VIO Vior Inc

SOCIETE D'EXPLORATION MINIERE VIOR INC. (TSX VENTURE:VIO)(FRANKFURT:VL5).

Drilling to soon begin on the Douay property

The Company and partner Aurvista Gold Corp. ("Aurvista") wish to announce that
an important 12,000-meter, diamond-drilling program is slated to begin
mid-November on several targets of the Douay project. This program will be
testing numerous targets, one of which being the lateral and depth extensions of
the Douay Ouest deposit where recent calculations yielded a Measured and
Indicated Resource of 313,000 tonnes at 7.75 gram per tonne (g/T) gold, and an
additional Inferred Resource of 267,000 tonnes at 8.53 g/T gold (press release
of January 28th, 2010). Some of the drill holes at Douay Ouest will aim at
transforming categories from resources into reserves. The drill program will
also be testing near-surface mineralized extensions of the Porphyre Zone, as
well as the unexplored sectors along the Contact Zone located at the interface
between conglomerates and syenitic intrusions. The program should be ongoing
until spring 2011. Work will be supervised by Mr. Marc L'Heureux who is the
Company's Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101. 


Appointment of a new Vice-President Exploration

Vior announces that Mr. Marc L'Heureux has been appointed as new Vice-President
Exploration of the company. Mr. L'Heureux succeeds to Mr. Jacquelin Gauthier,
who remains with the company as special advisor. Mr. Gauthier will also pursue
other opportunities.


Mr. L'Heureux has more than 20 years of experience as a professional geologist
in exploration for gold, nickel, base metals and diamond in North and Latin
America. He has served for Cambior, Falconbridge and Barrick up to 1997.
Following that, he worked for junior corporations such as Boreal Exploration,
GlobeStar Mining, Majescor Resources and Everton Resources. Mr. L'Heureux holds
a degree in Geology and a Master Degree in Earth Sciences (Applied
Geochemistry), which he received from the University of Quebec in Montreal and
University of Quebec in Chicoutimi, respectively. He is also a member in good
standing of the Ordre des geologues du Quebec. 


Mr. L'Heureux was granted 500,000 stock options at an exercise price of $0.10
per stock option and their expiry date is October 31, 2020.


Mr. Claude St Jacques, president of Vior, is pleased to welcome Mr. L'Heureux to
the team. He is taking the opportunity to thank Mr. Gauthier for the work he has
accomplished during the last 18 months.


Amendment to the Stock Option Plan

The company announces that the Board of Directors has approved a series of
amendments to the company's stock option plan (the "Plan") as to increase the
number of reserved shares, which may be issued in accordance with the Plan, to
9,467,312 representing about 10% of the current number of issued and outstanding
shares, and to update the Plan with respect to TSX Venture's new rules.


Indeed, the company has amended its Plan, among other things, to (i) allow for
granting of options valid for a 10-year period and (ii) to extend the expiry
date of stock options to 12 months (rather than the current 90-day period)
following the date where this person is no longer eligible in virtue of the
Plan, except for people providing investor relation services where the 90-day
period remains unchanged.


Granting of 1,590,000 stock options

Vior announces the granting of 1,500,000 stock options (including the 500,000
stock options granted to Mr. L'Heureux) to its directors, officers, and services
providers, at the exercise price of $0.10 per share, which is the minimal price
required by the TSX Venture. Of this number, 1,500,000 have been granted to the
directors and officers of the company and 90,000 have been granted to the
services providers. These options are valid until October 31, 2020.


About Aurvista

Aurvista Gold Corporation has interests in Quebec based mining claims and is
engaged in early stage exploring as well as developing promising gold properties
in Northern Quebec.


About Vior

Vior is a growing mining company focused on developing its properties. The
company owns a 50% participating interest in the Douay Ouest gold project and
other mineral properties.

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