Morro Bay Resources Ltd., a capital pool company, is pleased to announce that further to its news release of January 17, 2014 it has completed its previously announced qualifying transaction whereby it has acquired from Sierra Madre Developments Inc. an option to earn up to a 65% interest in mining concessions in Mexico comprising the Penoles Project owned by Riverside Resources Inc. and a drill rig that has been used on the Penoles Project. A more detailed description of the Transaction is contained in Morro Bay’s Management Information Circular dated December 18, 2013 which has been filed on SEDAR. Morro Bay is also pleased to announce that in connection with the Transaction it completed a brokered private placement of common shares for gross proceeds of $633,000, as described further below.