Orbite Cease Trade Order Lifted

MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC--(Marketwire - April 4, 2012) - Orbite Aluminae Inc. ("Orbite" or the "Company") (TSX:ORT) is pleased to announce, following a joint request made by the Company and the Autorité des marchés financiers, the lifting of the cease trade order on Orbite's shares by the Bureau de décision et de revision.

The decision is a consequence of the filing of a favorable audit report (the "Audit") carried out by engineering firm Roche Ltd., Consulting Group, and geologist Alex W. Knox, M.Sc., confirming the validity of the conclusions of the audited portions of Orbite's Preliminary Economic Assessment Technical Report (scoping study) published on January 12, 2012.

"We are pleased with the favorable results of the audit and optimistic about Orbite's growth and ongoing advancement of our alumina commercial project," said Richard Boudreault, President and CEO of the Company.

The complete version of the Audit can be found at: www.orbitealuminae.com or www.sedar.com.

Webcast conference call

An instant replay of the webcast conference call will be available until April 18, 2012. To listen to the replay please dial 1-416-626-4100 or toll free 800-558-5253, passcode 21587935, or visit the Company's website at www.orbitealuminae.com

About Orbite

Orbite owns 100% of the mining rights on a Grande-Vallée property of approximately 6 441 hectares, the site of an aluminous clay deposit located 23 km south of Grande-Vallée, and a 2 600 m² full scale high purity alumina production plant in Cap Chat, in the Gaspé region. An NI 43-101 report issued in August 2011 identified a Resource of between 800 million and one billion tonnes of aluminous clay in part of the deposit containing a series of mineral elements. The Company also owns the intellectual property rights to a unique Canada and U.S. patented process for extracting alumina from various types of aluminous ores and for which patents are also pending in other countries. www.orbitealuminae.com

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