Houston Lake Mining Appoints Henry J. Kloepper as New Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Houston Lake Mining Inc. (TSX.V: HLM), is an advanced exploration
company which has prospected and strategically acquired contiguous gold,
rare metals and platinum group elements projects with the objective of
transitioning into production. HLM is pleased to announce the
appointment of Henry J. Kloepper as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to
'the Company?.

Mr. Kloepper has been involved in investment banking and structured
finance over a 30 year career. He brings a rounded knowledge of the
capital markets, strategic growth and investments. In the past, Mr.
Kloepper has worked in executive positions with JP Morgan, Citibank,
Bank of America, and North American Trust in Canada, the US and Europe.

Mr. Kloepper is a director and past consultant to companies ranging from
the resource sector, mobile lottery and gaming technologies to
manufacturing. His responsibilities have varied from chairing the audit
committee to being President and CEO of a public company that recently
made strategic investments in the food and beverage industry. More
recently, Mr. Kloepper was also the COO of ViaBank Ltd., West Indies.

Currently, Mr. Kloepper amongst others is a director of Mogul Energy
International Inc. Houston, Texas; GameCorp Ltd. and District Canada
Inc. both based in Toronto, Canada.

'Henry brings a great deal of experience and understanding of the
capital markets which greatly complements the existing strength of the
Houston Lake Management and Board of Directors in exploration and
mining?, commented Reginald F. (Rick) Walker, Chairman of the Board. 'We
look forward to working with Henry as we strive towards Houston Lake′s
growth and mission of becoming a producer.?

The Company also announces that it has granted 1,400,000 stock options
to officers, directors, employees and consultants of the Company. The
options are set for a period of five years, expiring on June 07, 2016.
The options are priced at $.14 and are subject to regulatory approval.

About Houston Lake Mining Inc.

Houston Lake is an advanced, vertically integrated resource exploration
company. The Company is actively exploring for gold, platinum group
metal and rare metal deposits in Northwestern Ontario with a strategic
focus on the West Cedartree Gold Project. Houston Lake′s objective is to
become a gold producer by surface mining its West Cedartree gold project
and developing its 100% owned and optioned properties. The Company has a
total of 49,532,637 common shares issued and outstanding. For additional
information, please visit us at www.houstonlakemining.com.

Forward-looking Statements

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider
(as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange)
accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
This release includes certain statements that may be deemed
'forward-looking statements?. All statements in this release, other than
statements of historical facts, that address future production, reserve
potential, exploration drilling, exploitation activities and events or
developments that the Company expects are forward-looking statements.
Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in such
forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such
statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results
or developments may differ materially from those in the forward-looking
statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those in forward looking statements include market prices,
exploitation and exploration successes, continued availability of
capital and financing, and general economic, market or business
conditions. Investors are cautioned that any such statements are not
guarantees of future performance and those actual results or
developments may differ materially from those projected in the
forward-looking statements. For more information on the Company,
Investors should review the Company′s registered filings what are
available at www.sedar.com.

Houston Lake Mining Inc.

Trevor R. Walker, MBA

President

Tel:
705.897.7622

Fax: 705.897.7618