Alto Ventures Ltd. (TSX-V: ATV) is a gold exploration company focused on properties in the Canadian Shield. The company strategy is to develop early and mid stage projects that have the potential to maximize the opportunities associated with initial discovery.

Alto's management and Board of Directors have a long and successful track record of creating shareholder value through systematic exploration, acquisition, project financing and discovery.

Beardmore Geraldton Gold Belt – Ontario
HISTORICAL PRODUCTION EXCEEDED 4.1 MILLION OUNCES GOLD – FIVE PROJECTS

• Mud lake
• Greenoaks
• Cote Archie
• Three Towers
• Expansion Lake
• Miner Lake

Destiny - Quebec

• Entered into an Option Agreement to explore the Destiny Gold Project, Quebec, with Pacific Northwest Capital
• Located in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt along a major gold-bearing shear zone that extends for a minimum 6 km
• PFN will complete $3,500,000 in exploration expenditures over a four year period to earn a 60% interest in the project
• Property hosts high grade gold mineralization in quartz veins and alteration zones
• NI 43-101 compliant indicated resource of 166,863 tonnes grading 6.88 grams per tonne (g/t) gold and an inferred resource of 444,753 tonnes grading 4.46 g/t gold
• Open along strike and at depth
• Darla Zone discovered one km east of the DAC* Deposit, 19.5 g/t gold across 2.1m
• Other significant drill targets east and west of the DAC* Deposit
• Drill-hole cross sections and a 3D model of the deposit can be viewed at: www.corebox.net

Coldstream - Ontario

• Entered into an option with Foundation Resources - $3 million over 4 years to earn 60%
• Preliminary work in will consist of surface work to define existing and new drill targets followed by a drill program in 2010
• Historical Resource of 5.1 million tonnes grading 1.4 g/t gold
• New style of mineralization consistent with Iron-Oxide-Copper-Gold (IOCG) type deposits recognized on the property

Management & Board of Directors
Marian (Mike) Koziol*, P.Eng., P.Geo. - President, CEO and Director
Richard Mazur*, P.Geo., MBA - Director
Kenneth Judge - Chairman of the Board of Directors
Paul C. M. Roberts, P.Eng. - Director
David Cowan - Director
Kerry Beamish, CFO
Jacqueline Collins - Corporate Secretary

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