1.  Copper equivalent calculated using US$ 1600/oz Au and US$ 3.00/lb Cu and
    is not adjusted for metallurgical recoveries. 



The updated sulphide mineral resource estimate was based on 148 DD holes
totalling 34,688 meters and 62 RC holes totalling 21,904 meters, including 72
holes totalling 25,783 meters drilled by Rio Alto and 143 DD holes totalling
30,737 meters drilled by the Previous Owners. Prior to the generation of the
updated sulphide mineral resource estimate, Rio Alto's geologists re-logged all
the holes drilled by the Previous Owners and revised the geological model for
the sulphide deposit. 


The sulphide mineral resource estimate was generated from drill hole sample
assay results and the interpretation of a geological model relating to the
spatial distribution of copper and gold mineralization within the deposit. Grade
estimates were made using ordinary kriging with a parental block size of 20
meters long, 10 meters wide and 6 meters in height. The resource is confined
within an optimized undiscounted pit shell based on US$ 1,600/oz gold, US$
3.00/lb copper, US$ 30/oz silver and US$ 12.00/lb molybdenum and also
constrained by estimated metallurgical recoveries, costs to mine, process and
sell copper and gold in the form of copper concentrate. 


The updated oxide and sulphide mineral resource estimates were prepared and
classified in accordance with the guidelines set out in the Australasian Code
for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves of
December 2004 as prepared by the Joint Ore Reserves Committee of the
Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Australian Institute of
Geoscientists and Minerals Council of Australia ("JORC"). The resource
classification is also in accordance with the classification standards of
National Instrument 43-101 Standards for Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI
43-101") and the reporting classification standards on Mineral Resources and
Reserves of The Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum. These
estimates will be incorporated in a National Instrument 43-101 Technical Report
with an effective date of September 30, 2011 to be filed on the Company's SEDAR
profile within 45 days.


Quality Control and Assurance

Sampling of RC drilling and sample preparation for holes drilled by the Company
were performed by Rio Alto personnel and carried out under strict protocols
recommended in the July 2010 Report. Samples were taken every two meters and
split in half to yield seven to ten kilogram samples. Drill sample recovery was
generally in excess of 90%. 


Sampling of DD holes and sample preparation for holes drilled by the Company
were performed by Rio Alto personnel. In the case of each DD hole, an average
depth of 450 to 500 meters was drilled with a HQ bit (63.5 mm core size), and
the remainder of the hole drilled with a NQ bit (47.6 mm core size). Drill core
sample recovery was generally in excess of 90%. The core boxes were washed and
photographed. The sample intervals are every two meters, except where sampling
is broken up on specific geological contacts. The core is split in half using a
rock saw with half of the core sent for laboratory analysis and half of the core
remaining in storage. 


The QA/QC procedures employed for sampling and assaying of holes drilled by the
Previous Owners is described in the July 2010 Report and was considered
satisfactory. There is a rigorous QA/QC program over the chain-of-custody of
samples and the insertion of blanks, duplicates and certified reference
standards in each batch of samples. This procedure was implemented based on a
recommended protocol from Coffey Mining in 2011. 


Samples were shipped to CIMM-Peru, in Lima, where they were processed and
assayed. All gold assays were obtained by standard 50g fire assaying with AAS
finish. All silver assays were obtained by Aqua-Regia dissolution followed by
ICP measurement. All Cu and Mo assays were obtained by Aqua-Regia dissolution
followed by ICP. Cu values over 10,000 ppm are assayed by Atomic Absorption. The
Induced Coupled Plasma (ICP) technique provides assays for 35 elements.
CIMM-Peru is an ISO 9001:2000 certified laboratory.


Mr. Enrique Garay, M Sc., P. Geo (AIG Member), Vice President Geology of Rio
Alto, is the Qualified Person (as defined by NI 43-101) responsible for managing
the Company's exploration programs and disclosure of drilling results. Mr. Ian
Dreyer, B.App. Sc.(AUSIMM 305241,CP), a Qualified Person (as defined by NI
43-101), formerly of Coffey Mining Pty Ltd, designed and reviewed the Quality
Control and Assurance Program of the Company and prepared the resource
estimates. Mr. Garay and Mr. Dreyer have read and verified the scientific and
technical information in this press release.


For additional information regarding La Arena Project please refer to the July
2010 Report prepared by Coffey Mining Pty Ltd, a copy of which is available on
the Company's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com. 


Certain statements contained herein constitute forward-looking statements, most
particularly the estimated mineral resources, the viability of leaching the
oxide-high copper material, metal prices and metal production for the La Arena
Project and the timing for the completion of a feasibility study for the La
Arena copper/gold sulphide project. All statements included herein, other than
statements of historical fact, are forward-looking information and such
information involves various risks and uncertainties. Rio Alto believes the
expectations reflected in these forward looking statements are reasonable but no
assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct and such
forward-looking statements in this press release should not be unduly relied
upon. A description of assumptions used to develop such forward-looking
information and a description of risk factors that may cause actual results to
differ materially from forward-looking information can be found in Rio Alto's
disclosure documents on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com. Forward-looking
statements included in this press release are made as of the date of this press
release and Rio Alto disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise
any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise, except as expressly required by applicable securities
legislation.


To learn more about Rio Alto Mining Limited, please visit: www.rioaltomining.com
or Rio Alto's SEDAR profile atwww.sedar.com.


ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF RIO ALTO MINING LIMITED

Alex Black, President & COO

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