KATX KAT Exploration Inc (CE)

KAT Exploration Inc. (PINKSHEETS: KATX) -- www.KATexploration.com

Kat Exploration is very pleased to announce that W. Les Thistle has agreed to join the company as a director. Mr. Ken Stead, CEO, commented, "On behalf of the board of directors, we are delighted to have someone with the caliber of expertise and experience Mr. Thistle will bring to our company as we move forward toward meeting our goals as previously stated.

"With the addition of Mr. Thistle to the board as Kat's Corporate Attorney, we hope to strengthen investor confidence in that Kat is very serious about growing the company. "

Below is some information regarding Mr. Thistle's biography.

W. Les Thistle -- Director and Legal Counsel - KAT Exploration Inc.

W. Les Thistle was appointed legal counsel and a director of KAT Exploration Inc. on February 19, 2010.

Mr. Thistle graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland in 1991 with a Bachelor of Commerce degree (concentration in finance), from Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto in 1994 with a Bachelor of Laws degree (concentration in corporate and tax law) and was admitted to the Bar of the Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador in 1995.

After finishing law school, Mr. Thistle practiced at 2 law firms in the St. John's area of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, before starting his own firm. In 1996 Mr. Thistle founded W. Les Thistle Law Office, a general practice law firm located in the City of Mount Pearl, in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The law firm serves corporate and individual clients throughout Canada. Mr. Thistle is the senior lawyer at the firm. His primary areas of practice are corporate law, contract law, real estate and personal injury. Mr. Thistle has litigated matters in all levels of court in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador including the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court.

Mr. Thistle is committed to using his ethical approach to business and the law and his experience in the legal and business communities to serve the needs of KAT Exploration Inc.

Mr. Thistle's website is under construction.

This press release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and is subject to the Safe Harbor created by those sections. This material contains statements about expected future events and/or financial results that are forward-looking in nature and subject to risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements by definition involve risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of KAT Exploration Inc. to be materially different from the statements made herein.

Contact: Ken Stead President / CEO KAT Exploration Inc. Office: 709-368-9223 709-368-9224 Fax: 709-368-9213 www.KATexploration.com kstead@KATexploration.com