Bonterra Resources Inc. : Bonterra Assays Multiple Gold Zones, Eastern Extension Property, Quebec

VANCOUVER, BC -- (Marketwire) -- 04/18/12 -- BonTerra Resources Inc. : Bonterra Assays
Multiple Gold Zones, Eastern Extension Property, Quebec.

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BonTerra Resources Inc. (TSXV: BTR; FSE: 9BR)
(the "Company", "BonTerra") has received the first assays for the 2012
drill
program on its 100% owned Eastern Extension property (the "Property")
situated
approximately 170 km northeast of Val d'Or, Quebec. The highlight of the
first
batch of assays was hole BA-12-02. This hole was drilled on the ice and is
characterized by a series of gold zones, one as thick as 19 metres in
length
assaying approximately one gram per tonne ("g/t") of gold. This zone
included
one sample assaying 10.20 g/t gold. Assays continue to exhibit smoked
quartz
veins hosting gold. Significant drill intercepts are outlined in table 1.
The
collar details of each drill hole disclosed are outlined in table 2.

BonTerra now awaits the first assays from the Rivage Zone as well as the
anticipated resource calculation being conducted by Snowden.

Table 1: Significant assay results

+-----------+----------+----------+----------+------------+
|   Drill   |   From   |    To    |  Length  | Gold Grade |
|           |          |          |          |            |
|   Hole    | (metres) | (metres) | (metres) |   (g/t)    |
+-----------+----------+----------+----------+------------+
| BA-12-01  |   219.00 |   222.00 |     3.00 |       2.29 |
+-----------+----------+----------+----------+------------+
| BA-12-01  |   334.00 |   335.00 |     1.00 |       1.28 |
+-----------+----------+----------+----------+------------+
| BA-12-02  |   179.00 |   180.00 |     1.00 |       4.47 |
+-----------+----------+----------+----------+------------+
| BA-12-02  |   233.00 |   252.00 |    19.00 |       0.97 |
+-----------+----------+----------+----------+------------+
| Including |   248.00 |   252.00 |     4.00 |       4.13 |
+-----------+----------+----------+----------+------------+
| Including |   249.00 |   250.00 |     1.00 |      10.20 |
+-----------+----------+----------+----------+------------+
| BA-12-02  |   326.00 |   334.00 |     8.00 |       1.39 |
+-----------+----------+----------+----------+------------+
| Including |   326.00 |   327.00 |     1.00 |       7.86 |
+-----------+----------+----------+----------+------------+
| BA-12-02  |   399.00 |   400.00 |     1.00 |       1.56 |
+-----------+----------+----------+----------+------------+
| BA-12-02  |   425.00 |   426.00 |     1.00 |       1.40 |
+-----------+----------+----------+----------+------------+
| BA-12-03  |    24.00 |    25.00 |     1.00 |       1.63 |
+-----------+----------+----------+----------+------------+
| BA-12-03  |   115.00 |   121.00 |     6.00 |       2.07 |
+-----------+----------+----------+----------+------------+
| Including |   118.00 |   121.00 |     3.00 |       3.74 |
+-----------+----------+----------+----------+------------+
| BA-12-04  |            No significant values            |
+-----------+---------------------------------------------+

Navjit Dhaliwal, President states, "The second drill hole of 2012 continues
to
encourage BonTerra and further outlines the high caliber of the Property.
Our
team has wanted to drill a hole in this area for some time now and
favourable
ice conditions allowed us to drill this target this past March. This hole
is yet
another "text book example" of vein hosted gold in the Abitibi, commonly
intersected on the Eastern Extension. Holes like this encourage us to keep
drilling and to advance this exciting property forward to its first
anticipated
NI 43-101 resource calculation which is in the final stages of completion
by
Snowden."

Table 2: Collar details of the drill holes disclosed in this news release

+--------+----------+------------+---------+---------+---------+--------+
|Drill   |Easting   |Northing    |Elevation|Azimuth  |Dip      |Depth   |
|        |          |            |         |         |         |        |
|Hole    |(NAD 83)  |(NAD 83)    |(metres) |(degrees)|(degrees)|(metres)|
+--------+----------+------------+---------+---------+---------+--------+
|BA-12-01|456,266.00|5,427,901.00|   390.00|   340.00|   -52.00|  423.00|
+--------+----------+------------+---------+---------+---------+--------+
|BA-12-02|456,266.00|5,427,901.00|   390.00|   340.00|   -61.00|  525.00|
+--------+----------+------------+---------+---------+---------+--------+
|BA-12-03|456,282.00|5,427,986.00|   390.00|   340.00|   -60.00|  141.00|
+--------+----------+------------+---------+---------+---------+--------+
|BA-12-04|456,313.00|5,427,983.00|   390.00|   340.00|   -60.00|  141.00|
+--------+----------+------------+---------+---------+---------+--------+

Qualified Person

This technical content of this press release has been reviewed and accepted
by
Thomas Clarke, Pr.Sci.Nat., a Director of BonTerra. Mr. Clarke is a
Qualified
Person under NI 43-101.

These are sample results are taken from mineralized intervals of the
drill
holes. Depths and lengths are core lengths and not true widths and possibly
down
dip at times or otherwise non perpendicular. The gold intercepts
disclosed in
this news release are significant gold intercepts and not all the
samples
submitted for fire assay. Samples were submitted to AGAT Laboratories
("AGAT")
in Sudbury, Ontario for crushing, and pulverizing. The samples crushed to
75%
passing 2 mm and split to 250 grams. The crushed sample is then
pulverized to
85% passing 75 um. Once the sample preparation is complete they are
shipped to
AGAT's head office in Mississauga, Ontario for analysis. Fifty gram
samples are
fire assayed with ICP finish. All samples assaying greater than 10 g/t
gold are
then re-assayed with a gravimetric finish and by metallic screen with a
fire
assay finish. Assay samples are taken from drill core, sawed in half
along the
core axis. One half is sent to AGAT and the other half retained by the
Company
for future reference. BonTerra retains coarse rejects and pulps in a
secure
facility. The Company applies a full quality assurance and quality
control
program (QAQC) system for every batch of samples submitted to the lab
(gold
standard, field sample duplicate and blank).

About BonTerra Resources

BonTerra is a Canadian gold exploration company based in Vancouver, BC.
BonTerra
is focused on continuing to expand the drill defined gold zones on its
Eastern
Extension property, part of the world famous Abitibi Greenstone Belt in
mining
friendly Quebec. BonTerra has a total of three gold properties in the
Urban-Barry belt, the Eastern Extension, Lavoie and Urban-Barry properties
which are
located approximately 170 km NE of Val-d'Or and 125 km SW of Chibougamau in
the
Urban, Barry and Bailly townships in Qu?bec.

The Company owns 100% of the Property subject to a 2% NSR which is held by
three
individuals. 1% of this NSR can be purchased for a sum of $500,000.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

BONTERRA RESOURCES INC.

/s/Navjit Dhaliwal

Navjit Dhaliwal

President, Director

(604) 678-5308

This press release contains projections and forward-looking information
that
involve various risks and uncertainties regarding future events. Such
forward-looking information can include without limitation statements based
on current
expectations involving a number of risks and uncertainties and are not
guarantees of future performance of the Company, such as the statement
that: (i)
the Company is awaiting assays from the Rivage Zone; and (ii) the Company
is
awaiting an anticipated resource calculation on the Property as prepared by
Snowden. There are numerous risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results and the Company's plans and objectives to differ materially from
those
expressed in the forward-looking information, including: (i) adverse market
conditions; (ii) delays with respect to drill results or preparation of a
resource calculation; and (iii) general uncertainties with respect to
mineral
exploration in general. Actual results and future events could differ
materially
from those anticipated in such information. These and all subsequent
written and
oral forward-looking information are based on estimates and opinions of
management on the dates they are made and are expressly qualified in their
entirety by this notice. Except as required by law, the Company does not
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