INTERNATIONAL MONTORO RESOURCES INC. - TSX: IMT

#600 - 625 Howe Street, Vancouver, B.C. V6C 2T6
 

NEWS RELEASE

April 1, 2002

Montoro Options Bathurst, N.B. - Cobalt Prospect

Montoro Resources Inc. ("the Company") is pleased to announce the signing of a Letter of Intent with Rufus Smith of New Brunswick to acquire a 50% interest in the Malachite Property, Bathurst, N.B. Mining Camp. Terms of the Letter of Intent provides for staged payments totalling $17,000 and 150,000 shares in two tranches as well as exploration expenditures of $10,000 by September 30, 2002 and $100,000 by September 30, 2003. The cobalt prospect property is also subject to a 2% NSR. A finder’s fee in cash and shares is also payable subject to CDNX approval.

Further details on the property and its significant geological features will be released upon signing a formal property acquisition agreement and receipt of a Geological report.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
Gary Musil, President/Director

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