surface at the newly discovered Robertson Gold Zone

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Apr. 13, 2011 (Filing Services Canada) -- Houston Lake Mining Inc. (HLM - TSX Venture, HLKMF - OTCBB_Pink_Sheets), is pleased to announce results of 4 holes from a 2,522 metre diamond drill program on the Company's McLennan and West Cedartree properties in Northwestern Ontario. These holes are from a multi-purpose program to confirm the gold mineralization and extend the strike length of the Robertson Gold Zone discovered in late 2010 on the West Cedartree Property. The program has also drilled and announced a highlight of 2.54 g/t gold over 4.9m including 7.43g/t over 0.7 m near surface extending the McLennan Gold Zone to 450m of mineralized strike length which has 6.6km of potential strike length on the West Cedartree Gold Project.

The 4 holes of the recently completed diamond drill program have confirmed significant gold at the Robertson Gold Zone and have extended the mineralized zone to 200 m along an east-west strike that is open in all directions. The drill program has ceased for the spring break-up. The table below provides a summary of significant gold intercepts for the recent drill holes from the Robertson Gold Zone:

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Hole Number     From       To    Interval    Au    Interval     Au
                 (m)      (m)      (m)*     g/mt    (ft)      oz/st
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WC11-15        122.30    161.00   38.70     1.406   126.98     0.041
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  Including    125.35    131.00    5.65     2.629    18.54     0.077
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       also    149.10    161.00   11.90     3.103    39.04     0.091
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      incl.    155.00    161.00    5.00     5.345    16.41     0.156
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      incl.    157.00    160.00    3.00     8.779     9.84     0.256
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      incl.    158.85    160.00    1.15    13.978     3.77     0.408
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WC-11-13        20.00     24.50    4.50     2.096    14.77     0.061
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      incl.     21.10     24.50    3.40     2.481    11.16     0.072
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      incl.     21.10     22.00    0.90     5.076     2.95     0.148
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WC-11-11        73.00     74.20    1.20     1.363     3.97     0.040
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      also     107.00    131.00   24.00     0.690    78.74     0.020
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      incl.    116.00    121.00    5.00     1.333    16.41     0.039
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WC-11-12        11.65     13.30    1.65     1.593     5.41     0.047
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      also      37.00     39.20    2.20     1.570     7.22     0.046
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      also      93.50     94.30    0.80     1.518     2.63     0.044
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      also     107.00    108.50    1.50     3.583     4.92     0.105
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     incl.     107.40    107.80    0.40     8.522     1.31     0.249
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      also     132.80    133.10    0.30     1.881     0.98     0.055
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*Mineralized zones generally start at 0.1 g/t gold and assay averages may include minimal intervals of waste material. No top cuts of assays were used. All intervals are represented as down-hole core lengths. There is insufficient drill-hole density to estimate true widths.

The mineralization at the Robertson Gold Zone is hosted in an altered shear zone and a quartz-feldspar porphyry that is internal to a large gabbro body that underlies part of the West Cedartree Gold Project. Drilling in 2010 discovered the Robertson Gold Zone where RB10-02 intersected 1.20 g/t gold over 18.3 m which is along strike with the holes released today. The mineralization is characterized by brecciation, intense silicification, fuchsite alteration and 1-3% pyrite content.
The current results indicate that the Robertson Gold Zone extends for 200 m along strike and is open in all directions to the east and west. Furthermore, the Robertson is intersected by a north-south shear that is also open in all directions. It is a very positive indicator that the multi-sheared contact area is mineralized as it is now favourable geological target to explore.

"We are very pleased with the near surface drill results from these holes. We continue to be surprised with drilling on the Robertson Gold Zone as we have encountered several siliceous zones as well as a pyritic and fuchsitic felsic porphyry from multiple holes where intercepts measured from 2 to 20 meters in length. We are currently in planning stages to extend our grids and expand our geophysical coverage of our target areas in the very near future to aid our exploration effort on this zone," said Trevor R. Walker, President of Houston.

Due Diligence

All samples reported were shipped to Accurassay Laboratories, an ISO accredited facility, of Thunder Bay, Ontario. Samples were analyzed by fire assay utilizing 30-50 gram charges. All samples were assayed with an AA finish and those samples assaying above 3 g/mt gold are retested utilizing a gravimetric finish.

This news release was reviewed by Bryan McKay, P. Geo., who is a Qualified Person under the guidelines of the National Instrument 43-101.

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.

Company Contacts
Houston Lake Mining
Trevor R. Walker, MBA
President
Tel: 705-897-7622
Fax: 705-897-7618



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