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VIOR uses CARDS for its Douay project in Abitibi

Québec City, April 23, 2008 – Vior Inc. (“Vior” - TSX Venture: VIO – Frankfurt: VL5) announced today that is has signed an agreement with DIAGNOS Inc. (“DIAGNOS”) TSX Venture: ADK) a leader in the use of artificial intelligence (“AI”) and advanced knowledge extraction techniques for the use of its technology and the creation of a local signature in order to target gold on the Douay property of Vior located 50 kilometres south-west of the town of Matagami, Province of Québec. The service and the right to use the targets provided by CARDS (Computer Aided Resources Detection System) are for a fee of $80,000 CAD of which $40,000 will be paid in cash and $40,000 in common shares of Vior and a success bonus of 250,000 common shares of Vior.

“We are confident that the work carried out by CARDS on the high quality data delivered by our team, in the same geological context, will save time, money and energy and will enable to target new zones on the whole 402 concessions of 6,636 hectares that cover our Douay project,” declared Patrick Bradley, President of Vior.

As per the last NI 43-101 report, (Géostat Nov. 2007), the Douay property contains 2.15 million ounces of gold in measured and inferred resources (inferred resources of 1.85 million ounces and measured plus indicated resources of 268,000 million ounces).

DIAGNOS can count on a multidisciplinary team that includes professionals in geophysics, geology, Artificial Intelligence, mathematics as well as remote sensing and image interpretation. The Corporation’s objective is to develop a royalty stream by significantly enhancing and participating in the exploration success rate of mining and oil and gas companies.

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Vior is a growing mining company focused on acquiring and developing high quality, low risk gold and base metal resource prospects in accessible mining areas of Québec. The Company wholly owns the Douay gold project on which an NI 43-101 compliant independent resource evaluation was recently completed (See press release dated November 7, 2007). Vior is aggressively pursuing opportunities to develop working interests in mineral properties that offer significant upside exploration potential. Vale Inco Limited is the largest shareholder of Vior with an 11% interest.

For further information:

Patrick Bradley Denis Chénard, P. Eng.
President Director, Exploration
514-235-1409 819-856-9743
pbradley@vior.ca datac.geo@tlb.sympatico.ca

Web site : www.vior.ca
Sedar : Société d’exploration minière Vior inc.

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