INTERNATIONAL MONTORO RESOURCES INC. - TSX: IMT

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

NEWS RELEASE

May 1, 2002

MONTORO COMPLETES PROPERTY AGREEMENT ON BATHURST, N.B. - COBALT PROSPECT

Further to our News Release of April 1 & 16 and the TSX Venture Exchange acceptance for filing notice dated April 19, 2002 Montoro Resources Inc. (the "Company") is pleased to announce the first stage completion of the property acquisition. The Company has issued 150,000 common shares subject to a one-year hold period expiring April 19, 2003.

GEOLOGICAL REPORT, AND WORK PROGRAM

The Company has received a Geological Report on the Bathurst, New Brunswick Malachite Property. The property contains two separate but contiguous mining blocks containing a total of 37 claim units covering approx. 686 hectares. The property contains two known mineralized zones. Because of elevated assay results for copper and cobalt and the localized nature of previous work, a comprehensive property wide exploration program is recommended and will be initiated. A two phase program is being planned with work to begin before mid June 2002. Work will include a picket line grid, magnetic and VLF geophysical surveys, and a 25 metre spaced B-Horizon soil sampling program. New anomalous areas will be trenched and sampled and detailed geological mapping will be completed over the cut grid. This first stage work program is to be completed before September 30, 2002 at which time the Company will have earned a 25% interest in the property.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
Gary Musil, President/Director

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