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Alto Acquires a Third Exploration Licence and Extends Exploration Program at Oxford Lake GOLD Project IN Manitoba

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NEWS RELEASE

ALTO ACQUIRES A THIRD EXPLORATION LICENCE AND EXTENDS EXPLORATION

PROGRAM AT OXFORD LAKE GOLD PROJECT IN MANITOBA

Vancouver, B.C., July 11, 2017. Alto Ventures Ltd. (ATV: TSX-V) is pleased to announce the

acquisition of a further 9,488 hectare mineral exploration license on trend west of its 100% owned

Oxford Lake gold project in Manitoba. Alto’s previously announced summer program of geological

mapping, prospecting, and soil/rock sampling will be extended for a further month to generate and

prioritize targets for a diamond drill campaign planned for next winter.

The Oxford Lake P roperty, which includes the Rusty Gold Deposit, now comprises approximately

36,000 hectares and covers a 35km trend prospective for multiple, Banded Iron Formation (“BIF”)

associated gold deposits. Other Canadian BIF gold deposits such as Musselwhite, Meadowbank,

Meliadine, Lupin and Back River tend to be sizeable and exhibit consistent, economic grades of gold.

Rusty Lake Gold Deposit

Historical exploration drilling conducted by Norand a Exploration in the 1990s resulted in the

discovery of the Rusty Gold Deposit . Noranda outlined a Historical Resource (not NI 43 -101

compliant*) of 800,000 tonnes averaging 6 g/t Au, containing approximately 154,000 ounces of gold ,

and discovered the Blue Jay gold zone two kilometres to the east. In 2012, Alto conducted its first-pass

drill program which confirmed multiple gold bearing mineralized intersections within the banded iron

formation, including 22.5 g/t Au over 0.5 m within 2.7m averaging 6.7 g/t Au and 6.8 m averaging 5.7

g/t Au including 11.7 g/t Au over 1.6 m and 16.5 g/t Au over 1.0 m at the Blue Jay Zone.

* The historic estimate for the Rusty Lake Gold Deposit was completed prior to Alto’s acquisition of

the Oxford Lake Property and generated by Noranda Exploration. Alto believes the historical resource

estimate to be relevant and reliable. However, a Qualified Person has not completed sufficient work to

verify and classify the historical estimate as a current mineral resource, and the Company is not

treating the historical estimate as current mineral resources, as defined by NI 43-101. Hence, the

historical resource estimate should not be relied upon.

Alto’s President, Mike Koziol, P. Geo. is a Qualified Person under the provisions of National

Instrument 43-101 and approves the technical data and conclusions in this news release.

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 active in the Abitibi greenstone belt in Quebec on the

Destiny gold property and is exploring in the Beardmore-Geraldton gold belt in Ontario. In Manitoba,

the Company is focused on the gold and base metals potential of the highly prospective but relatively

ALTO VENTURES LTD.

Suite 615 - 800 W. Pender Street

Vancouver, B.C. V6C 2V6

Tel: 604.689.2599

Fax: 604.689.3609

www.altoventures.com

[email protected]

under-explored Oxford Lake property. 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:

Mike Koziol,

President and Director

ALTO VENTURES LTD.

Unit 7 – 1351C Kelly Lake Rd

Sudbury, ON., P3E 5P5

Tel: 705-522-6372

Email: [email protected]

Rick Mazur,

CEO and Director

ALTO VENTURES LTD.

Suite 615-800 W. Pender Street

Vancouver, BC, V6C 2V6

Tel: 604-689-2599

Email: [email protected]