Consolidated Spire Ventures

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[Press Release] Consolidated Spire Ventures Closes Private Placement of $250,000

29 Sep 2010 09:44:00 GMT

(via Thenewswire.ca)

Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd. ("the Company") has closed a non-brokered private placement of 5,000,000 common shares at $0.05 per share for gross proceeds of $250,000. A finder's fee was paid in accordance with the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange. The shares issued are subject to a hold period expiring on January 28, 2011. The proceeds of this private placement will be used for general working capital purposes.

About Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd.

Spire has a 100% interest in the 107.9 sq km Prospect Valley Property. The property is road-accessible, in close proximity to good infrastructure, and is located within the Spences Bridge Gold Belt approximately 3 hours driving time from Vancouver. The Prospect Valley Gold Property contains several bulk tonnage gold targets and is only 30km south of the world class Highland Valley Copper Mine. In this complex geological environment, the property has the potential to host a significant gold mineralizing system and is viewed as a low grade, bulk mineable epithermal gold target. Altair Ventures Inc. is the operator of the project and has an option to earn up to a 90% interest.

If you are not currently on the CZS updates list, please send in your email address to info@spireventures.com 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. For further information contact the Company or visit www.spireventures.com.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

Brian Buchanan

President and Director

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.

[Press Release] Consolidated Spire Ventures Announces AGM Results

27 Sep 2010 18:56:00 GMT

Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd. ("Spire" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that the Company held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) today, September 27, 2010. All the resolutions put forward in the AGM were passed by the shareholders and the directors elected to the board are R. Brian Buchanan, Shiraz Raz Hussein, George Gorzynski, Brian Hall and Gordon M. Thompson.

About Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd.

The Company is currently waiting for the operating partner to complete a financing, and is looking forward to further exploration on its 107.9 sq km Prospect Valley Property. The property is road-accessible, in close proximity to good infrastructure, and is located within the Spences Bridge Gold Belt approximately 3 hours driving time from Vancouver. The Prospect Valley Gold Property contains several bulk tonnage gold targets and is only 30km south of the world class Highland Valley Copper Mine. In this complex geological environment, the property has the potential to host a significant gold mineralizing system and is viewed as a low grade, bulk mineable epithermal gold target. Altair Ventures Inc. is the operator of the project and has an option to earn up to a 90% interest.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

Brian Buchanan

President and Director

[Press Release] Cons. Spire Announces Exploration Continues at Prospect Valley, Merritt BC and..

21 Sep 2010 12:26:00 GMT

Cons. Spire Announces Exploration Continues at Prospect Valley, Merritt BC and a $250,000 Private Placement

Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd. (“Spire” or “the Company”) is pleased to report that Altair Ventures Inc. (Altair) is continuing exploration on the Prospect Valley epithermal gold property in southern BC, with the objective of generating new targets for drill testing. Prospector Ed Balon, who discovered a quartz boulder grading 43.3g/t gold in the Bonanza Valley area in the southwest part of the property, has been hired by Altair to evaluate several geophysical and geochemical anomalies, as well as zones of silicification within and outside of the Discovery Zone. Depending upon the results of this phase of fieldwork, follow-up work will consist of trenching, detailed sampling, geophysics and drilling. Results will be released as they become available.

In early 2010, 11 diamond drill holes successfully demonstrated the continuity of gold mineralization intersected in the South Discovery Zone (SDZ) in 2006 and 2007. The SDZ occurs in the hanging wall of (above) a moderately dipping fault, with the gold grade typically increasing downward toward the fault. On some sections, the gold grade also appears to be increasing in a down-dip direction. Higher gold grades appear to be associated with increased silicification and disseminated pyrite.

The SDZ is part of a geochemical and geophysical anomaly extending nearly 2km in total strike length and up to 400m wide. While it has the potential to host a significant low grade, bulk tonnage epithermal gold system, many other untested targets exist on the property. The presence of high-grade boulders suggests the potential to host bonanza grade gold-quartz veins. The current field program is designed to follow up on these other areas in order to advance them to the drill stage as quickly as possible.

In addition, the Company announces that it has arranged a non-brokered private placement of 5,000,000 common shares at $0.05 per share for gross proceeds of $250,000. 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. The proceeds of this private placement will be used for general working capital purposes.

The Prospect Valley Gold Project is only 30km south of the world class Highland Valley Copper Mine, and sits within a complex tectonic zone that is interpreted to have provided channels for the introduction of widespread gold mineralization. Altair has an option to earn up to a 90% interest in the 107.9 sq km Prospect Valley Property, situated within the Spences Bridge Gold Belt, approximately four hours driving time from Vancouver and one hour west of Merritt, BC. The Qualified Person for the Prospect Valley Project is Mr. Warner Gruenwald, P.Geo. and VP Exploration for Altair Ventures Inc.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD,

Brian Buchanan, President and Director

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, customer relations, relationships with vendors and strategic partners, the interest rate environment, governmental regulation and supervision, 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.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release

[Industry Bulletin] INDUSTRY BULLETIN: Gold Prices Rally on Investor Panic

25 Aug 2010 17:41:00 GMT

Gold Prices Rally on Investor Panic

NEW YORK (TheStreet) --Gold priceswere rallying Wednesday as investors fled into the safe-haven asset asglobal stock markets slidand theDow Jones Industrial Averagefell below 10,000.

Gold for December delivery was adding $5.60 to $1,239 an ounce at the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. The gold price Wednesday has traded as high as $1,243 and as low as $1,230.90 on low volume. TheU.S. dollar indexwas rising 0.05% to $83.20 while the euro was rising 0.26% to $1.26 vs. the dollar. The spot gold price Wednesday was up $7, according to Kitco's gold index.

From Asia to Europe to the U.S. stocks were down, economic data was negative and growth worries persisted driving investors into gold. In Asia, the yen hit a 15-year high vs. the dollar which didn't bode well for the future of exports, which will now be more expensive to buy in other currencies. In Europe,Standard & Poor'sdowngraded Ireland's credit rating to AA- with a negative outlook. In the U.S., existing-home sales plummeted more than 27% to the lowest level in 10 years as the government's new homebuyer tax credit expired, and durable goods orders slipped in July.

Gold rallied 0.5% Tuesday as spooked investors sold stocks for gold. The trend is set to continue Wednesdayas new-home sales in July fell 12%furthering fears of a double dip in the housing sector. Volume is also thin which will keep prices volatile and gold will look to theFederal Reserve'stwo-day meeting with world bankers in Wyoming, which begins Friday, for any signs of additional monetary easing.

"Every time the Fed has said something it's had a negative effect on general markets," says George Gero, vice president of global futures at RBC Capital Markets, which would spark a flight to safety into gold. For a short-term trade range, Gero is looking at "$1,175 as a bottom support, $1,250 for basically a real resistance level ... but the inside markets looks to me like its $1,200-$1,225."

Also adding fuel to the gold bull fire was the second quarter Gold Demand Trend report from the World Gold Council which said gold demand grew 36%. Overall demand was helped by a 118% surge in identifiable investment demand which offset a 5% decline in jewelry demand.

Video: Gold Buying Pops, But Can It Last? >>

Gold exchange-traded fund demand grew 414% to 291.3 tons primarily in May and June as the sovereign debt crisis in Europe exploded. The most popular gold ETF,SPDR Gold Shares(GLD), now the second largest ETF in the world, holds 1,298 tons. Shares closed Tuesday at $120.36.

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[Industry Bulletin] INDUSTRY BULLETIN: Gold May Rally to Record $1,300, Goldman Predicts

12 Aug 2010 15:56:00 GMT

August 12, 2010, 4:24 AM EDT

By Kim Kyoungwha

Aug. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Gold may rally to a record $1,300 an ounce in six months, driven by low interest rates and the prospect of renewed quantitative easing in the U.S., according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

“The recent selloff has left speculative long positions in gold oversold relative to U.S. real interest rates,” analysts David Greely and Damien Courvalin, wrote in a note yesterday. This has “set the stage for a rally to our six- month gold-price target of $1,300 an ounce,” they wrote.

The Federal Reserve has resorted to direct bond purchases, also known as quantitative easing, as part of its response to the world financial crisis. The U.S. central bank said this week that it would reinvest principal payments on mortgage holdings into long-term Treasury securities to support growth.

Gold for immediate delivery, set for a 10th annual advance, touched an all-time high of $1,265.30 an ounce on June 21. The precious metal was at $1,201.35 at 3:10 p.m. in Singapore.

Long positions are bets that prices may gain. Real interest rates are the difference between nominal interest rates and inflation.

Still, there may be a considerable risk gold will drop in the longer term if the Fed tightens monetary policy earlier than expected, the analysts said.

Goldman recommended buying platinum for October delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange as recovering global automobile demand will likely continue to put “upward pressure” on autocatalyst demand, the report said.

--Editors: Matthew Oakley, Jarrett Banks.

To contact the reporter on this story: Kyoungwha Kim in Singapore at kkim19@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Jim Poole at jpoole4@bloomberg.net

Source: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-08-12/gold-may-rally-to-record-1-300-goldman-predicts.html

[Industry Bulletin] INDUSTRY BULLETIN: Gold or gold stocks? It depends on your confidence in ....

09 Aug 2010 17:29:00 GMT

Gold or gold stocks? It depends on your confidence in the price

David Berman
Friday, August 6, 2010 7:58 PM

Why invest in commodity stocks when you can invest in the commodities themselves?

Recently, commodities have been the best way to go, with returns that make stock ownership look like a waste of time (well, relatively speaking). The ishares S&P/TSX Global Gold fund, which represents a basket of Canadian and U.S. gold producers, has risen 16 per cent over the past year and 32 per cent over the past three years.

Those are handsome returns, no doubt, but they pale next to the returns of actual bullion. Gold itself (as represented by the SPDR Gold Shares fund), has risen 25 per cent over the past year and 77 per cent over the past three years – or about double the return from stocks.

The trend is similar with the energy sector. A basket of energy producers, as represented by the iShares S&P/TSX Capped Energy fund, has risen 9 per cent over the past year and fallen 9 per cent over the past three years. But oil has done far better, rising 13 per cent over the past year and nearly 11 per cent over the past three years.

What’s going on here? Stocks represent a bet on future earnings, which implies that equity investors are taking a far more cautious view on commodity prices. Gold has been trading hands recently at about $1,200 (U.S.) an ounce, which is close to a record high and a three-fold increase in five years.

The reasons for the spike – mostly to do with high government deficits and concerns about the health of the euro and the U.S. dollar – might be sound. But equity investors appear to be skeptical that the rally will continue, and are less willing to drive up share prices at the same pace as the underlying commodity. Indeed, Stephen Walker, an analyst at RBC Dominion Securities, believes that the price of gold will fizzle to $1,000 an ounce by 2013.

So what you have here are two different approaches, depending upon your confidence in the price of gold. If you’re particularly bullish (gold bugs fall into this camp), and believe that the current $1,200 an ounce is just the start of things, then investing directly in the commodity sounds like the best way to profit if things go your way.

On the other hand, equities are better suited to more cautious investors. If the price of gold flat-lines, investors won’t make a penny if they hold gold. But they will do just fine if they hold gold stocks.

[Industry Bulletin] INDUSTRY BULLETIN: Gold's Slide Is Only Temporary

26 Jul 2010 15:55:00 GMT

ByRHIANNON HOYLE

LONDON—Gold prices slid to a two-month low last week, but analysts and traders believe demand is robust enough to prevent an even sharper drop in prices in coming weeks.

After falling to $1,175 a troy ounce Tuesday, a 7% drop from the June high, gold prices rebounded modestly through the rest of the week to close at $1,187.70. The comeback occurred even as investor fear—often a key driver of gold prices—continued to ease.

Gold's appeal as a haven in time of trouble has boosted prices over the past three years, with gold reaching a record Comex futures close of $1,257.20 an ounce on June 18. The precious metal is up 25% in the past year and has been one of the best-performing assets through the financial crisis. In the first half of the year, gold benefited from worries about the euro amid a roiling fiscal crisis along the periphery of the single-currency zone.

"The rush from euros into safe-haven assets, namely the U.S. dollar and gold has, for now, abated," Jeffrey Nichols, managing director of American Precious Metals Advisors, said in a report last week. "None of this has, in any way, however reduced our long-term bullish view of gold-price prospects."

"In fact," he said, "the recent selloff—and any further short-term price decline that may occur in the next few days or weeks—simply makes gold that much more attractive to long-term investors."

The near-term outlook for gold is mixed. London-based broker Triland Metals warns that gold may fall to $1,170 an ounce, considered a technical support level. Barclays Capital, however, says any retreat should be seen as "temporary and countertrend."

Barclays analyst Suki Cooper told the Wall Street Journal that longer-term interest in the metal remains robust, and that any marked shift in risk sentiment would merely add "to the short-term volatility in the market."

"A lot of the interest we are seeing at the moment is from long-term investors, and we don't see that abating," Ms. Cooper said.

Other factors that could boost gold include demand from emerging economies—the latest Chinese trade data shows a continued healthy appetite for precious metals—and the increasing range of gold-based exchange-traded funds, notes and other products.

Moreover, with India's festival and wedding season soon to start, gold jewelry demand is expected to get a boost. According to the World Gold Council, jewelry consistently accounts for more than two-thirds of global gold demand, whereas investment demand is less than one-fifth.

In a report this week, Commerzbank said that, in addition to burgeoning jewelry demand, falling scrap supplies could offer additional support to gold prices. There was a 43% slide in the supply of gold scrap in the first quarter of 2010, down to 343 tons, the bank said.

Central bank gold purchases, especially from emerging markets, may also play a role in future gold prices. The World Gold Council in a recent study said a risk-averse central bank should hold as much as 8.5% of its reserves in gold. Commerzbank gold analyst Eugen Weinberg said China would have to buy 4,400 tons of gold to reach that level.

He added that central banks in Russia, at 5.5% of reserves, and India, 7.5% of reserves, could be buyers of gold

Commerzbank described gold's long-term outlook as "favorable" and said it expects prices to rise to $1,250 an ounce by the end of the year and $1,350 an ounce by the end of 2011.

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[Press Release] Consolidated Spire Ventures Looking to Acquire Tanzania Gold Prospects

22 Jul 2010 13:08:00 GMT

Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd. (“the Company” or “Spire”) wishes to announce that it has entered into negotiations to acquire gold prospects in Tanzania. As soon as terms can be agreed upon, a news release announcing the details will be issued.

Brian Buchanan, President of Spire states, “If we are able complete a deal in Tanzania it could add significant value to Spire. When you look at the market’s clear interest in Tanzania, we are certainly motivated to acquire gold prospects in the region, especially in the light of how the market has embraced companies such as Canaco Resources Inc. (TSXV: CAN) that recently announced significant gold grades in Tanzania and, this week, announced a $20 million bought deal. Management is optimistic that an agreement can be completed.”

FOR INFORMATION OR INVESTOR RELATIONS,

CONTACT THE COMPANY AT (604) 662-7455 or WEBSITE: www.spireventures.com

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD,

Brian Buchanan, President and Director

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, customer relations, relationships with vendors and strategic partners, the interest rate environment, governmental regulation and supervision, 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.

[Press Release] Cons. Spire Ventures Corporate Update

20 Jul 2010 13:07:00 GMT

Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd. (“the Company” or “Spire”) is please to provide a corporate property update on its two Canadian properties.

Fox Creek Lithium Property, Alberta – The field research program continues on the Company’s 164,072 contiguous acre property, prospective for lithium, located about 35km west of Fox Creek, Alberta within the Devonian Leduc Formation. Spire is currently contacting the owners of the outlined 37 oil and/or gas wells that are within the confines of the property. These wells are dispersed throughout the property and are existent in 7 of the 9 claim blocks. Lithium and other mineralization is contained in formation waters that are currently being extracted along with oil and/or gas by various energy companies sharing the property with Spire. The Company holds the rights to the lithium and other mineralization, while the various operators own the oil and gas rights. Based upon the concentrations of lithium in formation waters in the Leduc aquifers, further exploration could be warranted for lithium-bearing brines underlying the property.

Spire has a 100% interest in the Fox Creek Lithium Property in an area outlined by the Alberta Research Council and Alberta Geological Survey as having potential for a large resource of lithium within the formation waters. The Qualified Person for the technical portion of this news release is Mr. Victor Jaramillo, P.Geo.

Prospect Valley Gold Property, Merritt, British Columbia – The Company is currently waiting for the operating partner to complete an announced financing, and is looking forward to further exploration on its 107.9 sq km property. The property is road-accessible, in close proximity to good infrastructure, and is located within the Spences Bridge Gold Beltapproximately 3 hours driving time from Vancouver. The Prospect Valley Gold Propertycontains several bulk tonnage gold targets and is only 30km south of the world class Highland Valley Copper Mine. In this complex geological environment, the property has the potential to host a significant gold mineralizing system and is viewed as a low grade, bulk mineable epithermal gold target. Altair Ventures Inc. is the operator of the project and has an option to earn up to a 90% interest.

FOR INFORMATION OR INVESTOR RELATIONS,

CONTACT THE COMPANY AT (604) 662-7455 or WEBSITE: www.spireventures.com

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD,

Brian Buchanan, President and Director

[Industry Bulletin] INDUSTRY BULLETIN: A Modern Day Gold Rush

12 Jul 2010 19:40:00 GMT

Businesses try to cash in on surging gold prices by selling prospecting gear, storage -- and even gold-bar vending machines

by Chris Prentice

updated 7/12/2010 4:00:00 AM ET

Fear of financial collapse has enhanced gold's glitter, with prices soaring more than 300 percent the past decade, including 30 percent just in the last 12 months. And just as strong U.S. real estate prices a few years ago created a burgeoning ecosystem of entrepreneurs exploiting that bubble, gold's surge has led to a new crop of prospectors seeking gold and the business around gold.

One is Mark Franklin. About four years ago, Franklin, 52, watched a television show on treasure hunting and decided to try his own luck at gold prospecting. The Dayton electronics technician had never prospected before, but he saw a future in the precious metal -- a world awash in debt could trigger inflation and a robust outlook for gold, a so-called "hard" asset that typically rallies in times of economic distress. Gold is now about $1,209 an ounce, near the all-time high of $1,266 per ounce in June. Plus, Franklin says, the quest for gold was a good excuse to get outdoors. He discovers about $50 worth of gold, in flakes and larger pieces called "pickers," on an average day prospecting in Ohio or on longer trips to Idaho, Alaska, Michigan, and Georgia. His total take? Just more than $4,000.

Franklin is far from a lone prospector. "Every time the gold price goes up, our membership increases," says Jinny Iodice, customer service manager at the Gold Prospectors Association of America, a Temecula [Calif.) group that provides forums and outings for recreational miners. There have been plenty of new members: The association's membership jumped 93 percent in 2008, followed by a more modest increase of less than 10 percent so far this year, as the gold bug infects more recreational miners. The GPAA has more than 62,000 members nationwide.

Just as past gold booms produced incredible wealth for some, however, far more of those seeking to strike it rich went bust. "When you see such a dramatic move, the tail end almost becomes hysterical," says Gus Sauter, chief investment officer at Vanguard, comparing today's gold rush with the Internet boom of the late 1990s. "People who threw caution to the wind are still scrambling." In the past, gold has done well when U.S. Treasuries yielded less than the inflation rate, which is not the case right now, according to Paul Kasriel, chief economist at Northern Trust. But "markets are weird," he says.

"Why did people keep buying houses when it was pretty clear house prices were going to fall?"

But "gold is real money," says Gerard Adams, president of the National Inflation Assn., a year-old group in Fort Lee, N.J., that seeks to warn about hyperinflation, which it considers inevitable. In Adams' view, the price of gold has not yet peaked.

Many companies are banking on that. Three years ago, Terry Soloman decided to turn his lifelong passion for prospecting into a formal business with Arizona Gold Adventures in Congress, Ariz. Soloman gets two types of customers: families wanting an outdoor vacation and individuals serious about prospecting. With his children out of the house and the price of gold rising, Soloman turned the recreational prospecting trips he had taken for some two decades into a formal business. Now he has about 400 visitors a season. The average customer finds one to two grams, says Soloman, but some get even luckier. "You've got other people who walk away with several ounces," he said. "You've got to have a little luck."

Lucky or not, Soloman says everyone leaves with legitimate prospecting skills for his $349 daily fee. Those wanting more serious skills now make up about 40 percent of his business, double the number before gold surged, Soloman said.

Increased interest in prospecting can mean better business for companies that sell mining systems and equipment, such as Keene Engineering, a mining and prospecting equipment retailer in Chatsworth, Calif. "There are about 50 percent more people walking in and asking about basic information and looking to buy tools," says salesman Mark Svidor, who has been prospecting since 1979.

For those not inclined toward prospecting, at least two companies are trying to make gold buying as complex as using a vending machine.

The Hon Corp., a Korean jewelry group and manufacturer with branches in New York and Hong Kong, unveiled its first Gold Rush vending machine in June 2009 in Seoul. Hon now has 20 machines in stores throughout Korea. The gold-bar cards are the size of credit cards and range from 0.5 gram to 10 grams. A customer can get a card right out of the machine or have it sent to a specific address. "We wanted to change the role of gold, not only [as an) investment but as a gift," says David Lee, general manager of Hon. The company next hopes to install its machines in U.S. casinos, supermarkets, and other stores, he says. A German company, Ex Oriente Lux, brought its first "Gold to go" vending machine to Abu Dhabi in May and is in talks with customers in Europe, Canada, Asia, and the U.S. about installing the machines in upscale hotels, airports, and casinos.

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[Press Release] Cons. Spire Ventures Continues Field Program on the Prospective Lithium Project.

29 Jun 2010 13:08:00 GMT

Cons. Spire Ventures Continues Field Program on the

Prospective Lithium Project at Fox Creek, Alberta

Vancouver, British Columbia, June 29, 2010 - Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd. (TSX-V: CZS) (“the Company” or “Spire”) announces that the field & research programs continue on its 164,072 contiguous acre property, prospective for lithium, located about 35km west of Fox Creek, Alberta within the Devonian Leduc Formation.

The current program has outlined numerous producing gas wells on the property, and other infrastructure near the property that are already producing significant amounts of formation waters from the targeted horizons, which could indicate that a similar potential target may exist on the property to yield brines with lithium. There are a total of 37 oil and/or gas wells within the confines of the property. These wells are dispersed throughout the property and are existent in 7 of the 9 claim blocks. The Company will be contacting the owners of these wells.

Lithium and other mineralization is contained in formation waters that are currently being extracted along with oil and/or gas by various energy companies sharing the property with Spire. The Company holds the rights to the lithium and other mineralization, while the various operators own the oil & gas rights. Based upon the concentrations of lithium in formation waters in the Leduc aquifers, further exploration could be warranted for lithium-bearing brines underlying the property.

Brian Buchanan, President of Spire stated: "We are very pleased that field research has uncovered the 37 working gas & oil wells on the property. We anticipate further investigation work to be completed soon and management is very optimistic about what the future potential for lithium contained in the formation waters could provide."

Prospect ValleyGold Property – The Company is looking forward to further exploration on its 107.9 sq km property. The property is road-accessible, in close proximity to good infrastructure, and is located within the Spences Bridge Gold Beltapproximately 3 hours driving time from Vancouver. The Prospect Valley Gold Propertycontains several bulk tonnage gold targets and is only 30km south of the world class Highland Valley Copper Mine. In this complex geological environment, the property has the potential to host a significant gold mineralizing system and is viewed as a low grade, bulk mineable epithermal gold target. Altair Ventures Inc. is the operator of the project and has an option to earn up to a 90% interest.

[Press Release] Cons. Spire Ventures announces 2010 Field Program on the Prospective Lithium....

10 Jun 2010 12:30:00 GMT

Cons. Spire Ventures announces 2010 Field Program on the Prospective Lithium Project at Fox Creek, Alberta

Vancouver, British Columbia, June 10, 2010 - Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd. (TSX-V: CZS)("the Company" or "Spire") is pleased to report that exploration personnel have been mobilized to begin reconnaissance fieldwork at the 164,072-contiguous-acre property, prospective for lithium, located about 35km west of Fox Creek, Alberta within the Devonian Leduc Formation. The current fieldwork program, in conjunction with numerous producing gas wells and other infrastructure near the property that are already producing significant amounts of formation waters from the targeted horizons, could indicate that significant potential exists on the property to yield brines with lithium.

Brian Buchanan, President of Spire stated: "We are very pleased that the fieldwork program has commenced on the property. As lithium is experiencing rapidly increasing demand for use in technologically and environmentally beneficial applications, in particular, rechargeable lithium-ion batteries for use in hybrid and electric cars, management is very optimistic about what the future potential for lithium contained in the formation waters could provide."

FOR INFORMATION OR INVESTOR RELATIONS,

CONTACT THE COMPANY AT (604) 662-7455 or WEBSITE: www.spireventures.com

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD,

Brian Buchanan, President and Director

[Press Release] Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd. reports Gold Mineralization Expands at ....

03 Jun 2010 12:41:00 GMT

Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd. reports Gold Mineralization Expands at the Prospect Valley Gold Project

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - June 03, 2010 - Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd. ("Spire"; TSX-V: CZS) and Altair Ventures Incorporated ("Altair"; TSX-V: AVX) are pleased to report that results from the 2010 Phase I drilling program (carried out by Altair, within the South Discovery Zone (“SDZ”) of the Prospect Valley property in southern BC) have continued to extend the strike length and width of gold mineralization.

Assays have now been received from the last 3 holes of the 11-hole program. Hole PV-10-09 was drilled up-dip from, and on section with, holes PV-10-07 and -08 and further extended the width of the gold mineralization to the southeast with an intersection of 27.95m grading 0.41g/t gold. Hole PV-10-08 (previously reported on May 19, 2010) intersected 68.69m grading 0.89g/t gold, including 32.64m of 1.32g/t gold that, in turn, included a higher grade section assaying 2.93g/t gold over 7.53m. The 68.69m interval also included a deeper section of 7.96m grading 1.44g/t gold.

Holes PV-10-10 and -11 were drilled 450m and 550m, respectively, along strike to the northeast and filled-in and extended the strike length of gold mineralization in that direction. The zone is still open along strike to the northeast. The SDZ is now known to have a strike length of more than 600m, although the central 100m - 150m may be offset to the northwest, and further work is needed to test this hypothesis. It is locally more than 90m in vertical thickness, and more than 200m wide in the middle.

“The success of the Phase I drill program is significant, not only because the continuity of gold mineralization should allow us to prepare a preliminary resource estimation, but because the intensity and extent of the mineralization and alteration in the SDZ is indicative of a strong mineralizing system. We have gold anomalies spread over 40 square kilometres at Prospect Valley, some of which are bonanza grade, and we look forward to advancing these targets over the coming summer field season” said Fayyaz Alimohamed, President of Altair.

The Phase I program consisted of 1,127m in 11 drill holes and was successful in proving the continuity of gold mineralization intersected in the SDZ in 2006 and 2007. Highlights from holes PV-10-09 to -11 are listed below and all results from the Phase I program and a map showing drill collar locations can be found on the Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd. website at www.spireventures.com.

The SDZ occurs in the hanging wall of (above) a moderately dipping fault, with the gold grade typically increasing downward toward the fault. Lower grade rocks near surface are generally oxidized and hematized, while higher gold grades appear to be associated with increased silicification and disseminated pyrite. Rocks on the footwall side of (below) the fault are chloritized and barren of gold mineralization.

2010 Phase I Drilling Highlights

Hole Number	From (m)	To (m)	Length (m)	Au (g/t)
PV-10-09	8.45	36.40	27.95	0.41
and	60.68	64.87	4.19	0.98
PV-10-10	7.10	30.64	23.54	0.40
and	78.80	81.52	2.72	0.76
PV-10-11	18.62	72.28	53.66	0.43
including	56.85	71.28	14.43	0.71
including	56.85	61.50	4.65	1.22

Internal higher grade portions can be up to 20m thick, often close to the aforementioned fault. On some sections, the gold grade appears to be increasing in a down-dip direction (i.e. to the northwest, down the fault) and this theory will be tested in future drilling. This is particularly significant in that the zone is entirely open in this direction.

Drilling to date has only tested the SDZ to an average vertical depth of 60m. The most recently drilled portions of the SDZ have now been defined at approximately 50m centres, which may be sufficient for the estimation of a preliminary resource. The SDZ is part of a geochemical and geophysical anomaly extending nearly 2km in total strike length and up to 400m wide. While it has the potential to host a significant low grade, bulk tonnage epithermal gold system, many other untested targets exist on the property, including bonanza grade gold-quartz veins. A summer field program is currently being designed to follow up on these other areas in order to bring them to the drill stage as quickly as possible.

The Qualified Person for the Prospect Valley Project is Mr. Warner Gruenwald, P.Geo. and VP Exploration for Altair Ventures Inc. The Prospect Valley Gold Project is only 30km south of the world class Highland Valley Copper Mine, and sits within a complex tectonic zone that is interpreted to have provided channel ways for the introduction of widespread gold mineralization.

Altair is the operator of the project and has an option to earn up to a 90% interest in the 107.9 sq km Prospect Valley Property, situated within the Spences Bridge Gold Belt, approximately 3 hours driving time from Vancouver and one hour west of Merritt, BC. The Qualified Person for the Prospect Valley Project is Mr. Warner Gruenwald, P.Geo. and VP Exploration for Altair Ventures Inc.

FOR INFORMATION OR INVESTOR RELATIONS,

CONTACT THE COMPANY AT (604) 662-7455 or WEBSITE: www.spireventures.com

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD,

Brian Buchanan, President and Director

[Industry Bulletin] INDUSTRY BULLETIN: Gold Prices Surge Past $1,200

26 May 2010 15:13:00 GMT

Gold Prices Surge Past $1,200

NEW YORK (TheStreet) --Gold priceswere rising Wednesday as jittery investors continued to buy gold as a safe haven asset to battle global economic uncertainty.

Gold delivery for June was rising $12.50 to $1,210.50 an ounce at the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. The gold price today has traded as high as $1,215 and as low as $1,201. TheU.S. dollar indexwas rising 0.58% to $86.85 while the euro was falling 0.78% to $1.22 against the dollar after hitting a new eight-year low on Tuesday. The spot gold price Wednesday was adding over $9, according to Kitco's gold index.

Gold prices managed to break and hold the $1,200area after the metal held up during Tuesday's options expiration. Typically, investors are forced to sell or cover some short positions on options expiration, which leads to more downside and volatility in gold prices. However, gold prices settled at $1,198 after briefly touching $1,200 on strong investor demand, which set the stage for the next leg higher for prices.

Now the question for investors is if this gold rally is déjà vu or if the metal will be able to break its old high of $1,249 an ounce. TheU.S. dollar is curbing some of its recent gainswhich is helping support higher gold prices in the short term. Profit taking could keep gold prices volatile as investors might need to sell gold to raise cash to cover losses in the short-term.

Although markets seem calm, analysts expect investors to continue to hedge their riskier investments with the safety of gold over the long term. There was no eurozone drama overnight, and many experts seem reassured that China will continue expanding despite previous efforts to curb spending.Federal ReserveChairman Ben Bernanke also said at a seminar hosted by Bank of Japan that U.S. inflation expectations are "very stable."

South and North Korean governments pledged to hold conversations to reduce tensions in the region, but political unrest and globalfinancialuncertainty are expected to increase gold's appeal as a safe haven asset and as a form of money that retains value.

The World Gold Council released its first-quarter Gold Demand Trends report in which it expects gold demand to stay strong during 2010. According to the report, gold prices will be led higher by increasing investment demand and improving jewelry demand from China and India. Price-sensitive Asian countries, especially India, had previously shied away from gold as prices rose. Total identifiable gold demand was down 25% in the first quarter, but consumer demand in India surged 698% to 193.5 tons while demand rose 11% in China.

Aram Shishmanian, CEO of the World Gold Council says, "with the global economic recovery still burdened by high and rising debt levels in Western economies, as well as the renewed threat of recession driving down the US dollar and equities, the outlook for gold as a liquid, reliable asset class and as a store of wealth remains highly favorable."

Silver priceswere rising 43 cents to $18.22 while copper was adding 4 cents to $3.09. The industrial metals had been beaten down on fears that China will curb its growth too much, and decreased spending in Europe would wreck demand for silver and copper. These fears have abated somewhat, especially after aCitigroup(C)metals analyst saidmetal stocks offer good valueas the recent selloff presented good buying opportunities.

Gold mining stocks, a more risky but more profitable way toinvest in gold, were mixed.Barrick Gold(ABX)was trading at $42.35 whileNewmont Mining(NEM)was at $53.54 after the stock was added to the short-term buy list atDeutsche Bank.

Other large minersKinross Gold(KGC)andGoldcorp(GG)were trading at $17.26 and $42.61, respectively. Shares ofFreeport McMoRan Copper & Gold(FCX)were over 2% higher to $69.05.

The gold ETF,SPDR Gold Trust(GLD)was rising almost 1% to $118.47. The ETF added over 20 tons of gold on Tuesday as investors rushed into gold after prices sold off in early trading.

--Written byAlix Steelin New York.

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[Press Release] Drilling Confirms Continuity Of Gold Mineralization At Prospect Valley...

20 May 2010 13:05:00 GMT

Drilling Confirms Continuity Of Gold Mineralization At Prospect Valley; Intersects 1.32g/T Gold Over 32.64 Metres

May 20, 2010 - Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd ("Spire"; TSX-V: CZS) and Altair Ventures Incorporated ("Altair" or "the Company"; TSX-V: AVX) are pleased to report that preliminary results from the 2010 Phase I drilling program within the South Discovery Zone (SDZ) of the Prospect Valley property in southern BC are indicating excellent continuity of gold mineralization. Assays have been received from six of the eleven holes completed and results are comparable to previous drilling in defining a wide zone of gold mineralization.

Results to date are highlighted by hole PV-10-08 which intersected 68.69 metres grading

0.89g/t gold, including 32.64 metres of 1.32g/t gold that, in turn, included a higher grade section assaying 2.93g/t gold over 7.53 metres. The 68.69 metre interval also included a deeper section of 7.96 metres grading 1.44g/t gold.

The Phase I program consisted of 1,127 metres in 11 drill holes and was specifically designed to test the continuity of gold mineralization intersected in the SDZ in 2006 and 2007. Most holes in 2010 were drilled as fill-in holes on section lines approximately 50 metres between previous sections. Holes PV-10-01, 02 and 03 all intersected widths and grades of gold mineralization similar to those of holes 2006-15 to 17, while holes PV-10-07 and 08 intersected higher grade gold mineralization similar to holes 06-21, 07-01, 02, 03, and 05.

Highlights from the current drilling program are listed below and a map showing drill collar locations can be found on the Company website at www.spireventures.com

"We are excited that the drilling shows consistent gold mineralization, such that out of 38 drill holes completed to-date on the property, all but one have encountered extensive gold mineralization. Apart from working towards defining a resource in the SDZ, we are keen to explore other areas of the property where we have encountered rock samples as high as 43.3g/t gold (in the 2.5 km2 Bonanza Valley area in the southwest of the PV project) and 27.3g/t gold (in the northeast NIC Zone, a 2.6 km x 900m gold soil anomaly)."

Most of the 2010 holes intersected gold mineralization starting close to surface. Incomplete core sampling of the 2006 holes did not allow for grade calculations in the upper parts of these holes. With the new results in hand, the historic holes will be re-sampled to fill in the gaps, thus allowing for the recalculation of the grade of the upper sections, and potentially increasing the thickness of the zones in these holes. Once the database has been updated, a preliminary resource estimation will be completed.

The portion of the SDZ defined by the current drill program has now been defined at approximately 50 metre centres. It is up to 88.26 metres thick (in hole PV-10-02), more than 200 metres wide in the middle and at least 200 metres along strike. Internal higher grade portions can be up to 20 metres thick, often close to the aforementioned fault. On some sections, the gold grade appears to be increasing in a down-dip direction (i.e. to the northwest, down the fault) and this theory will be tested in future drilling. This is particularly significant in that the zone is entirely open in this direction.

2010 Phase I Drilling Highlights:


Hole Number   From (m)   To (m)   Length (m)   Au (g/t)

PV-10-01      4.88       12.97    8.09         0.51

              30.02      50.60    20.58        0.53

including     37.67      49.00    11.33        0.74

PV-10-02      6.20       94.46    88.26        0.40

including     78.29      91.46    13.15        0.96

including     83.18      89.43    6.25         1.54

PV-10-03      6.15       83.88    77.73        0.39

including     54.65      83.88    29.23        0.81

including     59.74      79.03    19.29        1.03

PV-10-04      46.47      71.78    25.31        0.25

PV-10-07      20.73      47.94    27.21        0.70

including     20.73      27.77    7.04         1.61

PV-10-08      6.10       74.79    68.69        0.89

including     6.10       38.74    32.64        1.32

including     17.37      24.90    7.53         2.93

and           45.42      53.38    7.96         1.44

Overall, however, the SDZ is part of a geochemical and geophysical anomaly extending nearly two kilometres in total strike length and up to 400 metres wide. While it has the potential to host a significant low grade, bulk tonn age epithermal gold system, many other untested targets exist on the property, including bonanza grade gold-quartz veins.

The Prospect Valley Gold Project is only 30 kilometres south of the world class Highland Valley Copper Mine, and sits within a complex tectonic zone that are interpreted to have provided channel ways for the introduction of widespread gold mineralization.

If you are not currently on the CZS updates list, please send in your email address to

info@spireventures.com 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.

FOR INFORMATION OR INVESTOR RELATIONS, CONTACT THE COMPANY AT (604) 662- 7455 or WEBSITE: www.spireventures.com

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD,

Brian Buchanan

President and Director

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, eneral economic conditions, customer relations, relationships with vendors and strategic partners, the interest rate environment, governmental regulation and supervision, 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 underlyingassumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein.

THE TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE HAS NOT REVIEWED AND DOES NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY

[Press Release] Consolidated Spire Ventures: First Phase of Drilling Successfully Completed...

12 May 2010 13:11:00 GMT

Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd.: First Phase of Drilling Successfully Completed on Prospect Valley Gold Prospect

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-(May 12, 2010) - Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:CZS) has completed the first phase of drilling in the 2010 of the Prospect Valley gold property in Merritt, B.C. This first phase was diamond drilling, consisting of step-out and infill drilling, on the South Discovery zone. We anticipate that the assays from this first phase will be returned to the company shortly.

Drill holes have been oriented to strike the extension of known surface mineralization at depth. The South Discovery zone is part of a geochemical and geophysical anomaly extending nearly two kilometres in total strike length and up to 400 metres wide.

Brian Buchanan, president of Spire, stated: "We are very pleased that the phase 1 diamond drill program for 2010 has been successfully completed. We are very optimistic about what the first phase of drilling will provide. When you consider that we are 100% carried on this prospect and that gold is at all time highs, clearly this is a very important period of growth for the company."

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD,

Brian Buchanan, President and Director

For more information, please contact

Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd.
Investor Relations
(604) 662-7455
www.agoracom.com/ir/Consolidatedspire
www.spireventures.com

[Industry Bulletin] INDUSTRY BULLETIN: Gold steady near 3-month highs

08 Apr 2010 15:15:00 GMT

Platinum, palladium succumb to profit taking after highs

Jan Harvey

LONDON—ReutersPublished on Thursday, Apr. 08, 2010 7:13AM EDT

Gold(GC-FT1,152.90-0.10-0.01%)steadied in Europe on Thursday near the near three-month highs it hit in the previous session, as the U.S. dollar rose and as comments from the European Central Bank tempered concerns over Greece's fiscal health.

Spot gold was bid at $1,146.50 (U.S.) an ounce at 1025 GMT, against $1,147.00 late in New York on Wednesday. U.S. gold futures for June delivery on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange eased $5.80 to $1,146.50.

Prices have climbed more than 2 per cent so far this week despite strength in the dollar, as persistent fears over the fiscal health of smaller euro zone economies prompted investors to buy the metal as a haven from financial risk.

“There were two things at play – renewed concerns about Greece coincided with physical buying,” said Andrey Kryuchenkov, an analyst at VTB Capital. “Greece concerns are still very strong.”

Nonetheless, he said, soothing comments on Greece from European Central Bank chief Jean-Claude Trichet were now tempering buying interest.

“(Also) the dollar will come back into the picture, and the dollar is looking better than ever,” he added.

The euro fell on Thursday, approaching this year's low against the dollar, on concerns about Greece's precarious fiscal health. Investors are also awaiting a European Central Bank policy decision at 1145 GMT, and accompanying comments.

Buying driven by fears over the euro zone's fiscal issues has so far counteracted what would normally have been a powerful downward force on gold. However, persistent strength in the dollar is likely to weigh on prices in future, analysts said.

Oil Declines

Among other commodities,oil(CL-FT85.06-0.82-0.95%)declined for a second day on Thursday towards $85 a barrel, pressured by a stronger dollar and a rise in U.S. crude stockpiles to their highest level in nearly 10 months.

Meanwhile world shares fell ahead of meetings of the European Central Bank and the Bank of England, and as worries about Greece's financial stability intensified.

On the investment side of the gold market, the world's largest gold exchange-traded fund, New York'sSPDR Gold Trust(GLD-N112.760.270.24%), said its holdings rose 0.914 tonnes on Wednesday to 1,130.737 tonnes, their highest since December.

On the supply side, South Africa, a major producer of the precious metal, said its output fell 9.2 per cent in volume terms in February compared to the same month of the previous year.

Among other precious metals,platinum(PL-FT1,717.00-6.20-0.36%)andpalladium(PA-FT507.00-5.35-1.04%)prices retreated after hitting their highest in 20 months and two years respectively in the last session, as investors cashed in gains.

“Initial gains in platinum have been since been reversed as profit taking emerges,” said James Moore, an analyst at TheBullionDesk.com.

“However, we expect both to remain underpinned by increasing investment and industrial demand and look to target $1,750/$525 in the coming sessions.”

Platinum was at $1,698.50 an ounce against $1,700.50, while palladium was at $500 against $506.Silver(SI-FT18.11-0.09-0.49%)was bid at $18.01 an ounce against $18.11.

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[Press Release] Drilling continues at the Prospect Valley Gold Project

07 Apr 2010 12:46:00 GMT

Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd. ("Spire") (TSX.V: CZS) is pleased to announce that the first 8 diamond drill holes have been completed in the 2010 ‘Phase 1’ diamond drill program, consisting of step-out and infill drilling, on the South Discovery Zone of the Prospect Valley Gold Property in Merritt, BC.

Drill holes have been oriented to strike the extension of known surface mineralization at depth. The South Discovery Zone is part of a geochemical and geophysical anomaly extending nearly 2km in total strike length and up to 400m wide. Currently, the core samples are being logged and will be submitted to Assayers Canada of Vancouver, BC for geochemical analysis. Results of these assays will be published when they become available. Should this drill program indicate sufficient continuity of grade, the results will be used to estimate an initial NI 43-101 compliant resource for the South Discovery Zone.

Brian Buchanan, President of Spire stated: "We are very pleased that the Phase 1 diamond drill program for 2010 has completed 8 holes at this time, and drilling is continuing. This project is very important to CZS’s growth, and the fact that we are drilling very early in the season is very exciting. The operator on this project is funding the exploration and diamond drilling at the Prospect Valley Gold Project, which provides CZS tremendous upside potential without having to spend on exploration. Management is optimistic about what the 2010 exploration and drilling programs will provide."

The Prospect Valley Gold Project contains several bulk tonnage gold targets and is only 30km south of the world-class Highland Valley Copper Mine. In this complex geological environment, the property has the potential to host a significant gold mineralizing system and is viewed as a low grade, bulk mineable epithermal gold target. Altair Ventures Inc. is the Project Operator.

Investors are invited to visit the Consolidated Spire Ventures website at www.spireventures.com where they can 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 info@spireventures.com 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.

FOR INFORMATION OR INVESTOR RELATIONS, CONTACT THE COMPANY AT (604) 662-7455 or

WEBSITE: www.spireventures.com

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD,

Brian Buchanan

President and Director

THE TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE HAS NOT REVIEWED AND DOES NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS NEWS RELEASE

[Press Release] Diamond Drill Program Begins at Prospect Valley Property

25 Mar 2010 12:30:00 GMT

Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd. ("Spire") (TSX.V: CZS) is pleased to announce that the Project Operator has begun the diamond drill program on the South Discovery Zone of the Prospect Valley Gold Property in Merritt, BC.

The 2010 Phase I drill program will consist of approximately 1,500m in 12 - 14 holes designed to test the continuity of gold mineralization intersected in the South Discovery Zone in 2006 and 2007.Those programs included drill intercepts such as 50.6m of 1.36g/t gold in DDH 2006-21, 66.8m of 0.90g/t gold in DDH 2007-02 and 96.5m of 0.74g/t gold in DDH 2007-05. The diamond drill program will include fill-in holes, at a spacing of approximately 50m, drilled along a strike length of 500m where soil geochemistry and Induced Polarization (IP) chargeability anomalies appear to correlate well with gold mineralization in bedrock.

A new area in the South Discovery Zone will be tested, following up on results of the November and December 2009 infill soil grid. The recent soil sampling over this zone returned assays of up to 1.2g/t gold.The area has a strong geochemical/geophysical anomaly that is separate from, but parallel to, the main trend.A map showing the proposed South Discovery Zone drill targets can be found on the Company website at http://www.spireventures.com/docs/uploads/File/maps/Phase1ProposedDrilling.pdf.

Recent warm weather is providing an excellent source of water from melting snow and all drill sites are road accessible.The drilling has been contracted to SCS Diamond Drilling of Kamloops, BC.

The South Discovery Zone is part of a geochemical and geophysical anomaly extending nearly 2km in total strike length and up to 400m wide.Should the new drill program indicate sufficient continuity of grade, the results will be used to estimate an initial NI 43-101 compliant resource for the South Discovery Zone.

Brian Buchanan, president of Spire stated "We are very pleased that the anticipated Phase 1 diamond drill program has commenced, and that it’s starting several months ahead of schedule. This is the most important project in regards to CZS’s growth, and the fact that we are 100% carried on this prospect is the key. In order to earn its interest, our partner must spend $6 million on the Prospect Valley Gold Project, which provides CZS tremendous upside potential without having to spend on exploration. Management is very optimistic about what the exploration and drilling programs will provide."

The Prospect Valley Gold Project contains several bulk tonnage gold targets and is only 30km south of the world class Highland Valley Copper Mine.In this complex geological environment, the property has the potential to host a significant gold mineralizing system and is viewed as a low grade, bulk mineable epithermal gold target. Altair Ventures Inc. is the Project Operator.

Investors are invited to visit the Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd. Website at www.spireventures.com or the Investor Hub at www.agoracom.com/ir/Consolidatedspire where they can post questions and receive answers.Alternatively, investors are able to e-mail all questions and correspondence to CZS@agoracom.com 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 info@spireventures.com 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.

FOR INFORMATION OR INVESTOR RELATIONS, CONTACT THE COMPANY AT (604) 662-7455 or www.agoracom.com/ir/Consolidatedspire

WEBSITE: www.spireventures.com

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD,

Brian Buchanan

President and Director

THE TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE HAS NOT REVIEWED AND DOES NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS

[Industry Bulletin] INDUSTRY BULLETIN - Do ETFs distort the gold market?

18 Mar 2010 16:18:00 GMT

Clusterstock’s Chart of the Day makes the case that gold ETFs like the massive SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) have helped push prices higher in recent years by letting speculators bet on the precious metal. This “trigger-finger investor base” could exacerbate a crash when the momentum fades, the argument goes.

With more than $40 billion in assets, GLD is the second-largest U.S.-listed ETF behind SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY). Huge inflows and the rise in gold prices have resulted in the fund’s assets more than doubling from $18 billion in September 2008, according to J.P. Morgan. The ETF holds more gold than many sovereign nations have stashed in their reserves.

“ETFs have allowed speculative buyers to rapidly move in and out of the asset, which has changed the nature of the investor base driving the metal’s marginal price,” Business Insider writes.

“See, the gold buyers of the past didn’t have the hair-trigger trading capability of the present ETF group, and there was a time when gold was considered simply a store of value rather than a vehicle for making huge upside,” it adds. “Which is why some research firms have voiced concern about gold’s suspected dependency on fund flows for price support.”

GLD saw net cash outflows of $937 million during the first two months of 2010, according to the latest data from the National Stock Exchange. The ETF posted inflows of nearly $7.4 billion last year. GLD rose 24% in 2009 as gold prices marched higher on inflation concerns and other worries. Read more on GLD flows.

ETFs tracking new areas of the metals markets such as platinum, palladium and small-cap miner stocks have been among the most successful launches recently. The next ETF Investing column will take a look at these upstarts.

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[Industry Bulletin] INDUSTRY BULLETIN: Gold stock performance in rate hike cycles

10 Mar 2010 19:21:00 GMT

Posted:March 09, 2010, 8:30 AM by Jonathan Ratner

Mining,gold,Fed,inflation,interest rates,equities,S&P/TSX Composite,gold bullion

With the market anticipating rate hikes from the Fed beginning late in 2010 or early in 2011, investors should be keen to know what gold stocks do before and after such tightening cycles.

On average, gold equities outperform the broader S&P/TSX composite index in the 12 months prior to the hike and lag for roughly nine months afterwards, according to analysis of the last nine cycles from RBC Capital Markets. Then they rebound and eventually peak around the 18-month mark,

Yet the performance patterns demonstrate a wide range. Analysts at RBC looked at the extreme cases and decided there will be less volatility this time around.

“With greater monetary policy transparency compared to majority of the tightening cycles, we expect the market reaction to the first rate hike to be more muted than in prior periods,” they said, citing key drivers such as negative real short-term interest rates, central bank gold buying and strong demand from gold ETFs. RBC anticipates this will support gold in the US$1,000 to US$1,250 per ounce range throughout 2010.

After the hike, however, the analysts forese gold equities underperforming the market for a period of 12 to 18 months. As a result, they will likely recommend investors reduce their gold exposure in the second half of 2010.

“Although inflation concerns could re-appear and provide a stimulus for higher gold prices as observed in the early 1980’s, we believe we are currently in a deflationary environment, although the extraordinary amount of monetary and fiscal stimulus could create significant inflation concerns with a full global economic recovery likely in 2011.”

Since gold stocks have lagged the broader TSX since the fourth quarter of 2009, 2011 doesn’t necessarily have to be a bad year for these equities. The wide range of relative performance patterns of both spot gold and gold stocks in the past nine cycles also suggests more good times may lie ahead.

SOURCE: http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/tradingdesk/archive/2010/03/09/gold-stock-performance-in-rate-hike-cycles.aspx

[Press Release] Diamond Drill Program To Start At Prospect Valley Gold Property, Merritt, BC

08 Mar 2010 15:49:00 GMT

Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd ("Spire") (TSX.V: CZS) and Altair Ventures Incorporated (“Altair") (TSX-V: AVX) are pleased to provide further details of the imminent diamond drilling program on the South Discovery Zone of the Prospect Valley property in southern BC.

The Phase I drill program will consist of approximately 1,500 metres in 12-14 diamond drill holes designed to test the continuity of gold mineralization intersected in the South Discovery Zone in 2006 and 2007.Those programs included drill intercepts such as 50.6 metres of 1.36g/t gold in DDH 2006-21, 66.8 metres of 0.90g/t gold in DDH 2007-02 and 96.5 metres of 0.74g/t gold in DDH 2007-05.Should sufficient continuity exist, the results will be used to estimate an initial NI 43-101 compliant resource for the South Discovery Zone.

Previous drilling identified an extensive system of gold mineralization associated with disseminated pyrite in amygdaloidal basalts.The zone appears to strike northeasterly and dip moderately to the northwest and sits adjacent to a normal fault.Alteration within the mineralized zone is strong and consists of silicification, sericitization and hematization, while the rock below the fault is strongly chloritic and non gold-bearing.

A compilation of previous exploration data, including the recently completed infill soil sampling program shows that gold mineralization appears to correlate quite well with both soil geochemistry and Induced Polarization (IP) chargeability anomalies.As such, the new diamond drilling program will focus on the areas within the South Discovery Zone where these features are strongest.If this correlation can be better established then subsequent drill programs will test IP anomalies that appear to be deeper and have no surface expression through the soils.

The South Discovery Zone is part of a geochemical and geophysical anomaly extending nearly two kilometres in total strike length and up to 400 metres wide.The northeast trend appears to reflect the aforementioned fault that is spatially related to gold mineralization.The results of a magnetic survey flown over the property indicate that this trend continues to the northeast and also that several parallel features exist on the property.As no exploration has yet been conducted on these other trends, it is possible that they could reflect similar gold mineralized systems.

The Prospect Valley Gold Project is only 30km south of the world class Highland Valley Copper Mine, and sits within a complex tectonic zone that contains numerous deep-seated structures that could have provided the plumbing systems for mineralizing fluids.In many regions of the world, it is common to get large deposits of varying commodities occurring in near proximity to one another when the geological environment is sufficiently complex.High grade gold veins are known in the Prospect Valley area yet it is believed that this part of southern BC has not been explored for a low grade, bulk mineable epithermal gold system.

The Qualified Person for this news release is Mr. Warner Gruenwald, P.Geo. and VP Exploration for Altair Ventures Inc.

Altair has an option to earn up to a 90% interest in the 107.9 sq km Prospect Valley Property, situated within the Spences Bridge Gold Belt, approximately 3 hours driving time from Vancouver and one hour west of Merritt, BC.

If you are not currently on the CZS updates list, please send in your email address to info@spireventures.com 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.

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[Press Release] Altair Completes Geochemical Sampling at Prospect Valley and Plans Drill Program

03 Mar 2010 16:29:00 GMT

Altair Completes Geochemical Sampling at Prospect Valley Property and Plans Drill Program

Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd. ("Spire") (TSX.V: CZS) and Altair Ventures Incorporated (“Altair") (TSX-V: AVX) are pleased to announce that the winter soil sampling program has been completed on the South Discovery Zone of the Prospect Valley Property and the results are being used in conjunction with previous field data to plan the upcoming diamond drill program.

The objective of this infill soil sampling program was to better define the gold geochemistry of the South Discovery Zone.Results were very encouraging with individual values up to 1.2 g/t Au within a gold-in-soil anomaly up to 400m wide and spanning a northeast-southwest strike length of approximately 700m.The South Discovery Zone is part of a gold-in-soil anomaly extending nearly 2km in total strike length.

No significant work has been carried out on the property since 2007, when an extensive gold system was identified in the North and South Discovery Zones.Diamond drilling during 2006 and 2007 in a small portion of the South Discovery Zone anomaly yielded some of the widest intervals of gold mineralization on the property, including 66.8m of 0.90g/t gold in DDH 2007-02 and 45.6m of 0.94g/t gold in DDH 2007-03.

The soil geochemistry has now been interpreted in conjunction with the results of an Induced Polarization (IP) survey, and the limited diamond drilling conducted in the same area, in order to prioritize new drill targets.Previous drilling demonstrated that the soil geochemistry reflected near surface gold mineralization in bedrock while the IP survey reflected disseminated pyrite associated with gold mineralization.As such, the new diamond drill program will focus on the South Discovery Zone where high gold-in-soil geochemistry coincides with strong chargeability anomalies.

Altair and Spire have commissioned a Phase I diamond drill program to begin in early March at the South Discovery Zone and field preparations are underway.Further information on the drilling will be provided in the near future.

Brian Buchanan, president of Consolidated Spire Ventures Ltd. stated:"We are very pleased that the additional soil geochemistry was completed during the winter months and that the anticipated Phase 1 diamond drill program will be starting several months ahead of schedule.We look forward to the next phase of drilling and we are optimistic this next phase will expand and validate what has been achieved so far."

The project contains several bulk tonnage gold targets and is only 30km south of the world class Highland Valley Copper Mine.In this complex geological environment, the property has the potential to host a significant gold mineralizing system and is viewed as a low grade, bulk mineable epithermal gold target.

Samples from the recent program were analyzed by an ISO 9001 certified and accredited facility.A quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) program is in place.The Qualified Person for this news release is Mr. Warner Gruenwald, P.Geo. and VP Exploration for Altair Ventures Inc.

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[Press Release] Stock Options Granted

20 Jan 2010 00:24:00 GMT

Consolidated Spire Ventures (”the Company”) is pleased to announce that the Company has granted incentive stock options (“Options”) to certain directors, officers, employees and consultants to purchase up to an aggregate of 4,155,000 common shares, in the capital stock of the Company exercisable for a period of five years at a price of $0.10 cents per share. The closing price of the Company’s shares was $0.045. The granting of the stock options is subject to regulatory approval.

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“Brian Buchanan”

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