Champion Bear Makes Strategic Changes to Its Board of Directors

Champion Bear Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:CBA) ("Champion Bear" or the
"Company") is pleased to announce that, effective April 1, 2011, Marc Stachiw
and Rob Foy have been appointed directors of the Company to increase the number
of independent members and to add to the financial, operational and technical
experience of the Board. Audrey Och has resigned as a director to facilitate
these appointments and changes to the Board. 


Marc J. Stachiw is the Vice President of Alberta Wind Energy Corporation, a
privately owned wind power developer headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. He holds
a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the Haskayne School of
Business, a Bachelors Degree from the University of Saskatchewan, the Canadian
Investment Management (CIM) designation, and is a CFA charterholder. Mr. Stachiw
is also currently a director of Kestrel Gold Inc, a mining exploration company
trading on the TSXV.


Rob Foy is the President of Foy Geological Services. He is a career geologist
that brings more than two decades of exploration and production experience to
the Champion Bear Board having worked extensively in Canada as well as South
Africa, Zimbabwe, Norway and Australia. He is also a P. Geo. and qualified
person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.


The Company thanks Ms. Audrey Och for her contributions to the Board.

About Champion Bear

Champion Bear is a mineral exploration company focused exclusively on the
historically prospective regions of Ontario. Champion Bear's primary target is
platinum group and precious metals and to a lesser extent polymetallic base
metal and pegmatite-hosted tantalum deposits. Champion Bear's aim is to create
shareholder value through selective property acquisition and joint venture
followed by focused exploration emphasizing drilling. The Company has assembled
a large land position in the Dryden and Sudbury areas, totaling over 24,000
hectares.


No regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information contained in
this news release.