Kirk Exner Appointed to Venturi Board

Venturi Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE:VVV) ("Venturi" or the "Company") is pleased
to announce that Kirk Exner has joined its Board of Directors. 


Kirk is an experienced public markets venture capital professional. As the
principal of Newcoast Capital Corp., Kirk has provided venture capital
investment, corporate finance and advisory services to Canadian-listed public
companies since 1999. Prior to Newcoast Capital, Kirk served as a corporate
finance analyst at a Canadian brokerage firm in Vancouver. He holds a B.Sc.
degree from the University of British Columbia and an MBA from the Schulich
School of Business, York University, in Toronto.


The Company also announces that David Raffa has stepped down as President of
Venturi. David will continue to work closely with Venturi as an active director.
Venturi has also granted 100,000 stock options to Kirk Exner, 50,000 stock
options to Ron Palfrey and 15,000 stock options to Sean Hodgins. The granted
stock options have an exercise price of $0.105. 


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: 
Venturi Ventures Inc.
Jim Heppell
Chief Executive Officer
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