Montana Exploration Corp. Announces Shaunavon Oil Farm Out and Participation Agreement

TSX-V SYMBOL: MTZ

CALGARY, March 22, 2012 /CNW/ - Montana Exploration Corp. ("MTZ" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company has entered into a Farm Out and Participation Agreement with a Denver-based private company which has made a staged commitment of approximately $10 million to earn a 50% interest in 110,000 net acres of the Company's lands in Montana.  Our new partner is supported by significant private equity and adds a team of exploration and production professionals.  The objective is to extend the proven Shaunavon Oil trend from Southern Saskatchewan across the company's Montana lands.  As a result of the Farm Out and Participation Agreement, MTZ's 390,000 gross, 270,000 net acres in Montana will have significant value.

MTZ has identified multiple oil targets in five play types over a large acreage base offsetting existing production in the Upper and Lower Shaunavon. The participant will make a $6.7 million staged cash payment to MTZ and will pay $1.5 million to shoot 25 square miles of 3D seismic and will commit $2.0 million towards two initial wells to identify and pursue commercial  production in the Upper and Lower Shaunavon.

MTZ's Shaunavon Oil play includes drill ready locations offsetting horizontal development drilling by other operators in the Lower Shaunavon near Bowes field and additional structural leads outlined by the Company's proprietary 2D seismic control for both the Upper and Lower Shaunavon.  Also identified on MTZ leased lands with the 2D seismic is a potentially large Shaunavon channel play.

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Don Foulkes, President
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Charles Selby, Chairman & CEO
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