CERTIFICATION OF THE PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER FURNISHED
PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     In connection with the filing of the annual report of Quaterra Resources Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 40-F for the period ended December 31, 2010 (the “Report”), I, Thomas C. Patton, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify solely for the purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:

1.	The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
2.	The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: March 30, 2011	/s/ Thomas Patton
	Thomas C. Patton
	Chief Executive Officer

This certification is not deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Act of 1934 (whether made before or after the date of the Report), irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filing.