Aurizon Mines Ltd. Announces 2009 Financial Results Conference Call & Webcast / Shares Listed: Toronto Stock Exchange - Ticker Symbol - ARZ NYSE Amex: - Ticker Symbol - AZK U.S. Registration: (File 001-31893)

VANCOUVER, March 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aurizon Mines Ltd. (TSX: ARZ, NYSE Amex: AZK) plans to announce its 2009 financial results for the year ended December 31, 2009 before market open on Friday, March 19, 2010.

In addition, Aurizon management will host a conference call and live webcast for analysts and investors on Friday, March 19 at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (11:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time) to review the results. You may access the call by dialing the operator at [phone] or toll free access at: 1-[phone] ten (10) minutes prior to the scheduled start time.

The call is being webcast and can be accessed at Aurizon's website at http://www.aurizon.com/ or enter the following URL into your web browser: http://www.newswire.ca/en/webcast/viewEvent.cgi?eventID=2993100.

Those who wish to listen to a recording of the conference call at a later time may do so by calling 1-800-642-1687 or [phone] (Passcode: 61463924). A replay of the call will be available until Friday, March 26, 2010.

Aurizon is a gold producer with a growth strategy focused on developing its existing projects in the Abitibi region of north-western Quebec, one of the world's most favourable mining jurisdictions and prolific gold and base metal regions, and by increasing its asset base through accretive transactions. Aurizon shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "ARZ" and on the NYSE Amex under the symbol "AZK". Additional information on Aurizon and its properties is available on Aurizon's website at http://www.aurizon.com/.

Aurizon Mines Ltd.

CONTACT: AURIZON MINES LTD, David P. Hall, President and C.E.O., Ian S.
Walton, Executive Vice President and C.F.O., Telephone: [phone], Toll
Free: 1-800-411-GOLD (4653), Fax: [phone], Email: [e-mail],
Website: http://www.aurizon.com/; or Renmark Financial Communications Inc., 2080
Rene-Levesque Blvd. West, Montreal, QC, H3H 1R6, Barry Mire:
[e-mail], Maurice Dagenais: [e-mail],
Media: Lynn Butler: [e-mail], Tel: [phone], Fax:
[phone]