Discovery Ventues Inc. Announces the Appointment of Johnathan Cooper as a Director

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 03/04/13 -- Discovery Ventures Inc. ("Discovery" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:DVN) is pleased to announce the appointment of Johnathan M. Cooper as a Director of the Company.

Johnathan Cooper is the president of Black Ink Communications, a technical writing and corporate communications firm with an emphasis on the resource industry. He has provided financial modeling services, corporate communications, and sat as a director for both public and private companies. Prior to this, Mr. Cooper was national sales manager with a European watch company where his duties included full P&L responsibility, financial forecasting, budget planning and management of a national sales team and 7 retail stores. Further, he was formerly a licensed stockbroker in Vancouver, BC where he specialized in resource based stocks, focusing on merger and acquisition opportunities. Mr. Cooper holds a bachelors degree from the University of British Columbia.

The Company's President, Mr. Akash Patel states:

"Discovery Ventures is pleased to welcome Mr. Cooper as a director of the Company. We are very pleased that he has agreed to work with the Company to develop its portfolio of properties."

About Discovery Ventures Inc.

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Discovery Ventures' mission is to explore for and develop gold, silver, and copper mineral deposits in the province of British Columbia, Canada. The Company is currently focused on four core assets including the Willa deposit located 8km south of Silverton in the Slocan mining region; Redbird/Rabbitt claims located in southern British Columbia in the Similkameen Mining Division; The Bralorne claims located in southern British Columbia in the Lillooet Mining Division who's mining camp historic gold production totalled 4.15 million ounces of gold from 52 separate veins; and the Big Creek property located approximately 47 kilometres north east of the Taseko Mines Prosperity Porphyry copper deposit.

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AKASH PATEL, President

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