May 12, 2015 – Calgary, AB.: Morro Bay Resources Ltd. (Morro Bay or the Company) (MRB) is pleased to announce it has closed the first tranche (the First Tranche) of the non-brokered private placement (the Private Placement) announced April 6, 2015. The First Tranche consisted of the issuance of a total of 3,590,000 Units at a price of $0.05 per unit for gross proceeds of $179,500. The Private Placement remains open for further subscriptions.

Each Unit is comprised of one common share (share) of the Company and one common share purchase warrant ("Warrant"). Each Warrant will be exercisable for one common share of the Company for a period of 24 months from the closing date of their issuance at an exercise price of $0.05 per share for the first 12 months and at an exercise price of $0.10 for the second 12 months. The Warrants will not be listed for trading.

In connection with the Private Placement, the Company may pay finder's fees to arm's-length third parties consisting of: (i) cash commission of up to 10% of the gross proceeds of the Offering; and (ii) broker warrants ("Broker Warrants") in an amount up to 10% of the total number of Units under the Offering. Each Broker Warrant is on the same terms the Warrants described above. As a result of the First Tranche of subscriptions a total of 299,000 Broker Warrants were issued.

John Zang, a member of the Board of Directors and CEO of Morro Bay, subscribed for 600,000 Units. There will be no fee payable on that portion of the Private Placement.

Proceeds from the Private Placement will be used for the exploration work at the Pe[[115]]oles property and for general corporate purposes.

The Private Placement is subject to TSX Venture Exchange approval. The securities issued in the Private Placement will be subject to a hold period of four months plus one day following the issue date, under applicable Canadian securities legislation.

As announced on May 5, 2015, Morro Bay exercised its option on the Pe[[115]]oles property and delivered to Riverside Resources Inc. 15 million common shares. As a result of the issuance under the Private Placement and the issuance to Riverside, Morro Bay currently has 82,035,233 shares outstanding and 4,522,000 Warrants outstanding.

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