SEATTLE, July 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Mantra Venture Group Ltd. (’Mantra’, OTCBB: MVTG, FSE: 5MV) is pleased to announce that it has retained BTL Media Corp. (BTL) to expand upon the Company’s current public relations program.

Larry Kristof, President and CEO of Mantra, commented: ‘As society continues to focus more and more on the inherent value of the green tech sector, we felt that this was an ideal time to create awareness of Mantra’s innovative technologies on a global scale. Mantra diligently evaluated numerous firms to help launch this initiative, and BTL’s established market presence and positive track record made it an ideal partner for the campaign.’

‘We are very pleased to take on Mantra as a client,’ noted Michael French, President of BTL. ‘We have had great success in generating awareness for Green Technologies as of late, and Mantra should be no exception.’

About BTL Media

BTL Media is a media solutions

ESPRE Solutions, Inc. is billed as a video media solutions company, and has been making significant headway in that arena over the last few months. The company’s revolutionary video compression codec, LSVX™, was recently enlisted by Baidu.com, China’s largest search engine.

Shares of ESPRE experienced an impressive surge in price today (June 16th), as a result of this morning’s news that the company has received official approval for listing on the OTC: Bulletin Board. “This acceptance on the OTC:BB marks the successful completion of a concerted effort to achieve the sounder listing and trading platform for our shares that our shareholders have been seeking,” remarked Peter Lanace, ESPRE’s CEO.

The company became fully reporting in January of this year, with the hope that a Bulletin Board listing would come to fruition. Now a reality, the added transparency afforded by the switch will likely increase investor confidence, resulting in a greater innate