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  • February 4, 2010
    Bravo Venture Group Inc. (BVG - TSX Venture) (the "Company" or "Bravo") reports today that its wholl...
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    Bravo Venture Group Inc. announced today that calculated gold recoveries ranging from 87% to 92% wer...
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  • January 8, 2010
    Bravo Venture Group reported today that warrant exercises during the month of December amounted to a...
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Ticker Symbol: BVG.V
Last Trade: 0.355
Last Trade At: 2/8/2010 2:26pm
Change: 0.00
Opened At: 0.365
Day Range: 0.365 - 0.35
Volume: 111045
Directors & Officers

Kizis, Jr., Joseph A.

- P.Geo, President, Director

J oe Kizis, Jr. of Reno, Nevada is a past president of the Geological Society of Nevada and a graduate of the University of Colorado, Mr. Kizis has 30 years of experience in minerals exploration, both with major mining companies and with junior explorers. He has consulted to Rio Fortuna Exploration Corp. for the past two years.

Page, Lawrence

- B.A., LL.B., Q.C., Director

L awrence Page obtained his law degree from the University of British Columbia in 1964 and was called to the Bar of British Columbia in 1965 where he has practiced in the areas of natural resource law and corporate and securities law to the present date. Through his experience with natural resource companies and, in particular, precious metals development, Mr. Page has established a unique relationship with financiers, geologists and consultants and has been counsel for public Companies which have discovered and developed producing mines in North America.Specifically, he has been a Director and Officer of Companies which have discovered and brought into production the David Bell and Page Williams mines in Ontario, the Snip, Calpine/Eskay Creek and Mascot Gold Mines in British Columbia as well as the discovery of the Penasquito Mine in Mexico.Mr. Page is the principal of the Manex Resource Group of Vancouver which provides administrative, financial, corporate and geological services to a number of public companies in the mineral resource sector.He currently serves as a director for six public companies, including Bravo Venture Group Inc., Duncastle Gold Corp., Fortune River Resource Corp., Quaterra Resources Inc., Southern Silver Exploration Corp. and Valterra Resource Corporation.

Swenarchuk, Robert

- Sr. VP Corp. Development, Director

M r. Swenarchuk serves as an officer of several public companies. He joined Manex Resource Group Inc. early in 1998 bringing with him more than 25 years of successful practice in the corporate and investor relations sectors of the natural resources industry. He is President of Rescom Consultants Ltd., which he founded in 1980 to provide a range of financial and investor services to public companies. Over the past 25 years he has been involved in arranging financing for mining exploration and development projects in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Russia, Kazakhstan and China. He has extensive financial community contacts throughout North America, Europe and Asia.

Beardslee, Stephen

- B.Sc., MBA, Independent Director

M r. Beardslee retired from the U.S. Air Force as an information systems director in 1986, and retired from The Boeing Company as an engineering manager in 2002. He has been involved the mineral exploration on Woewodski Island in Southeast Alaska for more than 20 years. He has previously served as treasurer, then president of the Boeing Employees’ Flying Association.

Dircksen, Paul E

- P.Geo, Independent Director

M r. Dircksen has over 32 years of experience in base and precious metals deposits and industrial minerals. He has been responsible for the identification, assessment, acquisition and subsequent exploration management of five projects with have become significant metal producers including Giilt Edge Mine in South Dakota, Pinson, Preble, Stirling, and Florida Canyon mines all located in Nevada. In addition, Mr. Dircksen has been involved in the exploration and management of three future producing mines - Don Mario Project, Bolivia, Pederson Project, Bolivia and Butte Highlands in Montana.

Eyton, Terrence E

- F.C.A., Independent Director

M r. Eyton is currently the managing partner of a medium sized accounting firm in Vancouver, British Columbia. His experience ranges from public and private audits to serving as a Board member on public companies. Mr. Eyton graduated first in his class at Lakehead University and second in Canada for his Chartered Accountant designation, and most recently, he completed his Directors Education Program sponsored by the Institute of Corporate Directors.

Thorsen, Ken

- BSc, P.Eng, Independent Director

M r. Thorsen has had an extensive history in the mining business since 1962 during which he was involved with the discovery and development of six orebodies. Most recently he held several senior positions with Teck Exploration Ltd. and Teck Corporation as Vice President of Teck Exploration Ltd. and General Manager of Teck Exploration worldwide.  Subsequent to his retirement as President of Teck Exploration Ltd. in 2001 he serves as a Director of a number of public mining exploration companies.

Liyanage, Mahesh

- CA, CFO

M ahesh Liyanage joins the Company with over 10 years of experience in public practice and industry. He is a Chartered Accountant and has headed finance and audit teams nationally and internationally. He started his career with BDO Burah Hathy Sri Lanka and held a supervisory role leading audits in manufacturing, banking, and natural resource industries. Before moving to McDonald’s Fiji as head of finance he served as controller for a garment manufacturing company which catered to the North American market. In McDonald’s Fiji he pioneered the implementation of accounting systems and revitalized office structures, document flows and inter-department relationships in order to achieve excellence and profitability. Mahesh Liyanage is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia as well as the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, Society of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka and Fiji Institute of Accountants.

Hean, Scott

- BA, MBA, ICD.D, VP Administration

M r. Hean served as Bravo Venture Group's Chief Financial Officer for the last three years.  Prior to joining the company, he held senior management and executive positions with Bank of Montreal as Senior Vice President and Managing Director responsible for financing in the natural resources sectors in North America  and with J.P. Morgan of New York, primarily financing junior oil and gas companies in the United States. Currently he is a Director and past Chair of the Audit Committee, Sabina Silver Corporation (SBB on TSX-V), a Director of Great Quest Metals Inc. and past Chair, Bill Reid Foundation Services Ltd. He has served on numerous not-for-profit Boards, including Outward Bound and B.C. Children's Hospital. Graduating from Simon Fraser University in 1973 (B.A.) and from the Ivey School of Business (M.B.A.), London, Ontario, in 1975, Mr. Hean completed from the Institute of Corporate Directors, Directors Education Program (ICD.D) in 2006