Minterra Resource Corp.: Amendment to $750,000 Private Placement

Wed Apr 9, 2:04 PM

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - April 9, 2008) - Minterra Resource Corp. (TSX VENTURE: MTR.V) (the "Company") announces revised terms to the non-brokered private placement (the "Offering") of up to 7,500,000 units at a price of $0.10 per unit for gross proceeds of Cdn $750,000 first announced in the Company's press release dated March 19, 2008. As previously announced, each unit will consist of one common share and one common share purchase warrant. Under the amended terms of the Offering, each warrant will entitle its holder to purchase one additional common share of the Company for two years from the closing date, at a price of $0.12 in the first twelve months and at a price of $0.15 in the remaining 12 months. The other terms and conditions of the Offering will remain the same.

About Minterra Resource Corp.

Based in Vancouver, B.C., Minterra is a Canadian gold exploration company focused on gold and copper-gold exploration in the Great Basin of Nevada, currently having six active projects in the Battle Mountain-Eureka Trend, the Walker Lane, and the Western Nevada Gold Belt. Minterra plans in 2008 to drill the copper anomaly at Majuba Hill and gold anomalies at Golden Snow, Agate Pass, and Fish. Shares of the Company are listed for trading on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "MTR".

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF MINTERRA RESOURCE CORP.

JOHN W. GREENSLADE, PRESIDENT

The statements made in this News Release may contain certain forward-looking statements. Actual events or results may differ from the Company's expectations. Certain risk factors may also affect the actual results achieved by the Company.

The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Contacts

Denby Greenslade
Minterra Resource Corp.
Corp. Cmns Officer/ Corporate Secretary
(604) 687-6690
Email: denby@minterra.ca

Jeanny So
CHF Investor Relations
Director of Operations
(416) 868-1079 x 225
Email: jeanny@chfir.com

Lindsay Carpenter
CHF Investor Relations
Account Manager
(416) 868-1079 x 239
Email: lindsay@chfir.com