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      <title>[Press Release] Cons. Spire Enters Into A Letter Agreement With Private B.C. Exploration Company</title>
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<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Cons. Spire Ventures Enters Into A Letter Agreement With A Private British Columbia Exploration Company</span></strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span>Vancouver, B.C. - 10/14/2009 - Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd. </span>("Spire") (TSX.V: CZS) is pleased to announce that it entered into a letter agreement dated October 13, 2009 with a private British Columbia numbered company ("BC Co"). Under the terms of the letter agreement, the Company has agreed to enter into a definitive agreement to purchase all of the issued and outstanding common shares in the capital of BC Co from the shareholders of BC Co (the "Shareholders") in consideration for the Company issuing 9,500,000 common shares to the Shareholders and promissory notes to the Shareholders in the aggregate amount of $75,000.00. The promissory notes bear no interest, are due on demand, and carry a term of 18 months. The proposed acquisition will be negotiated and carried out by the parties dealing at arm's length to one another.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Conditions of Closing</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The parties have agreed to enter into a definitive agreement on or before November 15, 2009, and have agreed to close the proposed transaction on or before December 15th 2009, or such other date as the parties may agree to in writing. Completion of the proposed acquisition will be subject to certain conditions including: (a) completion of each party's satisfactory due diligence review of the other, including the financial condition, business and properties of each; (b) receipt of all necessary regulatory approvals, including those of the TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange"); (c) completion of applicable financial statements of BC Co as required by applicable securities laws; and (d) the closing of the definitive agreement.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><strong>Business of BC Co</strong></span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">BC Co is a private company and is engaged in the business of base and precious mineral exploration in BC and the Yukon, and the exploration for lithium in Alberta.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Subject to Exchange approval, the Company intends to issue common shares and cash as a finder's fee (in accordance with the policies of the Exchange) to the finder upon the closing of the definitive agreement in consideration for services provided by the finder with respect to the transaction. The finder is not a Non-Arm's Length Party and such common shares will be issued pursuant to an exemption under applicable securities laws and will subject to a hold period as required by applicable securities laws.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Contact Information</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Investors are invited to visit the Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd. Website at <a href="http://www.spireventures.com/" target="_blank">www.spireventures.com</a> or the Investor Hub at <a href="http://www.agoracom.com/ir/Consolidatedspire" target="_blank">www.agoracom.com/ir/Consolidatedspire</a> where they can post questions and receive answers. Alternatively, investors are able to e-mail all questions and correspondence to <span><a href="mailto:CZS@agoracom.com" target="_blank">CZS@agoracom.com</a></span> where they can also request addition to the investor e-mail list to receive all future press releases and updates in real time. If you are not currently on the CZS updates list, please send in your email address to <a href="mailto:info@spireventures.com" target="_blank">info@spireventures.com</a> or call 604-662-7455 with the best method to keep you informed. We will send out regular updates and news releases to everyone who asks to be on the list.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">FOR INFORMATION OR INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT THE COMPANY</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">AT (604) 662-7455 OR VISIT THE WEBSITE AT <a href="http://www.spireventures.com/" target="_blank">www.spireventures.com</a></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Brian Buchanan<br />President and Director</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><em>Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.</em></p>
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      <title>[Press Release] Cons. Spire Ventures Granted Final Approval For The Option Agreement With ...</title>
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      <pubDate>08 Oct 2009 21:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<h2><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Cons. Spire Ventures Granted Final Approval For The Option Agreement With Altair Ventures Incorporated On The Prospect Valley Gold Property<br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><strong><br /></strong></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><strong>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd.</span></span><span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> (&ldquo;Spire&rdquo;) (TSX.V: CZS) is pleased to announce that the TSX Venture Exchange has given final approval for the Option Agreement (&ldquo;the Agreement&rdquo;) dated July 20, 2009 with Altair Ventures Incorporated (&ldquo;Altair&rdquo;) (TSX-V: AVX) of Vancouver, British Columbia.  The Agreement with Altair has a two-phase option to earn an initial 70% interest in the PV Property by spending a total of $6 million in exploration and issue 7 million shares over four years to Spire.  Altair can then earn an additional 20% interest upon:  (a) delivering a Bankable Feasibility Study with respect to the Property; and (b) making such additional cash and share payments in such amounts as may be negotiated and settled by the parties in writing at a later date, for a total 90% interest in the Prospect Valley Gold Property.</span><strong></strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span>The 107.9 sq km, <strong>Prospect Valley Property</strong> is located approximately 3 hours driving time from Vancouver and is within the <strong>Spences Bridge Gold Belt.</strong><span>It<strong> </strong></span></span><span>is a potential </span><strong><span>low grade, bulk mineable type gold target</span></strong><strong><span>.</span></strong><span>The property </span><span>is road-accessible and in close proximity to good infrastructure from Merritt,  BC.The Prospect Valley Gold Property hosts a low sulphidation epithermal gold system with quartz vein stockwork type mineralization, located near Merritt,  BC, Canada.To date, over 13 target areas have been identified in the claim block.The majority of the targets are located in the centre of the claim block along a prominent north-northeast trending linear zone that includes the Bonanza Zone, the Discovery South Zone, the Discovery North Zone, the NW Dome and NE Extension Zone.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span>Investors are invited to visit the Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd. Website at <a href="http://www.spireventures.com/" target="_blank">www.spireventures.com</a> or the Investor Hub at <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.agoracom.com/ir/Consolidatedspire" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">www.agoracom.com/ir/Consolidatedspire</span></a> </span>where they can post questions and receive answers. Alternatively, investors are able to e-mail all <span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">questions and correspondence to <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="mailto:CZS@agoracom.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">CZS@agoracom.com</span></a> </span>where they can also request addition to the </span>investor e-mail list to receive all future press releases and updates in real time.If you are not currently on the CZS updates list, please send in your email address to <a href="mailto:info@spireventures.com" target="_blank">info@spireventures.com</a> or call 604-662-7455 with the best method to keep you informed.We will send out regular updates and news releases to everyone who asks to be on the list.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span> <strong>FOR INFORMATION OR INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT THE COMPANY</strong></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span>AT (604) 662-7455 OR VISIT THE WEBSITE AT <a href="http://www.spireventures.com/" target="_blank">www.spireventures.com</a></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span> ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span>Brian Buchanan</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span>President and Director</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span> <span style="font-size: 11px; font-style: italic;">Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.</span></span></p>]]>
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      <title>[Press Release] Consolidated Spire Ventures Closes Private Placement Of $250,000</title>
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      <pubDate>06 Oct 2009 20:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="">October 6, 2009 - Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd. (TSX-V Symbol: CZS)</strong> ("the Company") has closed a non-brokered private placement of 10,000,000 units at $0.025 per unit for gross proceeds of $250,000. Each unit consists of one common share and one five-year share purchase warrant. Each warrant will entitle the holder to purchase one additional common share of the Company at a price of $0.05 in the first year and $0.10 in the following four years. The warrants will expire on September 30, 2014.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">A finder's fee was paid in accordance with the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">The shares and share purchase warrants issued as part of the private placement, including common shares issued upon exercise of the share purchase warrants, are subject to hold periods in British Columbia expiring on January 30, 2010.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The proceeds of this private placement will be used for general working capital purposes.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">FOR INFORMATION OR INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT THE COMPANY</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">AT (604) 662-7455 OR VISIT THE WEBSITE AT <a href="http://www.spireventures.com/" target="_blank">www.spireventures.com</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD<br />Brian Buchanan<br />President and Director</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><em style="">Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.</em></p>
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      <title>[Press Release] Consolidated Spire Announces Agm Results</title>
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      <pubDate>02 Oct 2009 20:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">October 2, 2009 - <strong>Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd.'s (TSX-V SYMBOL: CZS)</strong> Annual General Meeting ("the AGM") was held on Friday, October 2, 2009. All the resolutions put forward at the AGM were passed by the shareholders, including the option agreement dated June 20, 2009 with Altair Ventures Incorporated ("Altair") in which Altair has an option to earn a major interest in the Prospect Valley Gold Property, located within the Spences Bridge Gold Belt in southern British Columbia. The directors elected to the board are R. Brian Buchanan, Shiraz "Raz" Hussein, George Gorzynski, Brian Hall and Gordon M. Thompson.<br /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">FOR INFORMATION OR INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT THE COMPANY</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">AT (604) 662-7455 OR VISIT THE WEBSITE AT <a href="http://www.spireventures.com/" target="_blank">www.spireventures.com</a> <br /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Brian Buchanan</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">President and Director</p>
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      <title>[Press Release] PRIVATE PLACEMENT</title>
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      <pubDate>09 Sep 2009 16:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Consolidated Spire Ventures</strong> (&ldquo;the Company&rdquo;) wishes to clarify its private placement announced on September 4, 2009.The Company announced a non&ndash;brokered private placement of up to 10,000,000 units at $0.025 per unit for gross proceeds of $250,000.Each unit consists of one common share and one <strong>five-year share purchase warrant</strong>.Each warrant will entitle the holder to purchase one additional common share of the Company at a price of $0.05 in the first year and $0.10 in the following four years from the date of closing.A finder&rsquo;s fee will be payable in accordance with the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange.The terms of the private placement are subject to approval by regulatory authorities.</p>

<p style="text-align: justify;"><span>The proceeds of this private placement will be used for general working capital purposes. </span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span>In addition, the Company has decided not to proceed with the remaining private placement announced on June 5, 2009 due to current market conditions.</span></p>

<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span>FOR INFORMATION OR INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT THE COMPANY</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span>AT (604) 662-7455 OR VISIT THE WEBSITE AT <a href="http://www.spireventures.com/" target="_blank">www.spireventures.com</a></span></p>

<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span>ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD</span></p>
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<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span>Brian Buchanan</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span>President and Director</span></p>

<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><em><span>Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.</span></em></p>
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      <title>[Press Release] Consolidated Spire Ventures Announces Private Placement</title>
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      <pubDate>04 Sep 2009 22:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<p><span>Sep 04, 2009 - <strong style="">Consolidated Spire Ventures ("the Company") </strong>is pleased to announce that it has arranged a non-brokered private placement of 10,000,000 units at $0.025 per unit for gross proceeds of $250,000. each unit consists of one common share and one one-year share purchase warrant. each warrant entitles the holder to purchase one additional common share of the company at a price of $0.05 for one year from the date of closing. a finder's fee will be payable in accordance with the policies of the tsx venture exchange. the terms of the private placement are subject to approval by regulatory authorities.</span></p>
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<p><span>The proceeds of this private placement will be used for general working capital purposes.</span></p>
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<p><span>In addition, the company has decided not to proceed with the remaining private placement announced on june 5, 2009 due to current market conditions.</span></p>
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<p><span>For information or investor relations contact the company</span></p>
<p><span>At (604) 662-7455 or visit the website at <a href="http://www.spireventures.com/" target="_blank">www.spireventures.com</a> </span></p>
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<p><span>ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD</span></p>
<p><span>Brian Buchanan</span></p>
<p><span>President And Director</span></p>
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<p><span>Neither the tsx venture exchange nor its regulation services provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the tsx venture exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.</span></p>
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      <title>[Press Release] Cons. Spire Closes a 3.5 Million-Unit Non-Flow-Through Private Placement and....</title>
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      <pubDate>22 Jul 2009 19:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<p style=""><strong style=""><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; color: black;">Consolidated Spire Ventures Closes a 3.5 Million-Unit Non-Flow-Through Private Placement and Completes the First Tranche of a Flow-Through Private Placement</span></strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;">Vancouver, B.C., July 22, 2009 -</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;">Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;"> (&ldquo;the Company&rdquo; or &ldquo;Spire&rdquo;) has closed its non-brokered private placement of 3.5 million non-flow-through units at $0.055 per unit for gross proceeds of $192,500.The Company has also received gross proceeds of $50,400 from the first tranche of its non-brokered private placement of flow-through shares pursuant to the issuance of 720,000 units of the 3.5 million flow-through units priced at $0.07 per unit.A finders' fee will be paid in accordance with the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;">All the common shares issued pursuant to this unit offering, including share purchase warrants, carry a legend restricting the shares from trading for a period of four months to November 23, 2009.The warrants issued in connection with these private placements will expire July 22, 2010.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;">The Company intends to use the gross proceeds from the sale of the flow-through shares for Canadian exploration expenses (CEE), within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (ITA), related to the exploration of the Company's mineral exploration projects located in British Columbia. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;">About Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;">On July 20, 2009 the Company entered into an Option Agreement (&ldquo;the Agreement&rdquo;) with Altair Ventures Incorporated (&ldquo;Altair&rdquo;) (TSX-V:AVX) of Vancouver,  British Columbia.The Agreement with Altair has a two-phase option to earn an initial 70% interest in the </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;">Prospect Valley </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;">Property by spending a total of $6 million in exploration expenditures and issuing 7 million shares over 4 years to Spire.Altair can also earn an additional 20% interest upon:(a) delivering a Bankable Feasibility Study with respect to the Property; and (b) making such additional cash and share payments in such amounts as may be negotiated and settled by the parties in writing at a later date, for a total 90% interest in the Prospect Valley Gold Property.</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;">The 107.9 sq km, </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;">PV</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;"> Property is located approximately 3 hours driving time from Vancouver and is within the Spences Bridge Gold Belt.It </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;">is a potential </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;">low grade, bulk mineable type gold target</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;">.The property </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;">is road-accessible and in close proximity to good infrastructure from Merritt,  BC.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;">Investors are invited to visit the Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd. Website at <a href="http://www.spireventures.com/" target="_blank">www.spireventures.com</a> or the Investor Hub at <a href="http://www.agoracom.com/ir/Consolidatedspire" target="_blank">www.agoracom.com/ir/Consolidatedspire</a> where they can post questions and receive answers.Alternatively, investors are able to e-mail all questions and correspondence to <a href="mailto:CZS@agoracom.com" target="_blank">CZS@agoracom.com</a> If you are not currently on the CZS updates list, please send in your email address to <a href="mailto:info@spireventures.com" target="_blank">info@spireventures.com</a> or call 604-662-7455 with the best method to keep you informed.We will send out regular updates and news releases to everyone who asks to be on the list</span><span style="color: black;">.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;">FOR INFORMATION OR INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT THE COMPANY AT (604) 662-7455 </span></p>
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<p align="center"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;">ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;">Brian Buchanan, President and Director</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: black;">Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.</span></p>
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      <title>[Press Release] Option Agreement With Altair Ventures Incorporated On The Prospect Valley</title>
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      <pubDate>21 Jul 2009 20:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span>Vancouver, B.C., July 21, 2009<strong> - Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd.</strong></span> (&ldquo;the Company&rdquo; or &ldquo;Spire&rdquo;) is pleased to announce that the Company has entered into an Option Agreement (&ldquo;the Agreement&rdquo;) dated July 20, 2009 with Altair Ventures Incorporated (&ldquo;Altair&rdquo;) (TSX-V:AVX) of Vancouver, British Columbia.The Agreement with Altair has a two-phase option to earn an initial 70% interest in the PV Property by spending a total of $6 million in exploration and issue 7 million shares over 4 years to Spire.Altair can then earn an additional 20% interest upon:(a) <span style="color: black;">delivering</span> a Bankable Feasibility Study with respect to the Property; and (b) making such additional cash and share payments in such amounts as may be negotiated and settled by the parties in writing at a later date, for a total 90% interest in the Prospect Valley Gold Property, located within the Spences Bridge Gold Belt in southern British Columbia.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Terms of the option call for Altair to spend a total of $6 million in exploration ($750,000 in Year 1), and issue 7 million shares to Spire (1 million in Year 1) over 4 years to earn a 70% interest.<span style="color: black;">In addition, on the anniversary date of the signing of the Option Agreement, Altair will pay Spire $150,000. </span>Upon earning the first 70% interest in the PV Property, Altair can then earn an additional 20% interest upon delivering a bankable feasibility study and making such additional cash and share payments in such amounts as may be negotiated and settled by the parties in writing at a later date.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">This transaction is subject to regulatory approval.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>About Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd.</strong>At present the Company is actively exploring the Prospect Valley Gold Property near Merritt,  British Columbia, Canada.<strong></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The Prospect Valley Gold Property hosts a low sulphidation epithermal gold system with quartz vein stockwork type mineralization, located near Merritt,  BC, Canada.To date, over 13 target areas have been identified in the claim block.The majority of the targets are located in the centre of the claim block along a prominent north-northeast trending linear zone that includes the Bonanza Zone, the Discovery South Zone, the Discovery North Zone, the NW Dome and NE Extension Zone.</p>
<p><span>The 107.9 sq km, 100%-owned <strong>Prospect Valley Property</strong> is located approximately 3 hours driving time from Vancouver and is within the <strong>Spences Bridge Gold Belt.</strong><span>It<strong> </strong></span></span><span>is a potential </span><strong><span>low grade, bulk mineable type gold target</span></strong><strong><span>.</span></strong><span>The property </span><span>is road-accessible and in close proximity to good infrastructure from Merritt, BC.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span>Investors are invited to visit the Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd. Website at <a href="http://www.spireventures.com/" target="_blank">www.spireventures.com</a> or the Investor Hub at <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.agoracom.com/ir/Consolidatedspire" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">www.agoracom.com/ir/Consolidatedspire</span></a> </span>where they can post questions and receive answers.Alternatively, investors are able to e-mail all <span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">questions and correspondence to <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="mailto:CZS@agoracom.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">CZS@agoracom.com</span></a> </span>where they can also request addition to the </span>investor e-mail list to receive all future press releases and updates in real time.If you are not currently on the CZS updates list, please send in your email address to <a href="mailto:info@spireventures.com" target="_blank">info@spireventures.com</a> or call 604-662-7455 with the best method to keep you informed.We will send out regular updates and news releases to everyone who asks to be on the list.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span>FOR INFORMATION OR INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT THE COMPANY AT <br /> (604) 662-7455 or <a href="http://www.spireventures.com/" target="_blank">www.spireventures.com</a> or <a href="http://www.agoracom.com/ir/Consolidatedspire" target="_blank">www.agoracom.com/ir/Consolidatedspire</a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span>ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span>Brian Buchanan, President and Director</span></p>
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      <title>[Industry Bulletin] Job woes? Experts say gold mining to become a growth industry amid recession</title>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Dear Consolidated Spire Shareholders,</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">In our ongoing efforts to provide market information and/or commentary, we are pleased to provide you, with Industry Sector Bulletins discussing current market opinions regarding Gold.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Regards, <br /> AGORACOM</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong style=""><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Job woes? Experts say gold mining to become a growth industry amid recession</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">By Amy Fuller &ndash; 23 hours ago</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Job seekers watching employment prospects wither and lay-offs mount amid the recession might consider joining the gold rush, and a northern Ontario school is hoping to educate that next wave of underground workers.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Many investors see gold as a hedge against inflation - when the dollar sheds value and can't buy as much, people hoard gold. In recent years, the price has hovered under US$1000 an ounce.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Mining consultant Alan Gorman says base metal prices dropped considerably after the economy collapsed last year. Now, companies are doing more exploration for gold, hoping to revive old mining sites or find new ones in Canada and Africa.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Gorman says companies like Vale Inco, Xstrata and Teck Cominco that primarily produce base metals have either closed mines or made cutbacks over the last nine months. Those that focus on gold, such as Barrick Gold Corp. and Kinross Gold Corp., are "on the upswing."</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">"In terms of new employment, I'd say you'll probably see more happening with the gold companies."</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Someone has to extract the precious metal, and it's not a matter of simply shaking a pan and plucking out the nuggets.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">The northern Ontario town of Haileybury is home to a mining school that hopes to benefit from a spike in applications as the gold sector enjoys a bull market.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Don Hillier, a professor at the Haileybury School of Mines about three hours northeast of Sudbury, Ont., runs a mining engineering technician program that prepares students for careers ranging from entry-level to management.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Over the course of two years, students complete modules by watching lectures and reading study guides online. Subjects include math, physics and chemistry, as well as technical communication and safety.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">"A mine is like a miniature city," Hillier says, explaining the emphasis on technical coursework. "They can have their own water treatment plant, garages, and some even have their own hydro facilities."</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Mines employ a variety of people, from engineers to pipe fitters to welders, "not just mining people per se," Hillier says. "They constitute only about one per cent of the overall workforce."</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Until two years ago, the technician program required that students study at the Haileybury campus of Northern College of Applied Arts and Technology. Now, students enrol from as far afield as the Northwest Territories or Alberta.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">In many cases, they continue with full-time jobs and study part-time, travelling to Haileybury only two weeks per year for the practical portion of the program.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">The new online format is modelled after a graduate mining engineering program at the Missouri University of Science and Technology. Hillier says it works well for parents with school-age kids who can study without uprooting their children.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">While he would like to incorporate more hands-on learning, it's difficult to arrange. Students have to take time off work and travel long distances to attend.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">In May, three students graduated from the re-vamped technician program. The inaugural class began with 22, but many are studying part-time and will take longer than two years to finish.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Graduate Pamela Sword of Thunder Bay, Ont., came to the program in her mid-40s after a 25-year career as an insurance underwriter. Tired of adjusting to multiple buyouts, she took a voluntary severance package and enrolled at Haileybury.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Online study allowed moves to Sudbury, Marathon and Thunder Bay, Ont., so her husband could focus on his career as a mining co-ordinator. Sword also chose Haileybury for its emphasis on geology, a personal fascination.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">She says the program is a good option for people who have been laid off from other sectors, particularly if they have technical experience or live in remote areas with mine facilities nearby. Sword had no technical background and found the math requirements difficult. She studied close to 12 hours a day and graduated with honours.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">For the hands-on portion of the program, students wear mine lamps, hard hats, steel-toed boots and reflective overalls. They venture into an old exploration adit, a horizontal tunnel drilled in the side of a hill, to practise checking for loose material and surveying.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">"We learned that bats look really large when you're looking through the scope of a total station," Sword says, laughing.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Graduates of the technician program without previous mining experience can expect a starting wage of $45,000 a year, or a minimum of $20 an hour, Hillier says. Companies generally offer bonuses or extra compensation for working in isolated areas.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Sword is now three weeks into a job as a geologist technician with Australian-based Magma Metals Ltd. She says Magma is exploring for precious metals such as gold, platinum, nickel and copper.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">"They have a really good showing here in Thunder Bay."</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Sword said she loves spending her days with a geologist at camp sites, looking for and identifying minerals.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">"When you get magma intrusions and it changes the rock and minerals leak out, it's just, wow."</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">The work environment is a big change, though. During her first week, she used a four-wheeler to back a boat into a lake with mineral deposits at the bottom. She also carries 20-to 30-kilogram boxes full of rocks.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">"Technicians get to do all the hard stuff," she says.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Cambrian College in Sudbury offers a similar two-year mining engineering technician program. Students at Cambrian can extend their studies by one year to study geological engineering technology or mining engineering technology.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jFDevkCuEZcggjT4-o99e7pwPBhw" target="_blank">Link to Article</a></p>
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      <title>[Press Release] Cons. Spire Ventures: 2009 Field Program Begins On N.W. Dome At Prospect Valley</title>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> (&ldquo;the Company&rdquo; or &ldquo;Spire&rdquo;) is pleased to report that the Field Program has begun on the North West Dome at the PV Gold Property.<span> </span>The Northwest Dome Zone is characterized by a large circular shaped low magnetic anomaly, with an approximate diameter of 800m.<span> </span>This magnetic low appears to be related to strong hydrothermal alteration similar to that observed in the Discovery Zones.<span> </span>Initial geological mapping during 2007 found this area to consist of a much denser quartz veinlet stockwork zone, with more iron oxides in veins and fractures, than that observed in the Discovery Zones.<span> </span>Its round magnetic shape may be indicative of a possible feeder zone.<span> </span>The Company is very encouraged with the 2009 exploration program underway in the NW Dome.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The access to the center portion of the Prospect Valley Property, via the new road, is being cleared of snow in preparation.<span> </span>The exploration program will include both the Northwest Dome Zone and the Discovery Zones.<span> </span>The planned first phase of exploration &ndash; concurrent with completing the trench sampling started in 2007 &ndash; would see a multi-drill-hole program for the NW Dome; other areas are the Ridgeline Target and the Crown Target.<span> </span>The exploration programs would include mechanical trenching, short-hole RC drilling and diamond drilling.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The Prospect Valley Gold Property hosts a low sulphidation epithermal gold system with quartz vein stockwork type mineralization, located near Merritt, BC, Canada.<span> </span>To date, over 13 target areas have been identified in the claim block.<span> </span>The majority of the targets are located in the centre of the claim block along a prominent north-northeast trending linear zone that includes the Bonanza Zone, the Discovery South Zone, the Discovery North Zone, the NW Dome and NE Extension Zone.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Rock samples will be prepped and analyzed by an ISO 9001 certified and accredited facility.<span> </span>All work is being conducted following the procedures and standards outlined under NI 43-101.<span> </span>All sample batches sent to the lab will include standards, blanks and duplicate samples.<span> </span>A quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) program is in place.<span> </span>The Qualified Person for this news release is Mr. Victor Jaramillo, P.Geo. and Consulting Geologist for Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd.<strong></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The 107.9 sq km, 100%-owned <strong>Prospect Valley Property</strong> is located approximately 3 hours driving time from Vancouver and is within the <strong>Spences Bridge Gold Belt.<span> </span></strong><span>It<strong> </strong></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">is a potential </span><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">low grade, bulk mineable type gold target</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">.<span> </span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The property </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">is road-accessible and in close proximity to good infrastructure from Merritt, BC.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Investors are invited to visit the Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd. Website at <a href="http://www.spireventures.com/" target="_blank">www.spireventures.com</a> or the Investor Hub at <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.agoracom.com/ir/Consolidatedspire" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">www.agoracom.com/ir/Consolidatedspire</span></a> </span>where they can post questions and receive answers.<span> </span>Alternatively, investors are able to e-mail all <span style="letter-spacing: 0.2pt;">questions and correspondence to <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="mailto:CZS@agoracom.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">CZS@agoracom.com</span></a> </span>where they can also request addition to the </span>investor e-mail list to receive all future press releases and updates in real time.<span> </span>If you are not currently on the CZS updates list, please send in your email address to <a href="mailto:info@spireventures.com" target="_blank">info@spireventures.com</a> or call 604-662-7455 with the best method to keep you informed.<span> </span>We will send out regular updates and news releases to everyone who asks to be on the list.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">FOR INFORMATION OR INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT THE COMPANY AT (604) 662-7455 or <a href="http://www.spireventures.com/" target="_blank">www.spireventures.com</a> or <a href="http://www.agoracom.com/ir/Consolidatedspire" target="_blank">www.agoracom.com/ir/Consolidatedspire</a></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Brian Buchanan, President and Director</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">This Company Press Release contains certain "forward-looking" statements and information relating to the Company that are based on the beliefs <span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">of the Company's management as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to the Company's management. Such </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">statements reflect the current risks, uncertainties and assumptions related to certain factors including, without limitations, competitive factors, </span><span>general economic conditions, customer relations, relationships with vendors and strategic partners, the interest rate environment, governmental </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">regulation and supervision, seasonality, technological change, changes in industry practices, and one-time events. Should any one or more of </span>these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 7pt;">THE TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE HAS NOT REVIEWED AND DOES NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS NEWS RELEASE.</span></p>
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      <title>[Press Release] Consolidated Spire Ventures Announces</title>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd. </span></strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">(&ldquo;Spire&rdquo; or &ldquo;the Company&rdquo;)<strong> </strong>is pleased to announce that it has arranged a non-brokered private placement of 7 </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">million units of which 3.5 million will be flow-through units at a price of $0.07 per unit and 3.5 million will be non-flow-through units at a price of $0.055 per unit for gross proceeds of <span style="color: black;">$437,500.<strong></strong></span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">The non-flow-through units will be comprised of one common share and one non-flow through share purchase warrant exercisable to purchase one additional non-flow-through share of the Company at a price of $0.10 in the first year from the closing of the private placement. </span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">The flow-through units will be comprised of one flow-through share and one non-flow through share purchase warrant exercisable to purchase one additional non-flow-through share of the Company at a price of $0.12 per share for a period of one year from the closing of the private placement.<span> </span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">The proceeds of the flow-through portion of the private placement will be used for Canadian exploration expenditures and proceeds of the non-flow-through financing will be used for general working capital. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">The terms of the private placement are subject to approval by regulatory authorities and a</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> finder's fee may be payable in accordance with the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange. </span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">In addition, the Company wishes to announce a grant of incentive stock options to certain directors, officers and consultants to purchase up to an aggregate of 2,076,000 common shares in the capital stock of the Company exercisable for a period of five years at a price of $0.10 per share.<span> </span>The market price at the close on June 5, 2009 was $0.065.<span> </span>The granting of stock options is subject to regulatory approval.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">About Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd. </span></strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span> </span>At present Spire is actively exploring the <strong>Prospect Valley Gold Property</strong> near Merritt, British   Columbia, Canada.</span></p>
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<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span>FOR INFORMATION OR INVESTOR RELATIONS </span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span>CONTACT THE COMPANY AT (604) 662-7455</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span>WEBSITE <a href="http://www.spireventures.com/" target="_blank">www.spireventures.com</a></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span>FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span>R. Brian Buchanan, </span><span>President</span></p>
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<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span>Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: #444444;">Dear Consolidated Spire,<br /> <br /> In our continuing efforts to provide you with broader investor communications, we are pleased to present to you the latest installment of "Beyond the Press Release" with the President &amp; CEO of <span>Consolidated Spire Ventures</span> Ltd., Mr. Brian Buchanan</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: #444444;">In this installment, Mr. Buchanan discusses the significance of the Company&rsquo;s April 30, 2009 press release:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: #444444;"><a href="http://agoracom.com/ir/Consolidatedspire/forums/discussion/topics/333121-positive-gold-recovery-results-from-cyanide-leach-analysis-at-prospect-valley/messages/1126940#message" target="_blank">Positive Gold Recovery Results From Cyanide Leach Analysis at Prospect Valley</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: #444444;"><a href="http://www.smallcapepicenter.com/executive/CZS050409btpr/" target="_blank">Click here</a> to listen to the interview</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: #444444;">Regards,<span> </span><br /> AGORACOM</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Vancouver, B.C., April 30, 2009 - Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd.</strong> &lt;TSX-V: CZS)(&ldquo;the Company&rdquo; or &ldquo;Spire&rdquo;) is pleased to report that <strong>trial cyanide leach assay results </strong>from 30 gold-mineralized samples from core reject material have been completed.<span> </span>The purpose of this work was to determine <strong>the recoverability of gold</strong> from sulphide and mixed sulphide-oxide mineralization <strong>using cyanide leach</strong>, as compared to gold results obtained from standard fire assay AA finish results.<span> </span>This analysis is not to be confused with standard heap leach metallurgical tests.<span> </span><strong>Kinross Gold Corp</strong> participated in the sample collection process as per the March 12, 2009 Spire news release.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The results show that of the 30 mineralized samples, <strong>the majority of which contain variable amounts of pyrite, 17 samples returned gold recoveries above 72%.<span> </span>Of these, 9 samples gave gold recoveries above 90%, 5 samples between 80% to 90% recovery, and 3 samples returned 72% to 80% gold recovery.</strong><span> </span>The remaining 13 samples gave gold recoveries below 72%.<span> </span>See attached recovery graph.<br /><br />The samples were submitted to <strong>Florin Analytical Services, LLC of Reno, Nevada.</strong><span> </span>This is a certified and accredited lab facility, which is part of the Kappes, Cassiday and Associates group of metallurgical services companies.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>The positive gold recoveries from this analytical work are significant as it shows that most gold recoveries are within industry requirements for this type of mineralization.<span> </span>These trial test results make the PV Property more attractive as a potential large-tonnage, low-grade target. </strong><span> </span>The next step will be to take a representative bulk sample to complete column cyanide metallurgical tests.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>The Company is encouraged by these trial cyanide leach analytical </strong>results and from previous years of diamond drilling and trenching results, geological mapping, and prospecting carried out on the Prospect Valley Property.<span> </span>With the completion of the access road to the Discovery Zones in late 2008, the Company anticipates an exploration program beginning in May 2009.<span> </span><strong>The first phase of the planned exploration program will focus on the NW Dome Zone</strong>, concurrent with completion of trench sampling started in 2008.<span> </span>The NW Dome will then see a multi-drill-hole program.<span> </span>The second phase of planned exploration is a 22-hole program of approximately 3,700m of infill diamond drilling in the Discovery Zones in order to define NI43-101 compliant mineral resources.<span> </span>This planned exploration is subject to financing and market conditions.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>The Prospect Valley Gold Property hosts a low-sulphidation, epithermal gold system</strong> with quartz stockwork-type mineralization located near Merritt, BC, Canada.<span> </span>To date, over 13 target areas have been identified in the claim block.<span> </span>The majority of the targets are located in the centre of the claim block along a prominent north-northeast striking fault zone that includes the Bonanza Zone, the Discovery South Zone and the Discovery North Zone.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">A quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) program is in place. <strong><span> </span>The Qualified Person for this news release is Mr. Victor Jaramillo, P.Geo. and Geological Consultant </strong>for Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The 107.9 sq km, 100%-owned <strong>Prospect Valley Property</strong> is located approximately 3 hours driving time from Vancouver and is within the <strong>Spences Bridge Gold Belt</strong>.<span> </span>It is a <strong>low-grade, bulk mineable type gold target</strong>.<span> </span>The property is road-accessible and in close proximity to good infrastructure from Merritt,  BC.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Investors are invited to visit the Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd. Website at <a href="http://www.spireventures.com/" target="_blank">www.spireventures.com</a> <span> </span>or the Investor Hub at <a href="http://www.agoracom.com/ir/Consolidatedspire" target="_blank">www.agoracom.com/ir/Consolidatedspire</a> <span> </span>where they can post questions and receive answers.<span> </span>Alternatively, investors are able to e-mail all questions and correspondence to <a href="mailto:CZS@agoracom.com" target="_blank">CZS@agoracom.com</a> <span> </span>where they can also request addition to the investor e-mail list to receive all future press releases and updates in real time.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">If you are not currently on the CZS updates list, please send in your email address to <a href="mailto:info@spireventures.com" target="_blank">info@spireventures.com</a> <span> </span>or call 604-662-7455 with the best method to keep you informed.<span> </span>We will send out regular updates and news releases to everyone who asks to be on the list.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">FOR INFORMATION OR INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT THE COMPANY AT</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">(604) 662-7455 or <a href="http://www.agoracom.com/ir/Consolidatedspire" target="_blank">www.agoracom.com/ir/Consolidatedspire</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">WEBSITE <a href="http://www.spireventures.com/" target="_blank">www.spireventures.com</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">ON BEHALF OF CONSOLIDATED SPIRE VENTURES LTD.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Brian Buchanan, President and Director</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><em>This Company Press Release contains certain "forward-looking" statements and information relating to the Company that are based on the beliefs of the Company's management as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to the Company's management. Such statements reflect the current risks, uncertainties and assumptions related to certain factors including, without limitations, competitive factors, general economic conditions, market conditions, availability of financing, relationships with vendors and strategic partners, the interest rate environment, governmental regulation and oversight, seasonality, technological change, changes in industry practices, and one-time events. Should any one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein.</em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">THE TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE HAS NOT REVIEWED AND DOES NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS NEWS RELEASE.</p>
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      <title>[Press Release] Consolidated Spire Closes Final Tranche Of Private Placement Of $300,000</title>
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      <pubDate>23 Apr 2009 15:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Vancouver, B.C., April 23 2009 - </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> ("the Company" or "Spire" TSX.V - CZS) has received TSX Venture Exchange approval and has now closed the second and final tranche of the non-brokered private placement announced on January 23, 2009, of 10,000,000 units at a price of $0.03 per unit for total proceeds of $300,000.<span> </span>Each unit consists of one common share plus one share purchase warrant.<span> </span>Each full warrant can be exercised for one common share at a price of $0.05 per share in the first year and $0.10 in the second year.<span> </span>All the common shares issued pursuant to this unit offering, including share purchase warrants, carry a legend restricting the shares from trading for a period of four months to Aug. 23, 2009.<span> </span>A finder&rsquo;s fee was paid in accordance with the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange and finder&rsquo;s fee warrants are exercisable at $0.05 per share for one year. </span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The proceeds from this placement will be used towards the exploration program at the Prospect Valley Gold Property in Merritt, BC and for general working capital.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The 107.9 sq km, 100%-owned <strong>Prospect Valley Property</strong> is located approximately 3 hours driving time from Vancouver and is within the <strong>Spences Bridge Gold Belt.<span> </span></strong><span>It<strong> </strong></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">is a </span><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">low grade, bulk mineable type gold target</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">.<span> </span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The property </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">is road-accessible and in close proximity to good infrastructure from Merritt.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Investors are invited to visit the Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd. Website at </span><span><a href="http://www.spireventures.com/" target="_blank">www.spireventures.com</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> or the Investor Hub at </span><span><a href="http://www.agoracom.com/ir/Consolidatedspire" target="_blank">www.agoracom.com/ir/Consolidatedspire</a></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">where they can post questions and receive answers. Alternatively, investors are able to e-mail all <span style="letter-spacing: 0.2pt;">questions and correspondence to </span></span><span><a href="mailto:CZS@agoracom.com" target="_blank">CZS@agoracom.com</a></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt;">where they can also request addition to the </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">investor e-mail list to receive all future press releases and updates in real time.<span> </span>If you are not currently on the CZS updates list, please send in your email address </span><span>to <a href="mailto:info@spireventures.com" target="_blank">info@spireventures.com</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> or call 604-662-7455 with the best method to keep you informed.<span> </span>We will send out regular updates and news releases to everyone who asks to be on the list.</span></p>
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<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">FOR INFORMATION OR INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT THE COMPANY AT</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">(604) 662-7455 WEBSITE <a href="http://www.spireventures.com/" target="_blank">www.spireventures.com</a> or <a href="http://www.agoracom.com/ir/Consolidatedspire" target="_blank">www.agoracom.com/ir/Consolidatedspire</a></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">ON BEHALF OF CONSOLIDATED SPIRE VENTURES LTD.</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Brian Buchanan, President and Director</span></em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">This Company Press Release contains certain "forward-looking" statements and information relating to the Company that are based on the beliefs <span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">of the Company's management as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to the Company's management. Such </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">statements reflect the current risks, uncertainties and assumptions related to certain factors including, without limitations, competitive factors, </span><span>general economic conditions, market conditions, availability of financing, relationships with vendors and strategic partners, the interest rate environment, governmental </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">regulation and oversight, seasonality, technological change, changes in industry practices, and one-time events. Should any one or more of </span>these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein.</span></p>
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<p><em><span>THE TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE HAS NOT REVIEWED AND DOES NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS NEWS RELEASE.</span></em><em><span style="font-size: 8pt; color: windowtext; font-weight: normal;"></span></em></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Vancouver, B.C., April 20 2009 - <strong style="">Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd. ("the Company" or "Spire" TSX.V - CZS)</strong> is pleased give a corporate update on the Prospect Valley ("PV") Gold Property in southern British Columbia, Canada. The completion of the 5.5km road to the North and South Discovery Zones now provides quick and cost effective access to this year's targets for exploration work, which includes geological mapping, trenching and diamond drilling on the NW Dome, the NE Extension, NE Trend and Discovery Zones.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The access to the center portion of the Prospect Valley Property via the new road should be clear of snow by early May. The first phase of the planned exploration program will focus on the NW Dome Zone concurrent with completing the trench sampling started in 2008. The NW Dome will then see a multi drill hole program. The second phase of planned exploration is a 22-hole program of approximately 3,700m of infill diamond drilling in the Discovery Zones in order to define NI43-101 compliant mineral resources. This planned exploration is subject to financing and market conditions.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Presently, the heap leach metallurgical tests to determine the recoverability of gold are being completed on representative mineralized samples from drill core and laboratory-reject material. The final results and corresponding interpretation will be released once finalized.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Mexico property update: Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd. has informed Almaden Minerals Ltd. that it has terminated its option to explore Almaden's 100%-owned Yago gold-silver project. The property is located in Nayarit State,  Mexico. Spire will be focusing its efforts on the 100%-owned PV Gold Property in BC, Canada. Almaden retains a 2% NSR in the PV project.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The 107.9 sq km, 100%-owned Prospect Valley Property is located approximately 3 hours driving time from Vancouver and is within the Spences Bridge Gold Belt. It is a low grade, bulk mineable type gold target. The property is road-accessible and in close proximity to good infrastructure from Merritt,  BC.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Investors are invited to visit the Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd. Website at <a href="http://www.spireventures.com/" target="_blank">www.spireventures.com</a> <span style=""> </span>or the Investor Hub at <a href="http://www.agoracom.com/ir/Consolidatedspire" target="_blank">www.agoracom.com/ir/Consolidatedspire</a> where they can post questions and receive answers. Alternatively, investors are able to e-mail all questions and correspondence to <a href="mailto:CZS@agoracom.com" target="_blank">CZS@agoracom.com</a> where they can also request addition to the investor e-mail list to receive all future press releases and updates in real time.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">If you are not currently on the CZS updates list, please send in your email address to <a href="mailto:info@spireventures.com" target="_blank">info@spireventures.com</a> or call 604-662-7455 with the best method to keep you informed. We will send out regular updates and news releases to everyone who asks to be on the list.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">FOR INFORMATION OR INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT THE COMPANY AT<br />(604) 662-7455 or <span style=""><a href="http://www.agoracom.com/ir/Consolidatedspire" target="_blank">www.agoracom.com/ir/Consolidatedspire</a> </span><br />WEBSITE <a href="http://www.spireventures.com/" target="_blank">www.spireventures.com</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">ON BEHALF OF CONSOLIDATED SPIRE VENTURES LTD.<br />Brian Buchanan, President and Director</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-style: italic;">This Company Press Release contains certain "forward-looking" statements and information relating to the Company that are based on the beliefs of the Company's management as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to the Company's management. Such statements reflect the current risks, uncertainties and assumptions related to certain factors including, without limitations, competitive factors, general economic conditions, market conditions, availability of financing, relationships with vendors and strategic partners, the interest rate environment, governmental regulation and oversight, seasonality, technological change, changes in industry practices, and one-time events. Should any one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">THE TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE HAS NOT REVIEWED AND DOES NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS NEWS RELEASE.</p>
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      <title>[Interview] Brian Buchanan, President and CEO of Consolidated Spire on AOL Small Cap Show</title>
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        <![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Dear  Consolidated Spire Shareholders,<br /><br />AGORACOM is pleased to present to you  the latest edition of the ``AOL Small Cap Show`` series with, Mr. Brian  Buchanan. In this interview Mr. Buchanan discusses the Company's March 12, 2009  press release, <a href="http://cmpgnr.com/r.html?c=1441011&amp;r=1439669&amp;test=true&amp;t=0&amp;l=1&amp;d=0&amp;u=http%3a%2f%2fagoracom%2ecom%2fir%2fConsolidatedspire%2fforums%2fdiscussion%2ftopics%2f320138%2dcons%2dspire%2dventures%2dannounces%2d2009%2dfield%2dprogram%2dbegins%2dat%2dprospect%2dvalley%2fmessages%2f1089118%23message&amp;g=0&amp;f=-1" title="http://cmpgnr.com/r.html?c=1441011&amp;r=1439669&amp;test=true&amp;t=0&amp;l=1&amp;d=0&amp;u=http%3a%2f%2fagoracom%2ecom%2fir%2fConsolidatedspire%2fforums%2fdiscussion%2ftopics%2f320138%2dcons%2dspire%2dventures%2dannounces%2d2009%2dfield%2dprogram%2dbegins%2dat%2dprospect%2dvalley%2fmessages%2f1089118%23message&amp;g=0&amp;f=-1" target="_blank"><strong title="http://cmpgnr.com/r.html?c=1441011&amp;r=1439669&amp;test=true&amp;t=0&amp;l=1&amp;d=0&amp;u=http%3a%2f%2fagoracom%2ecom%2fir%2fConsolidatedspire%2fforums%2fdiscussion%2ftopics%2f320138%2dcons%2dspire%2dventures%2dannounces%2d2009%2dfield%2dprogram%2dbegins%2dat%2dprospect%2dvalley%2fmessages%2f1089118%23message&amp;g=0&amp;f=-1">Cons.  Spire Ventures Announces 2009 Field Program Begins At Prospect Valley</strong></a> and other Company matters. <br /><br /><a href="http://cmpgnr.com/r.html?c=1441011&amp;r=1439669&amp;test=true&amp;t=0&amp;l=1&amp;d=0&amp;u=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2esmallcapepicenter%2ecom%2fexecutive%2fCZSaol0309%2f&amp;g=0&amp;f=-1" title="http://cmpgnr.com/r.html?c=1441011&amp;r=1439669&amp;test=true&amp;t=0&amp;l=1&amp;d=0&amp;u=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2esmallcapepicenter%2ecom%2fexecutive%2fCZSaol0309%2f&amp;g=0&amp;f=-1" target="_blank">Click  Here</a> to listen to the interview. <br /><br />Regards, <br />AGORACOM<br /></span></p>]]>
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      <title>[Press Release] Cons. Spire Ventures Announces 2009 Field Program Begins At Prospect Valley</title>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="">Vancouver</span><span style="">, B.C., March 12, 2009 - </span><strong>Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd.</strong> (&ldquo;the Company&rdquo; or &ldquo;Spire&rdquo;<span style="color: gray;"> </span>CZS-TSX.V) is pleased to report that exploration crews have been mobilized to immediately begin geological fieldwork at the Prospect Valley Gold Property.<span style="">  </span>October 2008 saw completion of road construction to the North and South Discovery Zones.<span style="">  </span>This newly completed 5.5km road will be used to gain quick access, at significantly lower costs, to this year&rsquo;s exploration targets for geological work including geological mapping, trenching and diamond drilling on the Discovery Zones.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The Company is encouraged by the previous years of diamond drilling results, trenching results, geological mapping and prospecting carried out on the Prospect Valley Property.<span style="">  </span>With the completion of the <strong style="">access road</strong> to the Discovery Zones in late 2008, the Company anticipates an exploration program beginning in the <strong style="">early spring of 2009</strong> depending on weather, financings and market conditions.<span style="">  </span>The exploration program would cover the Discovery Zones, extensions of the North Discovery Zone &ndash; Northwest Dome Zone, Northeast Extension, and Northeast Trend Target Zone.<span style="">  </span>Other areas are the Ridgeline Target and the Crown Target.<span style="">  </span>The exploration program would include diamond drilling on these areas with specific <strong style="">priority given to a definition drilling program to outline a possible NI 43-101 compliant inferred gold/silver resource on the Discovery Zones.<span style="">  </span>The other targets have good possibilities of increasing the overall gold/silver mineralization potential on the Prospect  Valley Property.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: windowtext;">The Company anticipates the following: </span></p>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Metallurgy and sample heap leach      tests;</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Two phase diamond drill program;</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">First phase - 4-hole diamond      drilling &ndash; approx 1,200m &ndash; to target open areas in Discovery North and South      Zones;</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Second phase - 30-hole diamond      drilling &ndash; approx 10,000m &ndash; to target the Discovery North and South Zones      at depth, the NE Extension, NE Trend and NW Dome;</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Detailed geological mapping,      trenching &amp; sampling on most prospective targets;</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Outlining a possible resource      definition drill program.</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">One of the main objectives of the 2009 field program will be to complete infill diamond drilling in the Discovery Zones in order to define resources as per CIM definitions.<span style="">  </span>Shortly after, the Company expects to prepare a NI 43-101 compliant report that will provide a resource estimate.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px;"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Presently the Merritt Exploration crews will obtain representative mineralized samples from drill core and reject material to conduct heap leach metallurgical tests to determine the recoverability of gold.<span style="">  </span><span style="">Kinross Gold Corp will be participating in the sample collection process. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The Prospect Valley Gold Property hosts a low sulphidation epithermal gold system with quartz vein stockwork type mineralization, located near Merritt,  BC, Canada.<span style="">  </span>To date, over 13 target areas have been identified in the claim block.<span style="">  </span>The majority of the targets are located in the centre of the claim block along a prominent north-northeast trending linear zone that includes the Bonanza Zone, the Discovery South Zone and the Discovery North Zone.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="">A major development in 2007 was the identification of a structure called the Early Fault Zone (EFZ) that appears to be the main conduit control for the gold mineralization at the Discovery South and North Zones.<span style="">  </span>This structure is 1m to 12m thick (true thickness), dips moderately to the southwest at 30&ordm; to 45&ordm;, and may be traced consistently in drill holes from the Discovery South to the Discovery North Zones for over 1.7km in strike length.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px;"> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="">To date, most of the diamond drill programs have returned consistent, strongly anomalous to locally economic widths and grades of gold +/- silver mineralization.<span style="">  </span>Hole DDH 2006-21 contained 50.6m grading 1.36g/t gold and hole DDH 2007-02 contained 66.82m averaging 0.90g/t gold and 5.86g/t silver.<span style="">  </span>These results are of considerable significance and demonstrate an excellent geological potential for a low-grade, bulk mineable target at the Discovery Zones.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px;"> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="">Rock samples will be prepped and analyzed by an ISO 9001 certified and accredited facility.<span style="">  </span>All work is being conducted following the procedures and standards outlined under NI 43-101.<span style="">  </span>All sample batches sent to the lab will include standards, blanks and duplicate samples.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px;"> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="">A quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) program is in place.<span style="">  </span>The Qualified Person for this news release is Mr. Victor Jaramillo, P.Geo. and Consulting Geologist for Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd.<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The 107.9 sq km, 100%-owned <strong>Prospect Valley Property</strong> is located approximately 3 hours driving time from Vancouver and is within the <strong>Spences Bridge Gold Belt.<span style="">  </span></strong><span style="">It<strong> </strong></span><span style="">is a potential </span><strong style="">low grade, bulk mineable type gold target</strong><strong style=""><span style="">.<span style="">  </span></span></strong><span style="">The property </span>is road-accessible and in close proximity to good infrastructure from Merritt,  BC. </p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Investors are invited to visit the Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd. Website at <a href="http://www.spireventures.com/" target="_blank">www.spireventures.com</a> or the Investor Hub at <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.agoracom.com/ir/Consolidatedspire" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">www.agoracom.com/ir/Consolidatedspire</span></a> </span>where they can post questions and receive answers.<span style="">  </span>Alternatively, investors are able to e-mail all <span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">questions and correspondence to <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="mailto:CZS@agoracom.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">CZS@agoracom.com</span></a> </span>where they can also request addition to the </span>investor e-mail list to receive all future press releases and updates in real time. </p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">If you are not currently on the CZS updates list, please send in your email address to <a href="mailto:info@spireventures.com" target="_blank">info@spireventures.com</a> or call 604-662-7455 with the best method to keep you informed.<span style="">  </span>We will send out regular updates and news releases to everyone who asks to be on the list. </p>
<p align="center" style="">FOR INFORMATION OR INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT THE COMPANY AT</p>
<p align="center" style="">(604) 662-7455 or <a href="http://www.agoracom.com/ir/Consolidatedspire" target="_blank">www.agoracom.com/ir/Consolidatedspire</a> </p>
<p align="center" style="">WEBSITE <a href="http://www.spireventures.com/" target="_blank">www.spireventures.com</a> </p>
<p align="center" style="">ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD</p>
<p align="center" style="">Brian Buchanan, President and Director</p>
<p style=""><span style="font-style: italic;">This Company Press Release contains certain "forward-looking" statements and information relating to the Company that are based on the beliefs <span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">of the Company's management as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to the Company's management. Such </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">statements reflect the current risks, uncertainties and assumptions related to certain factors including, without limitations, competitive factors, </span><span style="">general economic conditions, customer relations, relationships with vendors and strategic partners, the interest rate environment, governmental </span><span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;">regulation and supervision, seasonality, technological change, changes in industry practices, and one-time events. Should any one or more of </span>these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein.<span style="font-style: normal;"> </span></span></p>
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<p><em><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">By Henny Sender in New York and Javier Blas in London</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Published: March 9 2009 02:00 | Last updated: March 9 2009 02:00</span></em></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Hedge fund investors who made money last year by betting against investment banks are buying gold as a way of betting against central banks.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">The gold bulls include David Einhorn, founder of hedge fund Greenlight Capital, who last year came under the spotlight for his short selling of shares in Lehman after arguing that the bank did not have enough capital to offset its exposure to falling property prices.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Other funds looking at gold include Eton Park and TPG-Axon, investors said.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Their belief in bullion is being expressed even as gold prices have retreated from last month's break above the $1,000 an ounce level. Spot gold in London closed on Friday at $939.10, after falling last week to $900.95 an ounce.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Investors such as Mr Einhorn are turning to gold because they are worried about the response of the US Federal Reserve and other central banks to the economic crisis. A bet on gold is a bet against paper currencies.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">"The size of the Fed's balance sheet is exploding and the currency is being debased. Our guess is that if the chairman of the Fed is determined to debase the currency, he will succeed," Mr Einhorn wrote to investors.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">"Our instinct is that gold will do well either way: deflation will lead to further steps to debase the currency, while inflation speaks for itself."</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Mr Einhorn's comments - and the revelation that he is buying gold - are in line with the views held by other institutional investors in Europe, according to bankers in London.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">The head of commodity sales at one bullion bank told the Financial Times that he had never been so busy dealing in gold for large investors.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and UBSforecast that the gold price would rise above $1,000 this year.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Peter Munk, chairman of Barrick Gold, the largest bullion miner, told investors last week that all countries had embarked on policies that would favour gold.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">"The only option to governments is to print and print more money," he said. "That will end in tears."</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Hedge funds had avoided gold because it does not produce yield and costs money to store and insure. But that has become less important as central banks have pushed interest rates to nearly zero, reducing the yields on currencies.</span></p>
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<p><strong style=""><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">"Basic Facts about Gold"-Jim Anthony-Chairman-Seabridge Gold</span></strong><br /> Friday, 27th February 2009</p>
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<p>There are about 5 billion ounces of above ground gold supply worth about USD 5 trillion at current prices. Less than 5% trades annually. The above ground gold supply is growing at about 1.5% annually, the 300 year average.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">New gold supply is price inelastic. If you double the gold price, production will fall as miners extend precious mine life by processing lower grades through fixed rate capacity. Building new capacity is the work of decades. Re-opening old mines is difficult and expensive and there are few worthwhile opportunities which have not been exploited. Meanwhile, discovery rates are declining, discovery costs are rising, mines are depleting and production is falling at about 5% per year. The world's best gold deposits have been found and mined.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Gold's highest and best use is in a vault as a store of value. It is not a commodity. Jewelry 'consumption' of gold is a traditional store of value. The industrial/medical uses of gold are diminimus. If gold had important other uses, there would be less of it and the price would be lower because it would be valued as a commodity subject to substitution effects. No other substance has the unique properties and a supply sufficient to act as an ultimate store of value which is why gold has had this role for at least 6000 years.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Gold is therefore a financial asset in physical form and sometimes a currency. It goes up in price when confidence in other financial assets [stocks, bonds] is falling and falls when confidence in these alternatives is rising.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Other financial assets have the advantages of convenience and income. Gold's advantage is that it is final settlement anywhere in the world. Gold backs itself whereas other currencies and financial assets merely represent, and depend upon, the countries and companies which issue them and stand behind them. Gold is a currency without a country or central bank...there is no issuer to inflate supply or default on its obligations.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">There are approximately USD 140 trillion in other financial assets world-wide so the current value of above ground gold is about 4% of this total. In 1980, when inflation weakened confidence in stocks and bonds, the ratio was greater than 25%. It currently requires about 8 ounces of gold to buy the Dow, down from 44 in 1999. In 1980, the ratio reached 1 to 1.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Gold has no P/E or other standard valuation metric. Its price can go where the market decides. How much will the owners of USD 140 trillion in financial assets pay to protect themselves from deflation, inflation or default?<br /> <br /> James S. Anthony</p>
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      <title>[Event] Consolidated Spire To Attend PDAC, March 1-4, 2009 in Toronto, Canada</title>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd.</span> (&ldquo;CZS&rdquo;) is honoured to be exhibiting at one of the world&rsquo;s largest and most renowned mining events, the <span style="font-weight: bold;">PDAC 2009</span> an international convention, trade show and investor&rsquo;s exchange which is hosted by the P<span style="font-weight: bold;">rospectors &amp; Developers Association of Canada</span> and held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.<span> </span>We invite you to visit Brian Buchanan, CZS President at <span style="font-weight: bold;">booth #2400 on March 1 &amp; 2, 2009.</span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;">This year&rsquo;s conference is being held <strong>from Sunday, March 1 to Wednesday, March 4, 2009</strong> at the South Building of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and brings together a wide range of top players involved in<span> mineral exploration around the world.<span> </span>Should you wish to attend, you can register for free admission to the Investor&rsquo;s Exchange by visiting the PDAC web site at </span><a href="http://www.pdac.ca/pdac/conv/2009/registration.html" target="_blank">http://www.pdac.ca/pdac/conv/2009/re... </a></span></strong></span></p>
<p><span><span>Complete conference details are available by clicking </span><a href="http://www.pdac.ca/pdac/conv/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.pdac.ca/pdac/conv/index.html</a><span><span> </span></span></span></p>
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      <title>[Industry Bulletin] Sprott Says U.S. Depression Will Boost Gold Price</title>
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<p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black;">Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) --<span> </span><a href="http://search.bloomberg.com/search?q=Eric+Sprott&amp;site=wnews&amp;client=wnews&amp;proxystylesheet=wnews&amp;output=xml_no_dtd&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;filter=p&amp;getfields=wnnis&amp;sort=date:D:S:d1" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: #006b99; text-decoration: none;">Eric Sprott</span></strong></a>, the Canadian money manager who last year predicted banking stocks would collapse, said the U.S. is at the beginning of an economic depression that will help gold prices more than double.</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: #444444;"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black;">Bullion may top $2,000 an ounce in coming years amid a series of financial catastrophes, the chairman and founder of Toronto-based Sprott Asset Management Inc. said yesterday in an interview. Banks will battle to replenish capital, Treasury auctions stand the risk of failing and the moribund economy will create a dire operating outlook for many companies, he said.</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: #444444;"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black;">&ldquo;The trend is down, and there&rsquo;s not one signpost that says it&rsquo;s changing yet,&rdquo; Sprott said yesterday from Toronto. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ll stand by to wait to see those, and until it does, you have to assume it gets worse.&rdquo;</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: #444444;"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black;">Sprott, who manages $4.5 billion, said in March that the world was in a &ldquo;systemic financial meltdown,&rdquo; a call that presaged the collapse of financial institutions including Bear Stearns &amp; Co. and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Since then, the U.S. has entered the worst economic slowdown since the Great Depression, credit markets have tightened and asset prices have dropped as companies and funds sell portfolios to raise cash.</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: #444444;"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black;">The 81-company<span> </span><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=S5FINL%3AIND" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: #006b99; text-decoration: none;">Standard &amp; Poor&rsquo;s 500 Financials Index</span></strong></a><span> </span>has dropped 62 percent since Sprott said on March 6 he was buying bullion and gold-producers&rsquo; shares, while shorting financial- sector stocks. Gold slipped 6.3 percent during the same period.</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: #444444;"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black;">So-called short-selling allows speculators to profit from a stock&rsquo;s decline by borrowing shares, selling them to raise cash and buying them later when the price drops to repay the debt.</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: #444444;"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black;">Sprott Funds</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: #444444;"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black;">Sprott Hedge Fund LP posted a one-year return of 9.9 percent, while Sprott Hedge Fund LP II rose 18 percent in the period, according to data posted on the company&rsquo;s<span> </span><a href="http://www.sprott.com/pricesperformance/performance.php" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: #006b99; text-decoration: none;">Web site</span></strong></a>. The Sprott Canadian Equity Fund dropped 37 percent.</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: #444444;"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black;">Sprott now favors buying more gold stocks and bullion while selling the entire equity market short. Most at risk in the current climate are banks, discretionary consumer stocks and any companies needing to refinance debt, he said.</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: #444444;"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black;">Sprott believes there is a chance that a U.S. Treasury auction will fail as countries use their resources to quell financial turmoil in their home markets, leaving less to help finance the world&rsquo;s largest economy. That outcome will have a &ldquo;catastrophic&rdquo; impact, he said.</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: #444444;"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black;">&ldquo;When do people stop buying the credit of the country? That&rsquo;s a tough question to answer, but it&rsquo;s on a lot of people&rsquo;s lips right now,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Each country has their own financial problem, so there&rsquo;s no funding for anything external.&rdquo;</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: #444444;"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black;">Gold Investors</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: #444444;"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black;">Such concerns have driven investors to the gold market, propelling the metal higher as other commodities have slumped and helping<span> </span><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=XAU%3AIND" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: #006b99; text-decoration: none;">gold-producers&rsquo;</span></strong></a>stocks almost double in the past three months.</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: #444444;"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black;">Greenlight Capital Inc., a $5.1 billion New York-based hedge fund, has invested in gold for the first time, while Federated Investors Inc.&rsquo;s $1.3 billion Federated Market Opportunity Fund, which outperformed 99 percent of rivals last year, now counts<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=YRI%3ACN" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: #006b99; text-decoration: none;">Yamana Gold Inc.</span></strong></a><span> </span>and<span> </span><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=G%3ACN" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: #006b99; text-decoration: none;">Goldcorp Inc.</span></strong></a><span> </span>among its largest investments.</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: #444444;"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black;">Gold companies such as<span> </span><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=NEM%3AUS" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: #006b99; text-decoration: none;">Newmont Mining Corp.</span></strong></a><span> </span>and<span> </span><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=K%3ACN" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: #006b99; text-decoration: none;">Kinross Gold Corp.</span></strong></a><span> </span>have taken the opportunity to issue stock to bolster their own balance sheets.</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: #444444;"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black;">Barrick Gold Corp. Chairman<span> </span><a href="http://search.bloomberg.com/search?q=Peter+Munk&amp;site=wnews&amp;client=wnews&amp;proxystylesheet=wnews&amp;output=xml_no_dtd&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;filter=p&amp;getfields=wnnis&amp;sort=date:D:S:d1" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: #006b99; text-decoration: none;">Peter Munk</span></strong></a><span> </span>said last week he has been inundated with calls from wealthy investors seeking to buy gold to protect their capital.</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: #444444;"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black;">&ldquo;The window to raise money for gold stocks has blown open,&rdquo; Sprott said. &ldquo;The investing public has started to go to that one thing that they think it&rsquo;s safe to invest in.&rdquo;</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: #444444;"></span></p>
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      <title>[Press Release] Consolidated Spire Ventures Announces Company Update</title>
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      <pubDate>22 Jan 2009 09:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Vancouver</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">, B.C., January 22, 2009<strong> -  Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd.</strong></span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> (TSX-V:</span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">CZS)</span> (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo; or &ldquo;Spire&rdquo;) Vancouver, BC,  Canada - is pleased to provide an update on the Company.<span> </span>Despite the challenges of the current market conditions Spire is looking forward to a year of further exploration on its Prospect Valley, Merritt, BC, Canada property and its Yago, Nayarit,  Mexico property.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">The Company is encouraged by the previous years of diamond drilling results, trenching results, geological mapping and prospecting carried out on the Prospect Valley Property.<span> </span>With the completion of the <strong>access road</strong> to the Discovery Zones in late 2008, the Company anticipates an exploration program beginning in the <strong>early spring of 2009</strong> depending on weather, financings and market conditions.<span> </span>The exploration program would cover the Discovery Zones, extensions of the North Discovery Zones &ndash; Northwest Dome Zone, Northeast Extension, and Northeast Trend Target Zone.<span> </span>Other areas are the Ridgeline Target, and the Crown Target.<span> </span>The exploration program would include diamond drilling on these areas with specific <strong>priority given to a definition drilling program to outline a possible NI 43-101 compliant inferred gold/silver resource on the Discovery Zones.<span> </span>The other targets have good possibilities of increasing the overall gold/silver mineralization potential on the Prospect  Valley Property.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The Company believes the Prospect Valley project is close to a stage where a significant joint venture would be possible.<span> </span>The purpose of any joint venture would be to advance the exploration programs to assist in outlining gold/silver resources and prepare a 43-101 compliant resource report.</span></span></strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">The 107.9 sq km, 100%-owned <strong>Prospect Valley Property</strong> is located approximately 3 hours driving time form Vancouver and is within the <strong>Spences Bridge Gold Belt.<span> </span></strong><span>It<strong> </strong></span></span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">is a potential </span><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">bulk mineable-low grade type gold quartz stockwork target</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">, </span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">with quartz vein stockwork type mineralization.<span> </span>The property </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">is road-accessible and in close proximity to good infrastructure from Merritt, BC.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Investors are invited to visit the Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd. Website at <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.spireventures.com/" target="_blank">www.spireventures.com</a> </span>or the Investor Hub at <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.agoracom.com/ir/Consolidatedspire" target="_blank">www.agoracom.com/ir/Consolidatedspire</a> </span></span>where they can post questions and receive answers.<span> </span>Alternatively, investors are able to e-mail all <span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">questions and correspondence to <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="mailto:CZS@agoracom.com" target="_blank">CZS@agoracom.com</a> </span></span>where they can also request addition to the </span>investor e-mail list to receive all future press releases and updates in real time.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">If you are not currently on the CZS updates list, please send in your email address to <a href="mailto:info@spireventures.com" target="_blank">info@spireventures.com</a> or call 604-662-7455 with the best method to keep you informed.<span> </span>We will send out regular updates and news releases to everyone who asks to be on the list.</span></p>
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<p align="center"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">FOR INFORMATION OR INVESTOR RELATIONS</span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">CONTACT THE COMPANY AT </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">(604) 662-7455</span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">or </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="http://www.agoracom.com/ir/Consolidatedspire" target="_blank">www.agoracom.com/ir/Consolidatedspire</a></span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"> <span style="font-size: 13px;">WEBSITE <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.spireventures.com/" target="_blank">www.spireventures.com</a></span></span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"> <span style="font-size: 13px;">ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD</span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Brian Buchanan, President and Director</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;">This Company Press Release contains certain "forward-looking" statements and information relating to the Company that are based on the beliefs <span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">of the Company's management as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to the Company's management. Such </span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">statements reflect the current risks, uncertainties and assumptions related to certain factors including, without limitations, competitive factors, </span><span>general economic conditions, customer relations, relationships with vendors and strategic partners, the interest rate environment, governmental </span><span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;">regulation and supervision, seasonality, technological change, changes in industry practices, and one-time events. Should any one or more of </span>these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">THE TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE HAS NOT REVIEWED AND DOES NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS NEWS RELEASE.</span></span></p>
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