LOS ANGELES and ZIBO, China, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Terra Nostra Resources Corporation (OTC:TNRO) (BULLETIN BOARD: TNRO) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Michel Plante as an independent member of its board of directors and Company audit committee. Mr. Plante has over 25 years of experience as a Chartered Accountant (CA), financial advisor, public company corporate officer and director. He is presently the Chief Administrative Officer of Groupe Cabico, a privately-held leading Canadian manufacturer of high-end custom cabinetry for kitchen and bathrooms. Mr. Plante is also currently Chairman of the board of directors of College Laval, a privately-held secondary education institution, a director of Green Yeast Corporation, a company trading on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board, and Capital Maniwaki Inc., a company in the process of being listed on the TSX Venture Exchange. Until June 2007, Mr. Plante served as the Vice-President Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Roctest Limited, a company trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange. In addition to his financial duties, Michel also acted as Corporate Secretary responsible for corporate governance, including coordination of the audit committee to ensure proper governance adherence. Previously, Mr. Plante worked as a Chartered Accountant with Coopers & Lybrand and held several financial management positions with various high tech organizations. Mr. Plante earned his Bachelor of Commerce degree (1980) from McGill University and became a Chartered Accountant (1982) through the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants. "The addition of Michel as an independent member of our board of directors and audit committee is another step forward for the Company as we further increase our standing in the global investment community", stated Don Nicholson, the Company's President. "We are certain that Michel's strong accounting background and experience with multi-national corporations will make him a valuable addition to the overall Terra Nostra team". About Terra Nostra Resources Corporation Terra Nostra is a leading copper and stainless steel producer in China through its 51% majority interests in two joint venture companies in China. Shandong Terra Nostra Jinpeng Metallurgical Co., Ltd. has an existing and under construction total production capacity of 170,000 MT of electrolytic copper and 20,000 MT of low-oxygen copper, together with value-added copper rod and wire capabilities. Shandong Quanxin Stainless Steel Co., Ltd. operates a modern stainless steel production facility with a 230,000 MT capacity casting mill, and a 150,000 MT rolling mill. The two joint venture companies, with total assets in excess of US$180 million and over 1,000 employees, are located in the highly industrialized coastal province of Shandong, midway between Beijing and Shanghai. Terra Nostra has entered into an agreement to increase its majority ownership in both joint ventures from 51% to 90%, and this transaction is expected to be completed in December 2007. More information on Terra Nostra can be found at http://www.tnr-corp.com/. Investor Contact: Mercantile Ascendency, Tom Collins, (214) 559 9885 Forward Looking Statements Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this press release, including statements with respect to expectations concerning (i) projects underway or under consideration, including production capacity and completion schedules; (ii) business and future potential of Terra Nostra Resources Corporation ("TNRO"); (iii) estimates or implications of future earnings, profits, EBITDA, and the sensitivity of earnings to metals prices; (iv) estimates of future metals production, sales and profitability; (v) estimates of future cash flows, and the sensitivity of cash flows to the other metals and ore costs as well as, but not limited to, fluctuations in fuel prices, scrap prices, and the availability of both, and statements related to these matters or which use words such as "may," "might," "should," "expect," "plan," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "predict," "potential" or "continue," and the negative of these terms and other comparable terminology are all forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Further risks, uncertainties and other factors, which affect the forward- looking statements included herein, and could cause actual results to differ materially from future results expressed, projected or implied by such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, completion of TNRO's capital contributions to the joint venture companies, working capital financing, metals price volatility, competition for projects, reserve acquisition costs, currency fluctuations, international economic uncertainty, sovereign risk, force majeure, changes in tax law or concession law, project scheduling delays, labor disputes, increased production costs and variances in ore grade, scrap grade or recovery rates from those assumed in production plans, political and operational risks in the countries in which TNR may operate and governmental regulation and judicial outcomes, and other risks detailed from time to time in TNRO's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the year ended August, 31, 2007. Copies of each filing may be obtained from TNRO or the SEC. Furthermore, metals operation, by their very nature, entail inherent cyclical, sectoral, and commodity risk and could expose an investor to the entire loss of all capital invested. TNRO does not undertake any obligation to publicly release any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. DATASOURCE: Terra Nostra Resources Corporation CONTACT: Investor Contact, Tom Collins of Mercantile Ascendency, +1-214-559-9885, for Terra Nostra Resources Corporation Web site: http://www.tnr-corp.com/

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