Fission Energy Corp. to Present at the Roth Capital Partners 24th Annual Growth Stock Conference on March 14, 2012

KELOWNA, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 03/08/12 -- Fission Energy Corp. (TSX VENTURE: FIS)(OTCQX: FSSIF) ('Fission or 'the Company') today announced that it will present at and attend one-on-one meetings with investors at the Roth Capital Partners 24th Annual Growth Stock Conference to be held in Dana Point, CA from March 11-14, 2012. Dev Randhawa, Chairman & CEO of Fission will present on Wednesday, March 14th at 12:30 pm.

Mr. Randhawa, a highly experienced senior executive, has broad international experience in developing resource, mining exploration and energy companies. He has been at the head of Fission since 2007, during which time the company has made high grade discoveries at its Waterbury Lake and PLS properties in the Athabasca Basin.

The ROTH conference, which features senior executives from growth companies, is designed to provide investors with a unique opportunity to gain insight into small and mid-cap growth companies across a variety of sectors. It is one of the largest in the US and offers institutional clients the opportunity for extensive interaction with senior management from each company.

Conference participation is by invitation only and registration is mandatory. For more information on the conference or to schedule a one-on-one meeting, please contact your Roth representative.

Those wishing to learn more about Fission prior to the ROTH event are invited to read the latest posts on Fission's CEO Corner blog http://www.fission-energy.com/s/Blog.asp.

This news release may contain forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements address future events and conditions and therefore involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements.

Fission Energy Corp. (TSX VENTURE: FIS)(OTCQX: FSSIF) is a Canadian based uranium exploration and development company with properties in Saskatchewan's Athabasca Basin, Quebec, and the Macusani District in Peru. In 2010, Fission made a significant high grade uranium discovery at its Waterbury Lake property immediately adjacent to Rio Tinto's (formerly Hathor Exploration's) Roughrider Deposit, and in 2011 made a high grade boulder field discovery at its Patterson Lake South property. Both are located in Saskatchewan's Athabasca Basin: home of the richest uranium deposits in the world.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

Dev Randhawa, Chairman & CEO

Contacts:

Fission Energy Corp.

Rich Matthews

Investor Relations

877.868.8140
rich@fission-energy.com
www.fission-energy.com


MZ North America

Derek Gradwell

Vice President - Energy, Metals & Mining

+1-949-259-4995
dgradwell@mzgroup.us
www.mzgroup.us