Rimouski, 19 October 2010 - Puma Exploration (PUM-TSXV) is pleased to announce the staking

of two new blocks of contiguous claims at the Turgeon copper project, located 25 kilometres north

of Bathurst, New Brunswick.

The 46 new claims acquired by the Company, with a total area of 10 km

2 (1,000 hectares) are at the

southwest and northeast ends of the existing claim blocks. The total current area of the property is

now 24.5 km

2 (2,450 hectares): it covers all the Fournier Group's volcanic formation, which hosts

the Turgeon copper-zinc deposit