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June 24, 2009 - Vancouver, British Columbia. Appleton Exploration Inc. (AEX - TSX.V) provides clarification on the high grade intercept in MDL-09-056 on Manalo reported in news release 09-07 dated June 15, 2009.

The reported 10 metre intercept is composed of 4 metres of abundant quartz, followed by 3 metres of metasediment followed by a further 3 metres of abundant quartz from the interval of 53 to 63 metres. The 10 metre interval stands out from the surrounding rock out as a distinct geological zone of alteration and concentration of quartz veining. The individual one metre descriptions and assays are as follows:

 

Metre
from
Metre
to
Rock
type
Quartz vein
fragments
Description
Sample
number
gpt
Au
gpt Au
check
53
54
SSI*
90%
Oxidized, coarse qtz fragments
720428
0.80
54
55
SSI
90%
Oxidized, coarse qtz fragments
720429
0.06
55
56
SSI
50%
Oxidized, coarse qtz fragments
720430
0.14
56
57
SSI
60%
Oxidized, coarse qtz fragments
720431
0.01
57
58
SSI
/
720432
0.01
57
58
Duplicate
720433
0.01
58
59
SSI
/
720434
0.03
59
60
SSI
/
720435
0.05
60
61
SSI
95%
White, coarse qtz fragments, trace of oxidation
720436
1895
1455
61
62
SSI
1%
720437
0.47
0.46
62
63
SSI
90%
Coarse qtz fragments, trace of oxidation
720438
25.1
Three metre interval
640.19
493.89
Ten metre interval
192.17
148.17

*Rock Type SSI is a meta siltstone; qtz is quartz

As part of the QA/QC protocols from ALS Chemex in Bamako samples 720436 and 720437 were re-assayed. Sample 720433 was a duplicate of sample 720432 and forms part of Appleton's internal QA/QC protocols.

The entire 10 metre section is included within the 455 metallic screen check assays currently underway as reported in news release 09-09.

On Behalf of the Board of Directors,

"R. Tim Henneberry"

R.Tim Henneberry, P.Geo., President and CEO

 

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R. Tim Henneberry, P.Geo., President and Director of Appleton Exploration Inc., is the Qualified Person as defined in National Instrument 43-101, who has reviewed and approved the technical content of this news release.

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