WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, Feb 4, 2011 (Marketwire via COMTEX) --

Wildcat Exploration Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: WEL | PowerRating) today announced the initial assay results from drill programs on the Jeep and Mike Power gold projects in the Rice Lake greenstone belt near Bissett, Manitoba. Based on these results the Company plans additional drilling on both projects.

The Jeep property, encompassing 4,016 hectares, is located 14 km east of Bissett. The past-producing Jeep gold mine yielded approximately 18,000 tons of ore at an average gold grade of 0.78 oz/ton (non 43-101 compliant) from multiple WNW trending gold-bearing quartz veins. Previous drill results on the #1 quartz vein, 300 m southeast of the Jeep mine workings, encountered gold mineralization assaying 109.5 g/t Au over a core length of 0.78 m in drill hole JP-06-05 (see News Release December 12, 2006).

--  In the December, 2010 program Wildcat geologists targeted shear zones

    trending obliquely to the WNW trending regional fault zones consistent

    with recent modeling of gold mineralization in the Rice Lake gold camp.

    The initial phase of drilling consisted of four holes totaling 642 m

    approximately 150 m southeast of the Jeep mine shaft. Diamond drill hole

    (DDH) JP-10-24, intersected a shear zone approximately 3.98 m across

    (all intercepts are core length), including a gold-bearing quartz vein

    which assayed 55.11 g/t gold across 0.29 m. The vein is flanked by

    sheared and altered wall-rock that assayed 0.63 g/t Au across 2.01 m,

    and 0.53 g/t Au across 1.68 m. A second drill hole, JP-10-25, drilled 25

    m down-plunge of DDH JP-10-24, intersected a 2.35 m shear zone

    containing a quartz vein which assayed 2.23 g/t Au across 0.99 m. The

    vein was flanked by a gold-bearing altered wall-rock that assayed 0.33

    g/t Au across 0.77 m, and 0.34 g/t Au across 0.59 m.

Based on these results, the Company plans to drill two additional holes flanking DDH JP-10-24 following completion of drilling on the Mike Power gold property.

The Mike Power property is comprised of 24 contiguous claims covering 3,029 hectares with the eastern boundary approximately1.5 km west of the San Gold Corporation mine lease at Bissett. The property straddles the Gold Creek Shear Zone (GCSZ) which is interpreted to represent the western extension of the Normandy Creek fault. The GCSZ is strongly altered and may host gold mineralization currently being mined by San Gold at its Rice Lake Mine.

--  Wildcat geologists mapped the property during their 2010 summer program.

    Seven holes totaling approximately 1,300 m have been completed in the

    current program on the property and assays have been received for the

    first three holes. Diamond drill hole MP-11-01 was collared

    approximately 3.5 km WNW of the eastern property boundary in the

    vicinity of the historic Lookout shaft. The hole intersected numerous

    quartz veins and anomalous gold in a pyritic shear zone measuring

    approximately 235 m (core length). To date approximately 75 m of core

    has been sampled intermittently across the shear zone on the basis of

    visual estimation of sulphide and quartz content. Seventeen sections of

    the sampled core, ranging from one metre to three metres in length and

    spread across the shear zone, assayed from 40 ppb gold to 500 ppb gold,

    as contrasted with expected background concentrations of 5 to 15 ppb

    gold. Additional sampling is ongoing.

Two additional holes will be drilled in February to further evaluate the gold mineralization encountered in DDH MP-11-01.

Tom Lewis, VP of Exploration commented, "At the Jeep, I am encouraged by the gold mineralization, wall-rock alteration and the potential for previously unrecognized gold-bearing structures. I look forward to the next round of drilling. The Mike Power property is a good place to explore for gold because it is along strike and close to the Rice Lake Mine. I am pleased that the drill intersection of a wide pyritic shear zone with anomalous gold values demonstrates the potential for new gold discoveries in the camp. These results warrant further exploration to better understand the potential of the structure."

Exploration core drilling was BTW size. The core was logged and mineralized intersections were marked for sampling and assaying by geologists and geotechnicians employed by the Company. The marked intersections or intervals were sawn in half by a diamond saw and one half of the core was placed in plastic bags and tagged with unique sample numbers, while the second half was returned to the core box and stored. Each bagged core sample was transported to TSL Laboratories Inc. in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, an ISO 17025 accredited assay lab, which uses standard industry practices for sample preparation and analysis.

Assaying integrity is monitored internally with a quality control program, which includes the use of assay sample standards, blanks and duplicates. This news release provides core lengths. True widths are not provided. Where metal assays are provided for intersections they are either a single assay of a sample of the entire intersection length or a composite of assays calculated from interval weighted assays over the intersection length.

Wildcat's exploration program is managed by Tom Lewis, P.Eng., a Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101, who has reviewed all technical information in this release.

About Wildcat Exploration Ltd.

Wildcat Exploration Ltd. is a Winnipeg-based company exploring for gold and base metals in Canada. Its portfolio includes: (1) several gold projects in the Rice Lake greenstone belt in Manitoba, (2) the McVicar gold property in the Uchi Subprovince of Ontario, (3) the Reed base metal and PGE project in the Flin Flon-Snow Lake greenstone belt in Manitoba, (4) the Burntwood nickel project in the Thompson nickel belt in Manitoba and (5) the Foster zinc-lead-silver project in Saskatchewan. The Company seeks to continuously upgrade its property portfolio through exploration and accretive transactions.

The Company's public filings, including its most recent audited consolidated financial statements, can be reviewed on the SEDAR website (www.sedar.com).

This news release may contain "forward-looking information", within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking information includes, but is not limited to, statements with respect to Wildcat's exploration program and plans. Generally, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "believes", "plans", "seeks", "expects", "budget" or variations of such words or statements that certain actions, events or results may, could, will, will be, would be or are expected to be. Forward-looking information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of Wildcat to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information.. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. Wildcat does not undertake to update any forward- looking information, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.

SOURCE: Wildcat Exploration Ltd.