TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Oct. 13, 2011) - First Asset Energy & Resource Fund (the "Fund") (TSX:TRF.UN) announced today acceptance by the Toronto Stock Exchange (the "TSX") of the Fund's Notice of Intention to make a Normal Course Issuer Bid (the "NCIB").

Pursuant to the NCIB, the Fund proposes to purchase through the facilities of the TSX, from time to time, if it is considered advisable, up to 88,422 Units of the Fund, representing approximately 10% of the public float, being 884,221 Units as of October 6, 2011. The Fund will not purchase in any given 30-day period, in the aggregate, more than 21,183 Units, being 2% of the issued and outstanding Units, being 1,059,198 Units as of October 6, 2011. Purchases of Units under the NCIB may commence on October 17, 2011. The Board of Directors of the First Asset (I) General Partners Inc., the general partner of the Fund, believes that such purchases are in the best interests of the Fund and are a desirable use of the Fund's funds. All purchases will be made through the facilities of the TSX in accordance with its rules and policies. All Units purchased by the Fund pursuant to the NCIB will not be cancelled and will be held for resale. The NCIB will expire on October 16, 2012.

On October 14, 2010, the Fund announced that it was making a Normal Course Issuer Bid, which commenced October 17, 2010, to purchase up to 102,897 Units through the facilities of the TSX. Under the bid, which expires on October 16, 2011, an aggregate of 6,900 Units were repurchased at an average price of $20.65 per Unit excluding commissions.

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