Terra Nova Royalty Corporation to Adopt International Financial Reporting Standards Early

NEW YORK, Dec. 15, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Terra Nova Royalty Corporation (NYSE: TTT) ("Terra Nova") announced today that it has chosen to early adopt IFRS and will commence reporting under these standards for the period beginning January 1, 2010. Comparative periods for fiscal 2009 will also be restated under IFRS.

As background, in February 2008, the Canadian Accounting Standards Board confirmed that IFRS will replace Canadian generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") for all publicly accountable enterprises for financial periods beginning on and after January 1, 2011, with the option available for enterprises to early adopt upon receipt of approval from the Canadian securities regulatory authorities.  Terra Nova's application to early adopt IFRS under National Instrument 52-107 was recently approved by the applicable Canadian Securities Administrators in December 2010.

Adoption of IFRS will allow Terra Nova to report in a single accounting standard.  As Terra Nova's recently acquired subsidiary Mass Financial Corp. reports under IFRS, Terra Nova's board of directors believes that the use of a single accounting standard will eliminate complexity and cost from Terra Nova's financial statement preparation process by developing common reporting systems and consistency.

Terra Nova developed a multi-year transition plan to transition to IFRS and has evaluated the impact of the transition in order for Terra Nova to early adopt IFRS from January 1, 2010.  Disclosure of the transition process is detailed in Terra Nova's management's discussion and analysis for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, which has been filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on the Securities and Exchange Commission's website at www.sec.gov.

About Terra Nova

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

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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