American International Announces New Management.

Business Editors

LODI, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 13, 2004

American International Ventures Inc. (OTCBB: AIVN) announces that the management of the company has been reorganized with the appointment of two new Officers to the Corporation. The Company welcomes Myron A. Goldstein, Chairman of the Board, and James K. Duff, CEO/President. Jack Wagenti, who previously had been serving as President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer will continue to serve as the Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer.

Mr. Myron A. Goldstein, Chairman of the Board

Mr. Goldstein is a senior mining executive with over 30 years diversified international management, exploration and development experience in precious and base metals and uranium. Mr. Goldstein has significant expertise in corporate governance and management, business development, economic evaluation, negotiations, budget and staff management. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto where he earned a Ph.D. in Physics and Geophysics. His Ph.D. thesis work led to the development of the CSMAT geophysical technique that is in widespread use in mining exploration. He also earned a M.S. in Geophysics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a B.S. degree in Engineering Geophysics from the Colorado School of Mines. He has previously been employed by Kennecott Copper, Esso Eastern, Chevron Exploration Corporation, Unirex, Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation, Lac Minerals and Global Mining Management.

James K. Duff, Chief Executive Officer/President

Mr. Duff is an experienced mining executive with 35 years of diverse international experience in the precious and base metal mining industry in U.S., Canada, Latin America and Australia. He earned a B.S. degree in geology from the Mackay School of Mines at the University of Nevada Reno, a M.S. degree in geology from the University of Idaho, and he completed the Program for Management Development at the Harvard School of Business. Mr. Duff has previously been employed by Bear Creek Mining Company (Kennecott Copper Company), Newmont Mining Company, Cyprus Mining Company, White Pine Copper Company, the Bunker Hill Company, St. Joe Minerals, Bond International Gold Company and Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation. From 1995 through 2002 he was Vice President of Business Development for Coeur d'Alene Mines, a public company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and he is currently a consultant to Coeur d'Alene Mines. Mr. Duff also serves as the non-executive Chairman of Little Squaw Gold Mining Company, a publicly listed U.S. company that has a large exploration stage gold property in Alaska.

The new management appointments follow the removal of the previous Chairman and President by action of the company's Board of Directors and shareholders. These individuals had been engaged by the company in 2002 to lead it into the mining business, and they assisted AIVN in the acquisition of the Bruner property in Nevada. However, the board subsequently uncovered activities by these individuals which caused their removal and which are the subject of current legal action by AIVN.

AIVN is also pleased to announce that it has filed all past due 10-KSB and 10-QSB reports with the SEC (EDGAR), and the company is now fully reporting under SEC rules. Consequently, trading in the Company's stock can now take place on the NASDAQ OTC Bulletin Board, and the OTC Pink Sheets. The company currently has 16,348,544 shares outstanding.

AIVN is an exploration stage company that is focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of gold projects. The Company's principal gold project is the Bruner property, which is located in Nye County Nevada in a region known as the Walker Lane gold belt, 125 miles east-southeast of Reno, Nevada. AIVN owns 28 patented claims totaling 560 acres and 48 unpatented claims totaling 940 acres for a total land position of 1,500 acres in the heart of the Bruner district. All claims are in good standing.

Several high-grade gold mines and prospects have been developed in the Bruner district in auriferous quartz veins hosted by Tertiary volcanic rocks. Past production at Bruner has been estimated at approximately 55,587 ounces of gold contained in 99,625 tons of ore, which is equivalent to a recovered grade of 0.562 oz gold/ton. Several large scale volcanic-hosted precious metal deposits are located in the general vicinity, including Rawhide (1.4 million ounces gold total production, currently in reclamation), Round Mountain (720,000 ounces gold current annual production with over 9 million ounces produced through 2003), and Paradise Peak (1.5 million ounces gold).

During the past 25 years several companies have conducted exploration in the Bruner district for volcanic-hosted, bulk-tonnage precious metal mineralization. The work that was completed includes geological mapping and sampling, about 1,000 soil geochemistry samples, several hundred rock chip samples from outcrops and underground workings, helicopter-airborne and ground geophysics, and 147 drill holes totaling 65,185 feet. Most of the drill holes were reverse circulation holes.

AIVN is currently evaluating the project data and formulating plans for a drilling program. The company is also exploring a private placement equity financing to fund the exploration.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS: This news release contains certain forward-looking statements. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included herein, including without limitation statements regarding potential mineralization, resources and reserves, and development results, and the future plans and objectives of American International Ventures while forward-looking statements that involve various risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate in actual results of future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from American International Ventures expectations are the down turn of the price of gold, inability of funds and also, the inability to obtain attractive properties.