Alta Vista Ventures Ltd. announced the following changes to management and the board of directors. George Smitherman is the company's new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and will remain a director. As CEO Mr. Smitherman will have oversight on the operational aspects of Alta Vista.

Mr. Smitherman had a long successful political career until 2010 when he returned to his pre-politics roots as an entrepreneur. Donald Shaxon has been appointed President of the company and has also joined the board of directors. Mr. Shaxonbrings with him 20 years of experience in the capital markets with 10 of those years working for public companies such as Cannabis Science, Lexaria, Aurora Cannabis and THC BioMeds.

Mr. Shaxon is also the founder, partner and senior person in charge (S/PIC) of Thor Pharma. To accommodate these changes Ian Foreman has stepped down as president, CEO, and director and Ron Shenton and Edmundo Uribe have stepped down as directors.