BonTerra Initiates Willoughby Drill Program

VANCOUVER, BC, Jun 30 (MARKET WIRE) --
BonTerra Resources Inc.(TSX-V: BTR) (the "Company" or "BTR") is pleased
to announce that it has executed an agreement with Equity Exploration
Consultants Ltd. ("Equity") concerning work to be undertaken by Equity on
the Willoughby Project. The contemplated work program will consist of
geological mapping, prospecting, and approximately 1500 metres of diamond
drilling on BonTerra's Willoughby property.

The Willoughby project, located in the Stewart area of northwestern
British Columbia, hosts significant gold mineralization in several
structurally controlled, sulphide-replacement zones and is located just 7
kilometres from the Red Mountain gold deposit. The Willoughby property is
located within a well mineralized trend of the Hazelton Group volcanic
rocks in the Stewart-Iskut-Eskay Creek gold district. Highlights of
historical drilling on the property include:

-- 11.7 m grading 39.8 gpt gold in hole 94-15
-- 12.2 m grading 10.8 gpt gold, including 3.0 m grading 32.9 gpt gold in
hole 94-27
-- 2.9 m grading 398 gpt gold in hole 95-36
-- 5.9 m grading 16.2 gpt gold in hole 95-51
-- 13.0 m grading 13.3 gpt gold, including 3.0 m grading 31.1 gpt gold in
hole 95-53

An airborne magnetic and time domain EM survey contracted by BTR in
2007 detected the mineralized zones and indicated extensions 700 metres
to the southeast. A 1500 metre drilling program is proposed to further
test the known mineralized zones and also the airborne anomalies to the
southeast. Prior to drilling, geological mapping and prospecting will be
done to refine the geological model for the property and ground truth the
airborne EM targets.

Permitting for the Willoughby project is currently being completed. It is
anticipated that field work on the project will start in the second half
of July.

Equity Exploration Consultants Ltd. is a leading geological and project
management consulting company offering services to the exploration
industry since 1987. Based in Vancouver, BC, Equity has worked world wide
but specializes in executing exploration programs in the Cordillera
region of North America.

Information with respect to the Willoughby property contained in this
press release is approved by Gerald Carlson, P. Geo., Qualified Person
for
BonTerra.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
BONTERRA RESOURCES INC.
/s/ Mitchell Adam
Mitchell Adam
President, Director

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 BonTerra
such as the statement that: There are numerous risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual results and BonTerra's plans and objectives to
differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking
information,. 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,
BonTerra assumes no obligation to update forward-looking information
should circumstances or management's estimates or opinions change.

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Contact:
Mitchell Adam
BonTerra Resources Inc.
President, Director
(604) 669-9330
Email: mitchellgadam@shaw.ca
Website: www.bonterraresources.com

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