May 31, 2011- Vancouver, BC - Amarc Resources Ltd. (�Amarc� or the �Company�) (TSX Venture: AHR; OTCBB: AXREF) is pleased to provide an update on plans to advance the Newton bulk tonnage gold discovery and other priority targets in the prospective Plateau Gold-Copper Belt, located in south-central British Columbia ("BC"). Amarc considers that the Newton property and Plateau Gold Copper Belt hold significant potential for the discovery and development of epithermal gold and porphyry copper deposits.

During 2011 exploration activity will advance on multiple fronts throughout Amarc�s mineral property interests in south-central BC.  This work will be guided by previous years� drilling results, extensive airborne and ground-based geophysical surveys and a growing internal database of the region�s highly prospective geology. In addition to delineation drilling at Newton, Amarc expects to drill-test three porphyry copper targets in the southern sector of the Plateau Gold-Copper Belt this year.  Further, extensive Induced Polarization (IP) surveys will be conducted over 12 deposit-scale targets developed from newly completed airborne geophysical surveys in the northern sector of the district with drill testing of compelling targets to follow.

�It�s an ambitious program that�s guided by our on-the-ground investigations over the last two field seasons and a senior geological team at Amarc that has synthesized a proprietary understanding of the region�s highly prospective geology,� said Amarc Executive Chairman Robert A. Dickinson. �We believe the Plateau Gold-Copper Belt, which runs from the porphyry copper district defined by the Prosperity deposit in the south to the Blackwater-Davidson bulk tonnage epithermal gold district in the north, is the most important emergent gold-copper belt in the Province.  Amarc has a dominant land position in the region, and we fully intend to advance our projects on multiple fronts this year. We are planning to commence the field season at Newton by drill testing the extension of the discovery zone to the east under shallow cover.�