Altair Ventures Incorporated Completes Shares for Debt Transaction

Vancouver, BC – April 22, 2010 – Altair Ventures Incorporated (the “Company”)

(TSX-V: AVX) announces that, further to its news release of February 23, 2010, it has issued a total of 1,117,866 common shares in its capital at a deemed price of $0.15 per share to settle outstanding debt totaling $167,680. The hold period on the shares expires on August 13, 2010.

For further information please contact Fayyaz Alimohamed at (604) 641-1305, by fax to (604) 688-8309 or by e-mail to [email protected].

Altair Ventures Incorporated

“Fayyaz Alimohamed”

Fayyaz Alimohamed, President & CEO

Neither 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.

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