ATV Alto Ventures Ltd

Alto Ventures Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:ATV) is pleased to announce the Company has
entered into an Option Agreement to acquire a 60% interest in four mining claims
(the "GEFA Option") immediately adjacent to the southeast of North Arrow
Minerals Pikoo diamond discovery in northern Saskatchewan. Alto's land holdings
now total approximately 85,000 hectares through claim staking and the
purchase/option of claims with favourable geology for diamonds (see Alto's news
releases dated December 31, 2013 and January 22, 2014).


Rick Mazur, CEO and Director of Alto Ventures stated, "Initial sample results
from Pikoo show a favourable size distribution and high diamond counts,
including strong potential for commercial size diamonds. The quality of stones
as shown on North Arrow's website suggests that this is a discovery of
significance that opens up the northern Saskatchewan Craton as a new diamond
district in Canada. We plan to aggressively explore our newly acquired,
strategically located properties in this emerging diamond camp."


The four GEFA claims totaling 13,150 hectares are located approximately 160 km
east of the Town of La Ronge, Saskatchewan and are contiguous to the Pikoo
property within 10 km from the PK150 kimberlite. These claims occur along major
regional structural trends that could be related to the emplacement of
diamondiferous kimberlites in the northern Saskatchewan Craton, as interpreted
by Alto's diamond consultant. The diamond potential of the northern Saskatchewan
Craton in this area has been confirmed by North Arrow Minerals Inc. with the
discovery in 2013 of several kimberlites that have returned high counts of
diamonds exceeding 0.85 mm in size (see North Arrow Minerals news release dated
November 5, 2013).


Under the terms of the GEFA Option Agreement, Alto can earn a 60% interest in
the four claims by making staged cash payments to the vendors of $5,000 on
signing (paid), $20,000 after year one and $35,000 after year two totaling
$60,000 and completing $250,000 in exploration within one year and a further
$500,000 within the following 18 months totaling $750,000 in exploration
expenditures on the property over 30 months.


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following link: http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/ATV-012714-fig1.pdf


This news release has been reviewed and approved for technical content by Mike
Koziol, P. Geo, a qualified person under the provisions of National Instrument
43-101.


About Alto Ventures Ltd.

Alto Ventures Ltd. is an exploration and development company with a portfolio of
highly prospective Canadian gold and base metals properties. The Company is
active in Quebec in the Abitibi greenstone belt on the Destiny gold property and
in Ontario, exploring in the Beardmore-Geraldton gold belt. In Manitoba, the
Company is focused on the gold and base metals potential of the highly
prospective but relatively under-explored Oxford Lake property. Recently, the
Company started to diversify its portfolio with the acquisition of large
packages of land in Saskatchewan that are prospective for hosting diamonds. 


For more details regarding the Company's projects, please visit our website at
www.altoventures.com. 


ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD,

Richard J. Mazur, P. Geo., CEO 

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that
term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts
responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: 
Alto Ventures Ltd.
Mike Koziol
President and Director
705-522-6372
705-522-8856 (FAX)
koziol@altoventures.com


Alto Ventures Ltd.
Rick Mazur
CEO and Director
604-638-3943
604-689-3609 (FAX)
info@altoventures.com
www.altoventures.com

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