Tanzanian Royalty Amends Price and Term of Warrants

Tanzanian Royalty Exploration Corporation has agreed to amend the exercise price and term of warrants previously issued pursuant to a private placement completed on November 5, 2010.

The exercise price of 125,000 common share purchase warrants has been reduced from C$7.309 to USD$4.00, and the term of the warrants has been extended one year to expire October 20, 2013. In addition, if the weighted average trading price of the common shares increases to USD$6.50 after April 12, 2012, the company will be entitled to require that the holders exercise the warrants, failing which the warrants will terminate. The warrants are held by an arm's length investor. The amendments become effective on January 25, 2012.

Respectfully submitted,

James E. Sinclair

President and Chief Executive Officer

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Cautionary Note to U.S. Investors - The United States Securities and Exchange Commission limits disclosure for U.S. reporting purposes to mineral deposits that a company can economically and legally extract or produce. We use certain terms on this news release, such as "reserves", "resources", "geologic resources", "proven", "probable", "measured", "indicated", or "inferred" which may not be consistent with the reserve definitions established by the SEC. U.S. Investors are urged to consider closely the disclosure in our SEC filings. You can review and obtain copies of these filings from the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml

This news release contains certain forward-looking statements and forward-looking information. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included herein are forward-looking statements and forward-looking information that involve various risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company's expectations are disclosed in the Company's documents filed from time-to-time with the British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario provincial securities regulatory authorities.

Certain information presented in this release may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are based on numerous assumptions, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including risks inherent in mineral exploration and development, which may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any projected future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Investors are referred to our description of the risk factors affecting the Company, as contained in our SEC filings, including our annual report on Form 20-F and Registration Statement on Form F-10, as amended, for more information concerning these risks, uncertainties, and other factors.

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