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Alto Commences Summer Exploration ON the Miner Lake and Brookbank East Projects, Beardmore, Ontario

Exploration Programs

NEWS RELEASE

ALTO COMMENCES SUMMER EXPLORATION ON THE MINER LAKE AND

BROOKBANK EAST PROJECTS, BEARDMORE, ONTARIO

Vancouver, B.C., July 11, 2018. Alto Ventures Ltd. (ATV: TSX-V) is pleased to announce that summer

exploration worked has started on the Miner Lake and Brookbank East properties in the Beardmore -

Geraldton gold camp in Ontario . Surface exploration at Miner Lake includes geological mapping,

detailed structural mapping , prospecting, sampling, and ground VLF surveying in preparation for

diamond drilling. A diamond drilling program is anticipated to start in September, 2018.

Miner Lake

Detailed structural mapping of the main mineralized trend and ground VLF consisting of five lines,

totaling 10 km of surveying have already been completed. Alto’s previous work at Miner Lake included

nine diamond drill holes in 2011; gold was intersected in each of the holes with one hole cutting a wide

zone of 39.2 m averaging 0.6 g/t gold including 4.24 g/t gold over 1.5 m (see Alto news release dated

October 18, 2011). Assay results from surface saw cut channel samples include 6.79 g/t gold across 1.0

m; 4.14 g/t gold across 1.4 m; and 1.78 g/t gold and 0.11% copper across 19 m. This last interval contains

two higher grade sections of 3.36 g/t gold and 0.24% copper across 5.0 m and another section of 6.29

g/t gold and 0.08% copper across 2.0 m.

Brookbank East

The property was staked by Alto in April, 2018. Surface exploration work at the Brookbank East

property will cons ist initially of geological mapping and prospecting. Records in the government

assessment files from the surface geological work and diamond drilling indicate that favourable geology

and alteration are similar to the Brookbank Gold Deposit, a 50/50 joint venture between Centerra Gold

and Premier Gold.

The Brookbank Deposit is reported to include open -pit Measured and Indicated Resources of 2.64

million tonnes averaging 2.02 g/t Au and containing 172,000 ounces. Underground resources are

reported to include Measured and Indicated Resources of 1.86 million tonnes averaging 7.21 g/t Au and

containing 430,000 ounces of gold (www.premiergoldmines.com).

Results from some of the historical work on Alto’s Brookbank East property include 10 g/t Au over 0.91

m intersected in a 1992 drill hole at the southeast end of the property. Grab samples up to 7.68 g/t Au

were reported in 1988 from altered quartz veins in historical trenches near the centre of the property.

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.

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]

About Alto Ventures Ltd

Alto Ventures Ltd. is an explorati on 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. For mo re details

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

Figure 1 Location of Alto Ventures gold properties in the Beardmore-Geraldton gold belt

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]