Alto Ventures Ltd. announced the appointment of Martin Doyle, P.Geo., MBA to Alto's Board of Directors. Martin is a seasoned diamond and gold exploration executive with over 35 years international experience in the De Beers and Anglo American organizations. Martin's last assignment with De Beers was from 2004 to 2011 as Senior Vice President, Exploration of De Beers Canada Exploration Inc. This was a very dynamic period of growth for De Beers in Canada with the opening of two diamond mines in Ontario and NWT where Martin played a major role in the transformation of De Beers Canada to an integrated mining and exploration company.

Prior to De Beers Canada, Martin's previous diamond exploration assignments included President of De Beers Brasil Ltda. where he directed South American exploration operations, Marine Geologist/Superintendent in Namibia and South Africa and Geologist in Botswana. Martin is currently the Executive Chairman of Paragon Diamonds Plc.