VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 08/06/10 -- Abacus Mining & Exploration Corp. (TSX VENTURE: AME) announces that further to its news release on July 21, 2010, the Company granted 1,000,000 incentive stock options at a price of $0.18 per share for a period of five years, effective from July 21, 2010.