ALT_HR100305 Announces Closing of First Tranche of Financing

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    PRESS RELEASE TSXV, BVL:ALT

    Alturas announces closing of first tranche of financing

    Toronto, March 5, 2010 Alturas Minerals Corp. (the Company) (TSX-V, BVL: ALT) today announcedthat it has accepted subscription forms from the first tranche of a non-brokered financing of $538,857.43working capital units. Funds raised will be used to advance exploration of the Company s Chile and Perumineral projects and for general working capital.

    Alturas placed 5,672,182 working capital units of the Company at a price of $0.095 per unit, for grossproceeds of $538,857.43. Each unit (a Unit) consisted of one common share of the Company and oneshare purchase warrant (a Warrant). Each Warrant entitles the holder to acquire an additional commonshare at $0.12 for a period of one year following closing and at $0.24 in the second year followingclosing.

    The Company paid finders fees to certain individuals of 7.5% of funds raised and issued broker warrantsto those individuals equivalent to 7.5% of the units issued. Each brokers warrant would enable the holderto acquire common shares at a price of $0.095 per share for a period two (2) years from Closing.

    Securities issued pursuant to the above referenced private placements are legended and restricted fromtrading until J uly 5, 2010.

    Insiders of the Company subscribed for 428,000 Units for gross proceeds of $40,660. The insider privateplacements are exempt from the valuation and minority shareholder approval requirements of MultilateralInstrument 61-101 (MI61-101) by virtue of the exemptions contain in section 5.5(a) and 5.7(1) (a) of MI61-101 in that the fair market value of the consideration for the securities of the Company to be issued toinsiders does not exceed 25% of its market capitalization.

    The Company plans to leave the offering open until March 31

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    and may place up to a further 25,906,765Units for up to a further $2,461,142.57.

    In addition to the offering discussed herein, the Company has contacted Equinox Minerals Limited todiscuss the possibility of settling its outstanding debt. These negotiations are ongoing but the Company istargeting reaching an understanding by the end of the quarter.

    About Alturas Minerals Corp.

    Alturas is a Canadian corporation, and is the parent of Alturas Minerals S.A. (Alturas Peru). AlturasPeru has been actively exploring various mineral projects in Peru since January 2004. Alturas propertiesinclude 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 CcaccapaquiGold-Silver Project and the Huajoto Gold-Silver-Zinc Project. In addition, Alturas Peru has interests infour other exploration projects in Peru. Alturas exploration strategy is focused on the discovery of large

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    epithermal gold mineralized deposits and copper-gold porphyry/skarn deposits in Peru and Chile. Forfurther information, please visit the Company's website at www.alturasminerals.com

    For further information please contact Alturas at:

    Phone: +51-1- 475-1700 (Peru)Email: [email protected]

    Al turas Minerals Corp.

    Suite 3100, Scotia Plaza, 40 King St. W., Toronto, ON Canada M5H 3Y2

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    Manuel de Falla 297, Floor 5th, San Borja, Lima 41, Peru

    Should you wish to receive Company news via email, please email [email protected] and specify

    Alturas News in the subject line

    The TSX Venture Exchange does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

    Cautionary Language and Forward Looking StatementsThis 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 Companys business are more fully discussed in the Companys

    disclosure documents filed from time to time with the Canadian securities authorities

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    http://www.alturasminerals.com/mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]://www.alturasminerals.com/