Tocvan Ventures Corp. announced Mark T. Smethurst will be stepping down from his role as COO. Mr. Smethurst will remain on the Tocvan Board of Directors as an important advisor to the Corporation. Tocvan would like to acknowledge Mr. Smethurst for his efforts in identifying the potential of the Pilar Project and his work to generate new target areas across the Project. Tocvan Director, Brodie A. Sutherland, P.Geo will be taking over as VP Exploration and seeing to the advancement of the Pilar Project. Mr. Sutherland has fourteen years experience managing exploration and resource definition drill programs across the globe.