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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire
- July 2, 2009) - Alturas Minerals Corp. (the "Company") (TSX
VENTURE:ALT)(BVLAC:ALT) is pleased to announce
the appointment of Mr. Mario A. Miranda, C.A., B.A. (econ), to the
position of Chief Financial Officer effective July 1, 2009.
Mr. Miranda has extensive financial and strategic planning experience
within diverse resource and manufacturing organizations in Canada and
Latin America. Over his career of more than 20 years, he has been
involved in mergers and acquisitions, and in delivering comprehensive
financial structures and reporting systems, with various companies. Recent
clients have included Kinross Gold Corporation, White Pine Resources
Inc., Southampton Ventures Inc., Lake Shore Gold Corp. and
International Nickel Ventures Corporation. Mr. Miranda is a Canadian
citizen who was born in Chile and educated in Montreal, Canada. He is
fluent in English, Spanish and French.
Paul Pearson, President and CEO of Alturas commented "We are
delighted to have Mario on board as Chief Financial Officer with
Alturas. Mario's extensive experience in Latin America and Canada will
be important in moving forward with the company's growth strategy. On
behalf of the Board of Directors of Alturas, I would like to thank
outgoing Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Ernest Cleave, for his service to
the company during the last two years."
About Alturas Minerals Corp.
Alturas is a Canadian corporation, and is the parent of Alturas
Minerals S.A. ("Alturas Peru"). Alturas Peru has been
actively exploring various mineral projects in Peru since January 2004.
Alturas' properties include four drill-ready mineral exploration
projects located in central and southern Peru, which includes the Chapi Chapi-Utupara
Copper-Gold Project, the Sombrero Copper-Gold Project, the Ccaccapaqui Gold-Silver Project and the Huajoto Gold-Silver-Zinc Project. In addition,
Alturas Peru has interests in seven other exploration projects in Peru.
Alturas' exploration strategy is focused on the discovery of large
epithermal gold mineralized deposits and copper-gold porphyry/skarn deposits. For further information, please
visit the Company's website at www.alturasminerals.com.
Should you wish to receive Company news via email, please email contact@alturasminerals.com and specify "Alturas News" in the subject line.
Cautionary Language and Forward Looking Statements
This press release may contain "forward-looking statements", which
are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results and future events to differ materially from those expressed or
implied by such statements. Investors are cautioned that such
statements are not guarantees of future performance and results. Risks
and uncertainties about the Company's business are more fully discussed
in the Company's disclosure documents filed from time to time with the
Canadian securities authorities.
The TSX Venture Exchange does not accept responsibility for the
adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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