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Dorato Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:DRI)(OTCQX:DRIFF)(FRANKFURT:DO5) ("Dorato" or
the "Company") announces results from the initial surface exploration program at
the recently acquired Deborah property ("Deborah"), in Cajamarca Region, Peru.
The Deborah property is located 1.5 hours east of the city of Cajamarca, with
good access via paved and dirt roads (maps and images are available at
http://www.doratoresources.com/s/Cajamarca.asp). Dorato entered into an option
agreement in September 2011 to acquire a 100% interest in the property, which is
nestled between several major ore deposits including Anglo American's
Michiquillay Copper-Gold Porphyry, located 6 kilometres to the southwest (631MT
of 0.69% copper, 0.15 g/t gold, and 0.02% moly) and China Minmetals and Jiangxi
Copper Corp.'s El Galeno Copper-Gold Porphyry, located 6 kilometres to the north
(661MT of 0.50% copper, 0.12 g/t gold). The focus at Deborah is to discover
similar bulk-mineable, gold-silver-copper mineralization, though at present it
is not known if similar results will be obtained from the property.


Deborah First Phase Exploration Results

The first phase of rock and soil sampling covers a 120 Ha core area of the
property. Assay results from soils returned a maximum value of 1.78 g/t gold,
with 20% of the soil samples returning greater than 0.129 g/t gold and 10%
returning greater than 0.284 g/t gold. The sampling has defined two gold
anomalies that are approximately 400 metres each in extent when contoured at the
0.1 g/t gold level. Both anomalies show a strong correlation with pathfinder
elements arsenic and antimony, as well as silver and lead. Overburden,
comprising quartzite talus from the main ridge, covers the area between the two
anomalies and possibly mineralization linking them into a singular
northeast-trending zone.


The central anomaly is a circular feature at the intersection of northwest- and
southwest-trending structures, on the northeast flank of the main ridge. One
artisanal working was discovered, and breccia within this assayed 0.43 g/t gold
over 2 metres. The central anomaly has significantly less silver than the soil
anomaly over the western breccias drilled by Newmont in 2006, suggesting a
different type of mineralization. The northeastern anomaly abuts the eastern
boundary of the concession and is open to the north. One rock sample from the
south edge of the anomaly returned 1.24 g/t gold over 1.5 metres.


The soil samples returned better gold values than the soil samples, supporting
the exploration model that gold mineralization at Deborah is hosted by
recessive, sulphide-rich material that does not crop out well and remains
under-sampled. The second phase of surface work will be approximately 800 metres
of hand-trenching and additional soil samples to close off the northeast
anomaly. Some test pits will also be excavated in the area of talus to determine
depth to bedrock, and sampled where appropriate. Results from the second phase
of work will identify drill targets.


Qualified Person

John Drobe, P.Geo., Dorato's Vice President of Exploration and a qualified
person as defined by National Instrument 43-101, has reviewed the scientific and
technical information that forms the basis for this news release. Mr. Drobe is
not independent of the Company as he is an officer and a shareholder.


The geochemical results were reviewed by John Drobe. On-site personnel
rigorously collect and track samples which are then sealed and shipped to ALS
Laboratories, Lima, Peru for assay. Blind certified reference material, blanks,
and duplicated are inserted at regular intervals into the sample sequence by
field personnel in order to independently assess analytical accuracy. ALS's
quality system complies with the requirements for the international standards
ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 17025:1999. Analytical accuracy and precision are
monitored by the analysis of reagent blanks, reference material and replicate
samples. Quality control is further assured by the use of international and
in-house standards.


The Company is continuing its efforts to complete the non-brokered financing as
announced on November 17, 2011 and March 2, 2012 news releases for additional
information.


About Dorato Resources Inc.

Dorato Resources Inc. is mineral exploration company focused on the highly
prospective Northern Peru copper-gold porphyry-epithermal belt. The Company has
property rights in two geographic centres:




--  Cajamarca Region Project: Dorato has acquired rights on the Deborah
    property, which is nestled between several important copper-gold
    deposits, including Michiquillay and El Galeno.

--  Cordillera del Condor Asset: One of the most important gold-bearing
    districts in northern Peru since pre-Incan times. Dorato, through a
    series of option agreements has the right to wholly acquire an extensive
    land package of approximately 1,050-square-kilometres, providing the
    Company with the largest land position in the Cordillera del Condor.



The Company focuses on opportunities in strategically important locations where
prospectivity can be demonstrated by proximity to existing deposits. The
Cajamarca Region is an established mining district with excellent
infrastructure. The Deborah property is a foothold for Dorato into an
established area with excellent exploration potential. The Cordillera del Condor
project represents an exceptional land position and an emergent copper-gold
district, located close to the border with Ecuador. This remote area of Peru
remains underexplored despite being located within kilometres of recent
significant discoveries like the Fruta del Norte epithermal Au deposit (Kinross)
and the Mirador Cu-Au Porphyry District, both located just across the border in
Ecuador. In March of this year, the owners of the Mirador project, CRCC-Tonguan
Investments Co., signed the first large-scale mining contract with Ecuador's
government.


On behalf of the board of directors of DORATO RESOURCES INC.

Gord Neal, Director

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements and forward-looking
information (collectively, "forward-looking statements") within the meaning of
applicable Canadian and US securities legislation. All statements, other than
statements of historical fact, included herein including, without limitation,
statements regarding the anticipated content, commencement and cost of
exploration programs, anticipated exploration program results, the discovery and
delineation of potential mineral deposits/resources/reserves, business and
financing plans and business trends, are forward-looking statements. Although
the Company believes that such statements are reasonable, it can give no
assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Forward-looking
statements are typically identified by words such as: believe, expect,
anticipate, intend, estimate, postulate and similar expressions, or are those,
which, by their nature, refer to future events. The Company cautions investors
that any forward-looking statements by the Company are not guarantees of future
results or performance, and that actual results may differ materially from those
in forward looking statements as a result of various factors, including, but not
limited to, variations in the nature, quality and quantity of any mineral
deposits that may be located, variations in the market price of any mineral
products the Company may produce or plan to produce, the Company's inability to
obtain any necessary permits, consents or authorizations required for its
activities, the Company's inability to produce minerals from its properties
successfully or profitably, to continue its projected growth, to raise the
necessary capital or to be fully able to implement its business strategies, to
obtain the required supreme decree from Peruvian authorities and other risks and
uncertainties disclosed in the Company's Amended 2010 Annual Information Form
filed with certain securities commissions in Canada and the Company's 2010
Annual Report on Form 40-F filed with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC"), and other information released by the Company and filed
with the appropriate regulatory agencies. All of the Company's Canadian public
disclosure filings may be accessed via www.sedar.com and its United States
public disclosure filings may be accessed via www.sec.gov.

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