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NEWS RELEASE

January 14, 2004

Bathurst, New Brunswick and Red Lake, Ontario prospects to commence exploration

Bathurst – New Brunswick

Montoro Resources Inc. (TSX Venture Exchange “MNQ”) is pleased to announce the mobilization of a diamond drill contractor and exploration crew for its cobalt/copper prospect in Bathurst, New Brunswick. The Company expects to commence drilling early next week – two shallow drill holes on the Main discovery zone as well as two further holes in the site of previous trenching which exposed samples assaying up to 0.1 % Co & 2.06 % Cu.

The Main Zone is coincident with a property scale VLF conductor that crosses the entire grid. Historical trenching near this VLF anomaly exposed mineralization and geology similar to the Main Zone. A rock sample collected from the surface rubble pile at this trench returned assay values of 152 ppm Co and 6,890 ppm Cu.

Red Lake Mining Camp – update

Further to our news release of December 4, 2003 Belmont/Montoro has given the go ahead to its consulting geologist James G. Burns, B.Sc., P.Eng. to mobilize a geophysics contractor to commence exploration on its four claim blocks comprising 236 hectares located in Bateman and Shaver Townships. The properties are adjacent to properties currently under extensive exploration by AngloGold/Rubicon to the west, and Goldcorp/MetalCORP’s Black Bear property to the north. Detailed magnetic and VLF-em surveys are recommended for a first assessment of the properties, to map potential gold bearing structures that may exist on either property.

The timing of the exploration efforts coincides with a much more favourable outlook for gold and increased interest in companies with good quality exploration prospects in established greenstone belts from which a large percentage of the world’s gold production is derived.

 

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
Gary Musil, President/Director

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