• Impressive Samples. The Pasacancha target is hosted at a past-producing silver-lead zinc mine with the potential for a bulk tonnage resource. The main tunnel sampled over 384 meters returning grades of 0.17 g/t Gold, 69.1 g/t Silver, 0.077% Copper, 0.56% Lead and 0.94% Zinc

• Flagship Property Yields Impressive Grades. Aguila copper-molybdenum deposit has yielded impressive grades in the order of 0.5 - 0.6% copper (ie.718m grading 0.555% Copper and 0.041% Molybdenum = 1%+ copper equivalent ) and is host to a past producing open-pit mine.

• Significant Interest From Mining Giant. Mining giant Penoles has moved drills onto the edge of Duran Ventures' Aguila copper-molybdenum porphyry system/claim line. The flurry of activity by Penoles only a couple thousand meters to the south of Aguila's main pit is a tell that something major is developing

• Benefits Of Past Producing Mines. It is a well known truism that the best way to find a new resource is amidst the workings of an old mine. The past producing mines on Duran's properties has made it easier for them to successfully locate several gold, silver, and copper showings.

• Buy Rating From Research Firm. Fundamental Research Corp. is an independent research firm with analysts who are focused on the highest institutional quality equity research coverage on small and micro cap companies. Towards the end of January 2009 they gave Duran Ventures a BUY rating and a fair value of $0.40 cents per share.

• Excellent Geographical Location. Peru was the top silver producing country in the world, responsible for a recorded 118.30 million ounces in 2008. (Source: Market Equities Research Group).

• Recent Acquisition Agreement. Duran Ventures Inc. and Double Jack Mines Limited, announced an agreement on July 2nd, 2009 whereby Duran has the right to acquire 100% of the shares of Hatum Minas SAC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Double Jack. Hatum owns a 100% interest without third party royalties in several concessions consisting of four project areas totalling 5,437.88 hectares. This includes the Panteria porphyry copper, the Ichunya copper-silver, and the Santa Rita/Coricancha and Don Pancho silver-lead-zinc polymetallic projects.

Peru was the top silver producing country in the world, responsible for a recorded 118.30 million ounces in 2008 (source Market Equities Research Group). Mining in Peru has a moderately positive outlook due to low short term political risk and relatively high mineral potential. In the Fraser Institute survey of mining companies for 2007/2008, Peru was ranked 28 out of 68 overall, and was third only to Mexico and Chile in South America for policy potential. Many domestic and foreign companies operating within Peru’s mining sector have been expanding their operations and increasing exploration, further drawing exploration companies to initiate projects in the country. Major international suppliers of mining equipment and services are represented within the country, providing a source for industry goods and know-how. Infrastructure is relatively weak; however, development is ongoing which will only benefit the industry.

Company Properties

Aguila Copper-Molybdenum Porphyry

The Aguila copper-molybdenum porphyry deposit and Pasacancha porphyry concession have been the subject of systematic exploration by Duran Ventures since 2003. DRV is now conducting a deep IP-MAG Geophysical survey (see Sept. 24, 2009 release) to cover most of the El Halcon (A.K.A. Aguila) and Pasacancha 1 concessions.

Aguila copper-molybdenum deposit has yielded impressive grades in the order of 0.5 - 0.6% copper (ie.718m grading 0.555% Cu and 0.041% Mo = 1%+ copper equivalent ) and is host to a past producing open-pit mine. Drilling has expanded the deposit to the west, east and at depth, encountering higher grade porphyry than other companies in the region, the deepest hole is over 600m from surface down and is still in copper mineralization. Recent exploration work at Aguila has now outlined a much larger target, the dimensions of the porphyry are believed to be large and results from recent exploration efforts are expected soon and will improve on the dimensions. Indications are positive for having big porphyry at depth. There is strong potential for further expansion of the Aguila deposit through additional drilling. Results from the deep induced polarization geophysical survey being performed now will provide clarity and set the stage for taking DRV to the next level as Aguila and Pasacncha could conceivably rival other 200-300M tonne range porphyry deposits in the region.

Each project offers major discovery potential and are all located in mining friendly politically stable Peru.

To the northeast of the drilled section are numerous surface intrusive rocks in areas not yet drilled. Duran can show now the copper mineralization extends from the drilled area about 400m to the northeast -- if that is the case and we know in the drilled section Duran intersected in the order of .5 - .6% copper and the deepest drill hole was over 600m projected from the surface down and was still in copper mineralization -- if Duran can expand that to the east several hundred meters from the known area, the target area will be sizeable. When comparing Duran's potential to established Copper-Molybdenum deposits in the region such as Norsemont Mining (TSX:NOM) it is important to note that the grades at Duran's Aguila porphyry are higher. Norsemont Mining has a defined resource of ~300+M tonnes, a market cap nearing $150 million and is a buy out candidate at a level significantly above that -- Duran has phenomenal grades and everything points to the fact Duran has potential for similar size porphyry and a correspondingly significant upside move in valuation. Transactions over the last couple of years involving copper deposits similar to what Duran Ventures is targeting in Peru have seen multiple deals made in the $400M - $800M range.

While there is strong potential for further expansion of the Aguila deposit through additional drilling, the exploration has also focused on other areas of interest in close proximity to Aguila and with strong geological similarities, in effort to increase the magnitude of the overall resources. Only a limited amount of work has been completed to date to test these high priority targets that have been outlined from surface work and may lead to significant new copper-molybdenum deposits that would improve the overall economic outlook for the entire project.

Pasacancha Silver-Lead-Zinc Project - Central Peru

Peru was the top silver producing country in the world, responsible for a recorded 118.30 million ounces in 2008 (source Market Equities Research Group). Miners know ‘the best place to find a new resource is amidst the workings of an old mine’ -- The Pasacancha concession is host to the past producing Pasacancha mine, where historical production focused on high grade silver veins that have been mapped across a large part of the property.

The Pasacancha mine workings are situated at the top of a hill above a town with the same name. Several tunnels have been identified which access the vein deposits at various elevations. The combined workings have been mapped for several kilometers and this extensive underground infrastructure serves as evidence of the intensity of mineralization throughout the area. The historic mining activity was concentrated on the highest grade veins and the project geologists have begun work to search for deposit areas of interest that were overlooked by the previous mine operator.

Early stage exploration work at this target included soil sampling and trenching programs that covered a much wider zone surrounding the old mine workings. The results from this work indicated the potential for a large area of alteration bearing lower grades of silver and gold, along with the presence of significant lead and zinc values. This has been interpreted to suggest that a potential bulk tonnage poly-metallic deposit of disseminated alteration may exist at Pasacancha.

Considering the impressive lateral extent that has yielded positive results from the early phase exploration work, there is the potential to define a deposit at Pasacancha that could amount to 100+ million tonnes or more. In the context of a large open pit mine, an average silver grade of at least 2-3 ounces per tonne, plus associated by-product credits from other recoverable metals, would represent an attractive economic potential for development.

Duran Ventures plans to conduct a thorough and comprehensive exploration program designed to test for the existence of a large deposit of disseminated lower grade silver-gold-lead-zinc mineralization. Despite relatively challenging topography and rock conditions, the company recently reported the first successful drill intervals from Hole 4B; see January 26, 2009 release 'Duran Reports Pasacancha Hole 4B Results: 104 metres (344 feet) of 35 g Ag/t (1.1 oz Ag/t) Including 34 metres (114 feet) of 55 g Ag/t (1.8 oz Ag/t) and 36 metres (119 feet) of 40 g Ag/t (1.3 oz Ag/t)'. This progress has confirmed the preliminary exploration model. In order to continue with a more intensive drill program Duran Ventures applied for and was granted a C Permit from the Peruvian Government. Follow up work is planned with further drilling programs, with the objective to establish a large tonnage of mineralization by expanding the lateral boundaries through step out drilling.

Santa Rosa and Corongo Area Gold Project - Central Peru

Santa Rosa/Corongo is a block of claims ~6km - 10km to the northwest of Aquila. Santa Rosa was identified in 1998 through fieldwork completed by Rio Tinto, a prior operator of the property as part of a joint-venture exploration program. Historic small-scale mining in the area produced gold, copper, and silver from vein and manto systems that outcropped near surface. Rio Tinto completed a preliminary series of drill holes along across a widely spaced grid in search of a potential bulk tonnage mineralized system. The results included several encouraging gold intervals that appeared to be related to feeder vein structures, however lacking the continuity necessary to meet the criteria for a larger system, Rio Tinto did not do any follow up work. As is often the case with Rio Tinto 'walk-aways', they were not given the attention necessary and Mining MarketWatch Journal has seen numerous prized assets develop from Rio Tinto walk-aways.

Double Jack Mines Ltd. Property Option

Duran Ventures Inc. and Double Jack Mines Limited ("Double Jack"), announced an agreement on July 2nd, 2009 whereby Duran has the right to acquire 100% of the shares of Hatum Minas SAC ("Hatum"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Double Jack. Hatum owns a 100% interest without third party royalties in several concessions consisting of four project areas totalling 5,437.88 hectares. This includes the Panteria porphyry copper, the Ichunya copper-silver, and the Santa Rita/Coricancha and Don Pancho silver-lead-zinc polymetallic projects. The Company is very pleased with the exploration potential of these new properties and looks forward to beginning the initial exploration and development work.

The Panteria Porphyry Copper prospect is located in the Department of Ica in south-central Peru. It consists of one main block totalling 1,700 hectares and another 400 hectare concession two kilometres to the east. Rio Tinto Zinc operated ths project in the early 2000's, and Hatum acquired the concession in 2007. Rio Tinto conducted a very limited exploration program comprising of two or three diamond drill holes. The information from Rio Tinto's work program is currently unpublished, however the company will inquire about obtaining the data. Peru. Hatum's initial sampling program at Panteria confirmed widespread anomalous copper, gold, and silver over an 800 by 250 metre zone, with local quartz-sulfide stockworks and veining in porphyritic intrusive rocks. There are abundant copper oxides and carbonates on surface with indications of strong surface leaching of copper and iron sulfide minerals. Panteria has all the hallmarks of a significant supergene copper deposit with an underlying hypogene porphyry coppersystem.

The Santa Rita and Coricancha South Properties (1,737.88 hectares) are located 75 kilometres from Lima in the San Mateo District in Central Peru, in an area of active and past producing silver-lead-zinc mines. The Coricancha South Property is located immediately south-southwest of Gold Hawk Resources's Coricancha Mine. Hatum's mine dump and rock chip sampling returned ten out of twenty-eight samples with greater than 100 grams silver per tonne, with the highest value of 1,280 grams silver per tonne. Ten samples returned over 1% lead, and seven samples with over 1% zinc. Gold, copper, and molybdenum values are strongly anomalous, with up to 2.2 grams gold per tonne, 8.8% copper, and 0.1% molybdenum.

The Ichuña Copper-Silver Project (1,000 hectares) is located in 120 kilometres northeast of Arequipa in the Department of Moquegua in Southern Peru. A past producer from Spanish colonial times, Hatum sampling returned strong copper and silver values with anomalous arsenic, barium, and antimony. Mineralization is controlled by north-south trending structures related to altered intrusive bodies. Copper values range as high as 12.75% and silver up to 8.2 ounces silver per tonne. These copper-silver bearing structures may be indications of porphyry copper mineralization at depth.

The Don Pancho Silver-Lead-Zinc Project (600 hectares) is located in the Lima Department and is currently optioned to a third party, Jantar Resources Ltd ("Jantar"). Jantar may earn a 100% interest for property option payments of $375,000 in cash and 400,000 common shares over four years. Jantar are also required to spend $1,500,000 on the property. Double Jack would then revert to a 2% Net Smelter Return interest which Jantar may reduce to 1% by issuing 200,000 additional shares.

Duran has the right to acquire a 100% interest in all of the Double Jack - Hatum properties for the issuance of C$1,200,000 of Duran common shares valued at the average May 2010 closing price subject to an average price calculation of $0.10 minimum (maximum 12,000,000 shares) and a $0.20 maximum (minimum 6,000,000 shares). The issuance of these Duran shares will be subject to shareholder approval at the next Annual and Special Meeting of shareholders in June 2010.

Duran has agreed to complete exploration expenditures of US$100,000 on the Panteria Property by May 31, 2010 and to reimburse Double Jack for 2009 maintenance fees of US$15,000 US once the lock-up agreement is in place. If Double Jack delivers the two thirds lock up and Duran fails to obtain shareholder approval or complete the transaction, Duran has agreed to return the properties with the 2010 maintenance fees paid and a break fee of 500,000 Duran common shares. A definitive agreement will be executed once Double Jack and Duran have received shareholder and regulatory approvals.