INTERNATIONAL MONTORO RESOURCES INC. - TSX: IMT

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

NEWS RELEASE

July 9, 2007

INTERNATIONAL MONTORO CLOSES FIRST TRANCHE OF PRIVATE PLACEMENT AT $0.90 PER UNIT

International Montoro Resources Inc. (“TSX.V -IMT”) announces further to the Company’s news release of May 11, 2007 and TSX Ventures Exchange (the “Exchange”) approval notice of June 26,2007 that it has closed the first tranche of the non-brokered private placement. It comprises 458,778 units at a price of $0.90 per unit for total proceeds of $412,900. Each unit is comprised of one non flow-through share at $0.35, one flow-through share at $0.55 per share and one warrant to purchase further shares at $0.65 for a one-year period and $0.90 in the second year. Additionally please note,---should IMT’s common shares trade at or above an average trading price of $1.00 per share for ten consecutive trading days, the Company will have the right to issue a written notice that the unexercised Warrants will expire 30 days from providing such notice. The Company expects to close the second tranche ($487,100) within the two weeks.

All common shares issued under the private placement together with any common shares issuable on the exercise of the share purchase warrants and finders fee warrants have a hold period expiring October 27, 2007.

The Company intends to utilize the proceeds of the private placement for continued exploration on its Elliot Lake-Ontario, Uranium City-Saskatchewan, and Cup Lake/Donen-British Columbia properties; and general working capital.

OTHER

The Company has granted (subject to Exchange approval) incentive stock options to its directors, officers and consultants to purchase up to a total of 800,000 common shares in the capital stock of the Company, exercisable for a period of two years, at a price of $0.35 per share. Previously granted options on May 11,2007 were not allocated at that time.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
Gary Musil, CFO/President/Director

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