Mainland Resources, Inc. Appoints Simeon King Horton, P. Geo as Board Director

    HOUSTON, Aug. 21 /EMWNews/ -- Mainland Resources, Inc., a

Nevada corporation (the "Company") (OTC Bulletin Board: MNLU;

5MN-Frankfurt) has appointed Simeon King Horton, P. Geo as a Director of

the Board effective August 18, 2008.



    Simeon King Horton is a Petroleum Geologist with an extensive

background in exploration and development of major oil and gas projects

working as a consultant for oil and gas companies. Over her 31 years of

experience in the oil and gas industry, she has always been associated with

independent geologists who have been very aggressive and successful.



    Upon graduation, Ms. Horton worked for Mr. Dudley Hughes, an

independent geologist, in Jackson, Mississippi, from 1977 to 1986. During

that time, she gained broad experience in the Mississippi/Alabama Salt

Basin, Black Warrior Basin in North Mississippi and Northwest Alabama, and

South Florida. The main targets of exploration were the Smackover/Norphlet

Formations (located in the Salt Basin), the Paleozoics (located in the

Black Warrior Basin), and the Sunniland Lime (located in South Florida).

Ms. Horton was also exposed to the Perth Basin in Australia. As District

Geologist, she was extensively involved in the exploration and development

of a very aggressive drilling program and all facets of the industry.



    In 1986, Ms. Horton moved to Shreveport, Louisiana where she was a

consultant for various oil and gas investors until 1989.



    From 1989 to 1996, she worked with Grigsby Petroleum in Shreveport,

Louisiana, a company owned by Mr. Jack Grigsby, an independent geologist.

Grigsby Petroleum is very active in North Louisiana and East Texas with

numerous properties. Among these are Hosston and Cotton Valley production.

Ms. Horton was responsible for all the producing properties, the

development of the properties, and the drilling of new wells for Grigsby

Petroleum.



    From 1996 to present, Ms. Horton has been a consulting petroleum

geologist. She has been very active in the Hosston/Cotton Valley trends in

North Louisiana and East Texas. She has generated drilling prospects in the

area, and has successfully been responsible for the drilling of the

Hosston/Cotton Valley in an area where there are sixteen to twenty wells

per section.



    Simeon King Horton received a Bachelor of Science degree with a Major

in Geology and a Minor in Mathematics from the University of Southern

Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi in 1977. She graduated with honors

and was selected Outstanding Graduating Senior in Geology for the academic

year of 1976-1977. She attended geology field camp thru the Rolla School of

Mines, University of Missouri, which was conducted in the state of Utah.



    Ms. Horton is an active member of the American Association of Petroleum

Geologist and the Shreveport Geological Society, Shreveport, Louisiana.

    About Mainland Resources, Inc.



    Mainland Resources is a junior company engaged in the exploration and

development of oil and gas resources. The Company's current initiatives are

focused on the acquisition and development of leases in Louisiana's

emerging northwestern gas region that is gaining notoriety for recent

discoveries in the Haynesville shale.



    Symbol: MNLU - OTCBB, Symbol: 5MN; Frankfurt, WKN No.: A0ND6N



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