Duran Ventures Increases Board Depth

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - April 19, 2012) - Duran Ventures Inc. ("Duran" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:DRV) is pleased to announce that Mr. Oscar Francisco Pezo Camacho has joined the Board of Directors. Mr. Pezo is a Peruvian National and is well known in the Peruvian mining and financial communities. The Board of Duran looks forward to benefiting from Mr. Pezo's guidance and experience.

From January 2011 to February 2012, Mr. Pezo was the CEO of NCF Bolsa SAB, a Peruvian brokerage house based in Lima. Prior to that, from 2004 to 2010, he was one of the founding shareholders and CEO of NCF Inversiones S.A., a Peruvian financial group experienced in Peruvian capital markets and holding direct investments in junior mining companies with projects in Peru, and the parent company of NCF Bolsa. Mr. Pezo has a degree in Industrial Engineering from Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru and an MBA from Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (Lima, Peru).

The Company also announces that a total of 500,000 options to purchase common shares of the Company have been granted to Mr. Pezo at an exercise price of $0.15 per share, expiring on April 18, 2017. The grant is subject to regulatory approval.

Duran is a Canadian exploration company focused on the exploration and development of porphyry copper, precious metal, and polymetallic deposits in Peru.

Duran Ventures Inc. is a Canadian resource company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange: Symbol "DRV"

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