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Kinetex Accepts Sale Agreement of Interest in Oil Exploration Property in Colombia

Monday, July 12, 2010

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Kinetex Resources Corporation (TSX-V:KTX) (“Kinetex” or the “Company”) announced today that its board of directors has received and accepted a purchase and sale agreement (the “Agreement”) from an arm’s length private oil and gas company (the “Purchaser”) in regard to a 5% minority working interest in resource exploration block LLA-32 located in Llanos Basin, Colombia held by the Company’s operating subsidiary, Kinetex Sucursal Colombia. The block totals 40,606 gross acres (net 2,030) and is adjacent to and on trend with fields currently under exploration and in production by other companies. The interest was acquired in the normal course of business operations over the past year.

“Management is very pleased with the opportunity to monetize this asset”, said Gil Schneider, CEO of Kinetex. “We in particular want to acknowledge the resourcefulness and initiative of our Colombia branch office staff in developing and negotiating this opportunity”.

Under the terms of the Agreement, upon receipt of payment of the equivalent in Colombian pesos resulting from the conversion of $1,000,000 USD, Kinetex will transfer and assign to the Purchaser all rights, title, interest in and obligations pertaining to its 5% non-operating interest in exploration block LLA-32.  The transaction is expected to be completed within the next 90 days.

More than 80% of the country’s hydrocarbon-rich territory remains relatively unexplored with enormous potential especially in its frontier areas, which share many of the geological features of its oil-rich neighbor, Venezuela. The Agencia Nacional de Hidrocarburos (ANH), Colombia’s national hydrocarbons regulatory agency, calculates it has the potential to discover and define 47 billion barrels of petroleum in locations such as Cusiana, Cupiagua, Caño Limon, La Cira-Infantas, and Chuchupa-Ballena. A study by Halliburton in 2008 estimated probable reserves in the Llanos Orientales Basin alone of 124,000 MMBBO.

The area has a pre-existing history of hydrocarbon exploration and mass production and is the most prolific hydrocarbon producer region in Colombia, with excellent Cretaceous and Tertiary clastic reservoirs, marine and non-marine sources rocks, extensive seals and structural and stratigraphic traps. The use of high resolution and 3D seismic technology is playing a key role in defining these key oil accumulation structures, leading to high success rates.