Alto Announces Addition to Management Team

ALTO VENTURES LTD. 910 – 475 Howe Street Vancouver, B.C. V6C 2B3 Tel: 604.689.2599 Fax: 604.689.3609 www.altoventures.com [email protected]

May 31, 2011

NEWS RELEASE Alto Announces Addition to Management Team

Vancouver, B.C. May 31, 2011. Alto Ventures. (ATV: TSX-V) is pleased to announce that Matt Terriss has joined the Company as Director, Corporate Affairs. Mr. Terriss comes with 20+ years experience in the investment and securities sector. He will be responsible for the investor outreach efforts of the Company, including capital-raising, investor relations, marketing, and business development. The Company looks forward to the addition of Mr. Terriss to the Alto Ventures management team.

Pursuant to the Company's stock option plan, Mr. Terriss will be granted 250,000 stock options at a price of $0.10 for a term of five years.

About Alto Ventures Ltd

Alto Ventures Ltd. is an exploration and development company with a portfolio of highly prospective Canadian gold properties. The Company is developing advanced projects at its Destiny gold property in Quebec and its Coldstream gold property in Ontario. Further exploration activities are planned on its Beardmore-Geraldton gold properties, the Oxford Lake gold project in Manitoba and the Chilko gold project in British Columbia. 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 contact:

Richard Mazur CEO ALTO VENTURES LTD.

#910 - 475 Howe Street Vancouver, BC V6C 2B3 Tel: 604-638-3943 Fax: 604-689-3609 Email: [email protected]