Amarc Financing Increased to $9.9 million

VANCOUVER, Dec. 23, 2010 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX News Network) --

Amarc Resources Ltd. ("Amarc" or the "Company") (TSX Venture: AHR; OTCBB: AXREF) announces that further to its news release on December 15, 2010that the Company has reached agreements in principle to increase the private placement financing from $7.5 million to approximately $9.9 million on the same terms. Approximately 47% are flow-through shares at a price of $0.80 per share and the remainder are non-flow through shares at a price of $0.65 per share. Insiders of the Company will participate.

Proceeds from the financing will be used to advance core drilling activities at Amarc's Newton bulk tonnage gold project and to test copper-molybdenum porphyry targets defined within the Plateau Gold-Copper Belt, located in south-central British Columbia (BC).

Amarc Resources Ltd. is a Vancouver-based exploration and development company affiliated with Hunter Dickinson Inc. ("HDI") - a diversified, global mine development company with a 25-year history of mineral development success. Previous HDI projects in BC include Golden Bear, Mt. Milligan, Kemess, Gibraltar, Prosperity and Harmony. From its head office in Vancouver, Canada, HDI applies its unique strengths and capabilities to acquire, develop, operate and monetize mineral properties to provide consistently superior returns to shareholders.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

Ronald W. Thiessen President & CEO

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor any other regulatory authority accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Forward Looking and other Cautionary Information

This release includes certain statements that may be deemed "forward-looking statements". All statements in this release, other than statements of historical facts that address exploration drilling, exploitation activities and other related events or developments are forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those in the forward looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include market prices, exploration and exploitation successes, continuity of mineralization, uncertainties related to the ability to obtain necessary permits, licenses and title and delays due to third party opposition, changes in government policies regarding mining and natural resource exploration and exploitation, continued availability of capital and financing, and general economic, market or business conditions. Investors are cautioned that any such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. For more information on Amarc Resources Ltd., investors should review the Company's annual Form 20-F filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov and its home jurisdiction filings that are available at www.sedar.com.

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SOURCE: Amarc Resources Ltd