VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Aug. 15, 2013) - Alto Ventures Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:ATV) is pleased to announce gold values of up to 37.2 g/t from grab samples collected during the reconnaissance sampling program completed in June, 2013 on its Oxford Lake property in Manitoba. The Oxford Lake property hosts the historical Rusty Gold deposit and several other gold occurrences. The property covers approximately 35,300 ha and is 100% owned by the Company.

Alto has completed a reconnaissance style bedrock sampling program in June, 2013 focusing mainly on shoreline exposures in the Hyers Island area. The objectives were to locate some of the historical mineral occurrences as well as determine the geological setting of gold and base metals mineralization. Numerous areas of disseminated stringer sulphide mineralization were examined and sampled. Most of the sulphide areas are associated with zones of shearing and extensive carbonate alteration. Highly anomalous gold, with values up to 37.2 g/t gold in grab samples, and base metals occur along several of these shear zones (see Table 1). Interestingly, anomalous amounts of tungsten (chemical element symbol "W") occur with some of the high gold grade samples. Anomalous tungsten values were also obtained in a surface grab sample from Alto's recently acquired Mineral Exploration License 1006A in Cat Eye Bay (see Alto's news release dated June 18, 2013).

Alto considers tungsten to be a valuable pathfinder element in the search for gold mineralization and is encouraged by recent announcements from Mega Precious Metals Inc reporting significant drill intercepts of tungsten associated with the Monument Bay gold deposit. The Company considers the geological and structural settings for parts of the Oxford Lake property to be similar to the geology at Monument Bay and this observation indicates that there may also be some geochemical similarities between the two areas.

"Our summer program has confirmed that the gold is associated with zones of extensive shearing and alteration in the Hyers Island area," commented Rick Mazur, CEO and Director. "The recognition of tungsten as a pathfinder mineral is also very significant as it adds another component to support Alto's assertion that the Oxford Lake property is part of a large regional scale structural corridor that also includes the Monument Bay gold deposit, where tungsten mineralization is significant."