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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 03/19/12 -- Highbank Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:HBK)(FRANKFURT:V7O) (the "Company") has received its first commitment from West Fraser Concrete Ltd. to purchase 100,000 tonnes of aggregate from its Portland Canal Swamp Point North deposit. West Fraser Concrete operates the only cement plant in Prince Rupert, B.C. The product is f.o.b. Ridley Island in the Port of Prince Rupert.

Management continues to identify and develop additional aggregate customers and expects to announce further contracts in the very near future.

President Jake Bottay states, "We are very pleased with this first commitment to purchase agreement, spearheaded by our Vice President of Aggregate Operations - Stan Spletzer. We are actively moving forward on our permitting approval process and anticipate shipping our first orders in the 2nd half of 2012."

On behalf of the Board of Directors of HIGHBANK RESOURCES LTD.

Jake Bottay, President and CEO

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Contacts:
Highbank Resources Ltd.
Jake Bottay
President and CEO
(604) 683-6648
(604) 683-1350 (FAX)
highbank@telus.net
www.highbankresources.com