Rio Alto Mining Limited Grants Stock Options

21.09.2010  |  Marketwired

CALGARY, ALBERTA -- (Marketwire) -- 09/21/10 -- Rio Alto Mining Limited ('Rio Alto' or the 'Company') (TSX VENTURE: RIO) (OTCQX: RIOAF) (BVLAC: RIO) (DBFrankfurt: MS2) announces that it has granted stock options to employees, a consultant, officers and directors to acquire a total of 2,100,000 common shares pursuant to the terms of the Company's stock option plan.

Stock options to acquire 1,050,000 common shares were issued to directors. These options are exercisable at $1.80 per common share, which is $0.45 greater than the September 20, 2010 closing price of the common shares.

Stock options to acquire 1,050,000 common shares were issued to employees and a consultant. These options are exercisable at $1.50 per common share, which is $0.15 greater than the September 20, 2010 closing price.

All options vest as to 25% on each of the three, six, nine and 12 month anniversaries of the date of issue.

After granting of these 2,100,000 options, Rio Alto will have a total of 7.0 million options to acquire common shares of the Company outstanding which is 5.9% of the Company's issued and outstanding common shares.

To learn more about Rio Alto Mining Limited, please visit: www.rioaltomining.com.


ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF RIO ALTO MINING LIMITED

Anthony Hawkshaw
Director



Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts the responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.



Contacts:

Rio Alto Mining Limited
Alex Black, President & COO
51 - 1 - 625 9900
866.393.4493 (FAX)
alexb@rioaltomining.com

Rio Alto Mining Limited
Alejandra Gomez, Investor Relations
604.628.1401
866.393.4493 (FAX)
alejandrag@rioaltomining.com
www.rioaltomining.com