Burntsand Concludes Acquisition of Altro Solutions

[Vancouver, CANADA] Burntsand (TSE: BRT) has closed the previously
announced acquisition of all of the outstanding securities of San-
Jose based Altro Solutions.

Burntsand has completed the acquisition of all of the outstanding
securities of Altro for approximately Cdn $14,800,000
(US $21,904,000) in cash, 3,397,245 common Burntsand shares, and options
to acquire up to a further 770,000 common shares of Burntsand.

Altro has over 80 employees located in offices in San Jose and New
York. Its revenue growth rate has averaged 75 percent over the past 2 years.

It is anticipated that the combined firm will begin the 2001 fiscal
year with a revenue run rate of approximately Cdn $100 (US $148)
million.

Altro’s clients include such organizations as American Express, AT&T,
Cisco Systems, Documentum, F Hoffman-LaRoche, Intel, MCI Worldcom and
Shering-Plough.

“Burntsand’s objective is to continue to build and grow a world-class
organization capable of generating significant value for clients,
employees and shareholders,” said Jim Yeates, Burntsand chairman and chief
executive officer.

“The management team at Altro will allow us to have a solid platform
for growth and expansion in the US North East and California business
corridors, complementing our offices in Houston and Denver. Altro’s
expertise in automated content management, Web publishing, and
personalization along with e-commerce will be leveraged throughout
other Burntsand business units.”

Yeates said the Altro business model is totally complementary and
consistent with Burntsand’s strategic assessment of what is needed to
succeed in the high growth e-business solutions marketplace.

“Altro and Burntsand have similar track records in the successful
delivery of highly complex e-business solutions. Burntsand’s
customer-facing B2B business model creates the contact engine for highly
valuable content, especially in Burntsand’s focus areas of
e-commerce, customer relationship management, automated trading
exchanges and business intelligence structures, said Joseph
Garappolo, Altros founder and president.