(TSX VENTURE: VIO), (FRANKFURT: VL5) - Vior announces today that Mr Claude St-Jacques, chairman of the board of the company, will assume, as of today, the duties of chief executive officer. Mr St- Jacques is replacing Mr. Patrick Bradley, who has to deal with a health matter. Everyone in the company extends their best wishes to Mr Bradley.

Mr. St-Jacques intends to refocus the company's activities on developing the Douay Ouest deposit, which reveals a measured plus indicated mineral resources of 859,000 metric tons at 5.7 g/t Au, according to a resource calculation done by Geostat Systems International Inc. ("Geostat"), a consulting independent firm (for more detail see press release of November 7, 2007).

From Mr. St-Jacques' point of view, this deposit meets all requirements for a quick development. With a gold price of CA$1,000 per ounce and with all infrastructures in place, the deposit offers an exceptional potential. The company is currently evaluating different scenarios to benefit from these favourable conditions.

Profile

Vior is a growing mining company focused on acquiring and developing gold prospects in accessible mining areas of Quebec. The company wholly owns the Douay project where Geostat completed its National Instrument 43-101 compliant resource estimate (see press release of November 7, 2007). Geostat estimated an inferred resource of 1,885,000 ounces of gold and measured resource of 268,000 ounces of gold.

Website: www.vior.ca

Sedar: Societe d'exploration miniere Vior inc.

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Contacts: Vior Inc. Claude St-Jacques President 418-692-2678 cstjacques@vior.ca Vior Inc. Denis Chenard Exploration Manager 819-856-9743 datac.geo@tlb.sympatico.ca www.vior.ca

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