Vancouver, B.C., December, 13, 2010. Alto Ventures Ltd. (ATV: TSX-V) is pleased to announce that Messrs. Marian (Mike) Koziol, Richard Mazur, David Cowan as well as two new Directors, Mr. Jerry Bulman and Mr. Gary F. Zak were elected as Directors of the Company at the Company's Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on December 10, 2010.
At the Board of Directors meeting held subsequent to the AGM the following officers were appointed: Jerry Bulman as Chairman, Richard Mazur as CEO, Mike Koziol as President, Robert Anderson as CFO, Gary Zak as Vice President of Corporate Development and Jacqueline Collins as Corporate Secretary of the Company.
Mr. Jerry Bulman is the CEO and founder of Parkvalley Consulting Ltd., a private company based in Calgary, AB that provides consulting services to the resource sector. With over 30 years of senior management experience, Mr. Bulman has been involved with the exploration and development of a diverse range of projects. These include oil & gas, coal bed methane and oil sands developments, as well as several projects in the mining sector. In addition to his duties as CEO of Parkvalley Consulting Ltd., Mr. Bulman is Director of Bold Ventures Inc. and Galena International Resources Ltd. Mr. Bulman currently provides Senior Consulting services to two major international energy companies in support of their Arctic and North American frontier exploration operations.
Mr. Gary F. Zak has been active for the past 30 years providing Business Development management to public resource companies. He has extensive experience in funding early stage companies, organizing management, corporate and investor relations groups and has successfully completed several mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Zak has occupied senior management and/or Directorship positions in various companies, including: Bold Ventures Inc., Green Bull Energy Inc., Passport Metals Inc., Forum Uranium Corp., Alto Ventures Ltd., and Beaufield Resources Inc.
The Company wishes to extend its appreciation to Mr. Ken Judge and Mr. Paul Roberts for their many years of service to the Company as Directors.
About Alto Ventures Ltd
Alto Ventures Ltd. is a gold exploration and development company with a portfolio of highly prospective properties in the Canadian Shield. The Company is active in Quebec in the Abitibi greenstone belt where it has a number of projects including the Alcudia and Destiny gold properties. In Ontario the Company is exploring in the Beardmore-Geraldton gold belt and the Shebandowan gold district. Recently, with the acquisition of the Chilko project in British Columbia, the Company has added large tonnage bulk-mineable porphyry style deposits to its exploration targets.
For more details regarding the Company's projects, please visit our website at www.altoventures.com.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD,
Richard Mazur, P. Geo.
CEO
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For further information contact:
ALTO VENTURES LTD.
910-475 Howe Street
Vancouver, BC, V6C 2B3
Tel: 604-638-3947
Fax: 604-689-3609
Email: info@altoventures.com
Website: www.altoventures.com
