The assay results (6 holes) of the drilling on our new JV-property should come in shortly:

Mantis announces drilling to begin on Cree Lake gold discovery, Swayze Belt, Ontario

TORONTO, Jun 15, 2010 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX News Network) --

Mantis Mineral Corp. ("Mantis" -CNSX: MYN) is pleased to announce that the summer drill program on its Cree Lake gold project in the Swayze Belt of Northern Ontario will commence in approximately one week. The property was recently optioned by Probe Mines Limited ("Probe" -TSX-V: PRB) who is also the operator.

Highlights of the Cree Lake Gold Project

The Cree Lake Gold Project is host to a new gold zone discovered by Mantis in 2009 and is characterized by thick, near surface, drill intersections of up to 15.5 metres averaging 2.05g/t Au. This style of mineralization is not typical of the Swayze Belt and represents excellent potential for the delineation of a near-surface, large tonnage, low-grade gold deposit. Follow-up trenching conducted by Mantis immediately west of hole CL09-6 exposed a 50-meter length of intermittent quartz veining and shearing over a 10-meter width. Grab samples within this zone yielded significant gold values ranging from 0.61g/t to 43.2 g/t, with an average of 6.47 g/t.

The property is situated along the Ridout deformation zone, a 130-kilometer long structure that hosts past producers such as the Jerome, Tyrranite and Kenty Mines, as well as numerous gold showings. The area has received recent attention with the identification of thick intervals of gold mineralization by Trelawney Mining on its Chester Gold Project, located approximately 60 kilometres southeast along strike in the Swayze Belt. Probe can earn up to a 70% interest in the property from Mantis Mineral Corp.

Drilling will be comprised of six holes designed to test the new gold zone near surface and at depth along a 150 metre strike length and is expected to take approximately one week. Results of the drilling will be announced as soon as they are received.

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