Montello et al Encounter Hydrocarbons In Morgan Highpoint #5 Offset Test Well

Montello Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:MEO), as Operator of the Morgan Highpoint
Project, is pleased to announce that the Company has drilled and logged the
Morgan Highpoint #5 Test Well to total depth. Hydrocarbons were encountered
during the drilling of the well.


Montello and its JV Partners are encouraged with the results achieved to date on
the Morgan Highpoint Project and look forward to announcing completion plans in
due course. Montello has engaged an energy services company and will be meeting
with the partners to discuss the most efficient way to move forward on the
Morgan Highpoint #4 and Morgan Highpoint #5 Wells.


The Morgan Highpoint #5 Well was drilled on a parcel of land that was recently
acquired as part of the Morgan Highpoint Project and is strategically located
between the Morgan Highpoint #3 Discovery Well and the Howard White #1 Well. The
earned interests in the Morgan Highpoint #4 and #5 wells are Montello 35%,
Austin Developments Corp. 30%, Blackrock Petroleum Corp. 30% and Park Place
Energy Corp. 5%.


About Montello Resources Ltd.

Montello Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:MEO), is an emerging, publicly traded
company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange in Canada. Montello is pursuing
shallow oil and gas opportunities in Alberta and engaged in drilling high impact
oil and gas exploration prospects "hunting for elephants" both in the Tennessee
Appalachians as well as in Alberta. For further information, please visit the
website at www.montello.com for ongoing updates & have your name included on our
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ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Montello Resources Ltd.

William R. (Bill) Cawker, President - CEO

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including management's operations and capital expenditures and the timing
thereof, that involve substantial known and unknown risks and uncertainties,
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"BOEs may be misleading, particularly if used in isolation. A BOE conversion
ratio of 6 Mcf: 1bbl is based on an energy equivalency conversion method
primarily applicable at the burner tip and does not represent a value
equivalency at the wellhead."