VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA – (Marketwired – Jan. 22, 2016) – Discovery Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE:DVN)(FRANKFURT:0DV)(OTCQX:DTVMF) (“Discovery”) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a debt settlement agreement with Genex Mining Company Ltd. (“Genex”) whereby Discovery will settle a judgment in the amount of $900,000 Genex obtained against the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, FortyTwo Metals Inc., through the payment of $450,000 and the issuance of 1,666,667 common shares of the Company at a deemed price of $0.15. All securities issued in the debt settlement are subject to a statutory hold period expiring four months and one day after the issuance of the common shares. The proposed debt settlement is subject to the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.