Terra Nova Royalty Corporation Announces Completion of Offer for Mass Financial Corp Shares

NEW YORK, Nov. 16, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Terra Nova Royalty Corporation (NYSE: TTT)  ("Terra Nova") is pleased to announce that, further to its news release dated November 9, 2010, it has successfully completed its tender offer to acquire all of the class A common shares of Mass Financial Corp. ("Mass") (Vienna Stock Exchange symbol: MASS) (Pink Sheets: MFCAF) through a wholly-owned subsidiary (the "Offer"). The Offer expired at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on November 8, 2010.  Pursuant to the Offer, Terra Nova acquired approximately 93% of the outstanding class A common Shares of Mass, excluding Mass shares already held by Terra Nova.

Terra Nova currently plans to complete its acquisition of Mass by effecting a compulsory acquisition of the Mass shares not tendered under the Offer and/or subsequently causing the amalgamation of Mass with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Terra Nova.

About Terra Nova

Terra Nova Royalty Corporation is active in a broad spectrum of activities related to the integrated combination of trading, resources, royalty, financing and proprietary investing.

Additional Information

This announcement is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell shares of Mass. Terra Nova filed a Registration Statement on Form F-4, as amended, with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") in connection with the Offer and proposed acquisition of Mass. These documents contain important information about the transaction and should be read before any decision is made with respect to the Offer. Investors and stockholders may obtain free copies of these documents through the website maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov.

In addition to the Registration Statement on Form F-4 and the related offer materials, Terra Nova files or furnishes annual, quarterly and special reports, and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any reports, statements or other information filed or furnished by Terra Nova at the SEC's Public Reference Room at Station Place, 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. You can request copies of these documents by writing to the SEC and paying a fee for the copying cost. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for more information about the operation of the Public Reference Room. Terra Nova's SEC filings are also available to the public at the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov.  

Forward-Looking Statements

This document contains statements which are, or may be deemed to be, "forward-looking statements" which are prospective in nature. Forward-looking statements are not based on historical facts, but rather on current expectations and projections about future events, and are therefore subject to risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from the future results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.

Often, but not always, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking words such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or statements that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "should", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved. Such statements are qualified in their entirety by the inherent risks and uncertainties surrounding future expectations. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Terra Nova to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results, performance or achievements of Terra Nova to differ materially from the expectations of Terra Nova include, among other things, general business and economic conditions globally, commodity price volatility, industry trends, competition, changes in government and other regulation, including in relation to the environment, health and safety and taxation, labor relations and work stoppages, changes in political and economic stability, the failure to meet certain conditions of the offer and/or the failure to obtain the required approvals or clearances from regulatory and other agencies and bodies on a timely basis or at all, the inability to successfully integrate Mass's operations and programs with those of Terra Nova, incurring and/or experiencing unanticipated costs and/or delays or difficulties relating to integration of Mass, disruptions in business operations due to reorganization activities and interest rate and currency fluctuations. Such forward-looking statements should therefore be construed in light of such factors.

Other than in accordance with its legal or regulatory obligations, Terra Nova is not under any obligation and Terra Nova expressly disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

SOURCE Terra Nova Royalty Corporation