Oct. 5, 2009 (PR Newswire) — SEATTLE, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Mantra Venture Group Ltd. (Mantra, OTCBB: MVTG, FSE: 5MV) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Jae Choon Ryu as Vice President of Corporate Finance, Korea. Mr. Ryu has over 17 years of experience in the investment industry in Korea, and has raised capital in excess of $50 million USD through public offering and private placement deals.

With the appointment of Mr. Ryu, Mantra started its Phase 1 of a two-phase approach for its expansion into Korea. Mr. Ryu will be responsible for managing partnerships in Korea and securing additional financing for the development of Mantra’s CO2 recycling and other technologies. Mantra’s regional office is scheduled to open on the first week of November 2009 and it will be located in the Investment Korea Plaza at the KOTRA head office in Seoul.

Upon completion of Phase 1, Mantra

Sep. 28, 2009 (PR Newswire) — SEATTLE, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Mantra Venture Group Ltd. (’Mantra’, OTCBB: MVTG, FSE: 5MV) is pleased to announce that it has just signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with KC Cottrell Co., Ltd. (KC Cottrell), a global leader in air pollution control based out of Seoul, Korea. Under the terms of the LOI, Mantra and KC Cottrell will enter into a strategic alliance with the purpose of carrying out the engineering, construction, testing and deployment of a 100 kg-per day Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide (ERC) reactor.

KC Cottrell is currently in the construction phase of a pilot project that captures and purifies 1/2 tonne of CO2 per day from an industrial power plant. With completion scheduled for December 2009, the company is now looking for an end-use for the concentrated CO2. ERC, Mantra’s CO2 recycling technology, represents an ideal candidate for the project

Sep. 24, 2009 (PR Newswire) — SEATTLE, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Mantra Venture Group Ltd. (’Mantra’, OTCBB: MVTG, FSE: 5MV) is pleased to announce the September 21, 2009 appointment of Mr. Shawn Kim and Mr. John Russell to the board of directors. Mr. Kim and Mr. Russell have extensive experience in finance and technical evaluation (respectively), and will provide invaluable guidance in ensuring the continued success of the company.

Larry Kristof, President and C.E.O. of Mantra, comments: “It is with great excitement that we welcome Mr. Kim and Mr. Russell to the board. Both are well respected within our industry and have shown strong leadership skills – making them well suited to lead Mantra.” Kristof added: “In the coming months we will be adding even further leadership to the board, including independent directors that are well recognized for their expertise in the green tech sector. The new board will

Sep. 21, 2009 (PR Newswire) — SEATTLE, WA, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Mantra Venture Group Ltd. (’Mantra’, OTCBB: MVTG, FSE: 5MV) is pleased to announce the success from its Korean business development mission as ENTECH 2009 draws to a close. Over the course of the past several days, Mantra executives met with numerous business representatives and government officials, and several strategic relationships and financing opportunities have been identified.

Over the weekend, Mantra was personally invited by Director Sung from Gyung Buk Province to visit local power plants, tour facilities in Pohang city’s state-of-the-art techno-park complex, and to discuss current trends and environmental challenges faced by industry today. In commenting on the visit, Shawn Kim, Vice President of International Business Development for Mantra, noted: “I have seen the capacity of government and large industry leaders to get behind the new technologies and accelerate their pace toward commercialization. We see Mantra’s

Sep. 15, 2009 (PR Newswire) — SEATTLE, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Mantra Venture Group Ltd. (’Mantra’, OTCBB: MVTG, FSE: 5MV) is pleased to announce that it has been selected to participate in the Metro Vancouver 2010 Partnership Investment Program – an initiative by Metro Vancouver Commerce (MVC) to bring together some of the world’s top business leaders during the 2010 Olympic games being held in Vancouver, British Columbia. MVC will be inviting a consortium of 50 companies from around the world for the event, including global leaders in environmental technologies, renewable energies, Ag-biotech/agri-food, green building products, financial and business services and more.

Larry Kristof, President and CEO of Mantra, comments: “We are very pleased to be one of the few companies selected by MVC to partner in the Metro Vancouver 2010 Partnership Investment Program. The 2010 Winter Olympics will be a once in a lifetime opportunity for emerging companies