VMS Vortex Metals Inc

Lynda Bloom, President and CEO of Halo Resources Ltd. (the "Company") (TSX
VENTURE:HLO)(FRANKFURT:HRL) is pleased to announce that a series of new
exploration targets have been defined as part of an extensive bedrock chip
sampling program. One of the high priority targets areas is an entirely new
zone, referred to as Target Area 5 (TA5), which has had virtually no historical
exploration and never been drill tested. With anomalous silver values up to 75
g/t reported over an area of 200 m by 400 m (see Figure 1), and zinc values up
to 3,680 ppm (0.37%), TA5 will be an exciting new drill target for Halo's
upcoming winter drill program.


To view Figure 1 please click on the following link:
http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/hlo92m1.pdf.


Most of the known massive sulphide zones and deposits on the Sherridon VMS
Property are associated with elevated silver values in the range of 5 to 10 ppm
but there have only been a few narrow intercepts of silver values greater than
20 g/t. For example at the high-grade Lost Lake zone, a new Halo discovery,
silver values of 100 g/t over 1 m (DH07-69) appear to be associated with a
hanging wall alteration zone but there are no other known cases of consistently
high and extensive silver values.


TA5 was selected for field mapping in 2007 on the basis of favourable geology
and geophysical VTEM anomalies. TA5 is an east-west trending rectangular block,
1.5 km by 1.1 km, located approximately 5 km southeast of and along the trend
from the Bob Lake copper-zinc deposit in an area that has been staked
intermittently since the 1940s but has seen little exploration. The bedrock chip
sample that contained 3,680 ppm (0.37%) zinc was collected at a depth of 2.5 m
and occurs within a narrow 450 m-long northwest trending trough with overburden
depths between 2 to 4.5 m. Much of the overburden in the Sherridon camp is less
than one meter thick which led to the success of prospecting in the 1940s but
areas of thicker overburden went untested by earlier prospectors.


"The bedrock program is a useful and productive new tool to help in both the
evaluation of large areas of covered ground, where traditional methods for
exploration are ineffectual," says Lynda Bloom. "In addition to the high
priority Target Area 5, the potential strike length of the Lost Lake deposit has
been expanded 250 m and additional drill targets have been generated north of
Cold Lake. Most of the new target areas will be drilled in the winter when
access is easier and less expensive."


Technical Highlights

An extensive surface geochemical drill program totaling 604 holes over four
target areas was completed between January and April 200 to prioritize some of
the 122 airborne geophysical targets on the Sherridon VMS Property. Both rock
chip and basal till samples were collected at 50 m intervals on lines spaced 100
to 200 m apart.


Detailed mapping during the summer 2007 identified sillimanite alteration, often
associated with volcanogenic massive sulphide ("VMS") deposits in an outcrop of
strongly oxidized quartzo-felspathic gneiss in Target Area 5. As much of the
area is swampy area and there is poor outcrop exposure, the sillimanite
alteration is an important observation as it is located along strike from the
geophysical anomalies. In addition to quartzo-feldspathic gneisses, a
garnetiferous amphibolite outcrop was identified in the southwestern part of the
area which is uncommon for the Sherridon VMS Property but similar to the
garnetiferous amphibolites in the footwall of the Lost Lake mineralization.


The above information has been prepared under the supervision of Stephen
MacConnell, who is designated as a "Qualified Person" with the ability and
authority to verify the authenticity and validity of the data.


ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

Lynda Bloom, President and CEO

About the Sherridon VMS Property

The Sherridon VMS Property covers an area of over 20,876 hectares and hosts the
past-producing Sherridon Mine that was operated by Sherritt Gordon Mines from
1933 to 1950 and produced 7.7 million tones of ore with recovered grades of
2.46%copper and 0.8% zinc. Results from an airborne geophysical survey completed
in the summer of 2006 identified an additional 122 targets. Over 25,000 m of
diamond drilling have been completed since November 2006 and drilling continues
year-round. A NI43-101 compliant resource estimate for the Sherridon Jungle Lake
Zone has been filed on SEDAR and resource calculations are planned for the
nearby Cold, Lost and Bob Zones. The property is located only 70 km northeast of
the mining and metallurgical complex in Flin Flon operated by HudBay Minerals
Inc. Future development of the property is facilitated by the presence of an
all-weather road and railroad access as well as a power line and communications
tower.


This news release presents "forward looking information" within the meaning of
the applicable Canadian securities laws that involve inherent risks and
uncertainties. Forward-looking information includes, but is not limited to,
information with respect to the proposed private placement. Generally,
forward-looking information can be identified by the use of forward-looking
terminology such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected",
"budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or
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state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might"
or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved". 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 Halo
to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such
forward-looking information, including but not limited to: risks related to
financings; risks related to the integration of acquisitions; risks related to
joint venture operations; actual results of current exploration activities;
actual results of current or future reclamation activities; conclusions of
economic evaluations; changes in project parameters as plans continue to be
refined; future prices of gold and other minerals and metals; possible
variations in ore reserves, grade or recovery rates; failure of equipment or
processes to operate as anticipated; accidents, labour disputes and other risks
of the mining industry; and delays in obtaining governmental approvals or
financing or in the completion of development or construction activities.
Although the management and officers of Halo Resources Ltd. believe that the
expectations reflected in such forward-looking information are based upon
reasonable assumptions and have attempted to identify important factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in
forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not
to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such
information 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. Halo
does not undertake to update any forward-looking information referenced herein,
except in accordance with applicable securities laws. Trading in the securities
of Halo Resources Ltd. should be considered highly speculative.

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