Newton Energy Corporation Announces Year End Results for 2011 and Filings under National Instrument 51-101

Newton Energy Corporation (TSX VENTURE:NTN) (the "Company" or "Newton") is
pleased to report its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2011.
The audited financial statements and Management's Discussion & Analysis were
filed today on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. The Company is also pleased to announce
that pursuant to National Instrument 51-101 ("NI51-101") it has filed its Form
51-101F1 Statement of Reserves Data and Other Oil and Gas Information, Form
51-101F2 Report on Reserves Data by Independent Qualified Reserves Evaluator and
Form 51-101 F3 Report on Management and Directors on Oil and Gas Disclosure. The
annual and NI 51-101 filings of the Company are available for viewing at
www.SEDAR.com.


Except for the historical and present factual information contained herein, the
matters set forth in this news release, including words such as "expects",
"projects", "plans", "anticipates", and similar expressions, are forward-looking
statements that represents management of Newton's internal projections,
expectations or beliefs concerning, among other things, future operating results
and various components thereof or the economic performance of Newton. The
projections, estimates and beliefs contained in such forward-looking statements
necessarily involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which may cause
Newton's actual performance and financial results in future periods to differ
materially from any projections of future performance or results expressed or
implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties
include, among other things, those described in Newton's filings with the
Canadian securities authorities. Accordingly, holders of Newton's shares and
potential investors are cautioned that events or circumstances could cause
results to differ materially from those predicted. Newton disclaims any
responsibility to update these forward-looking statements except as required by
applicable securities legislation.