Appleton Intersects 61 Metres of 1.45 g/t Au at Manalo

Appleton Exploration Inc. (TSX VENTURE:AEX) is pleased to announce results from
a further thirteen reverse circulation (RC) holes focused on the southern
segment of the Dialafara Prospect on the Manalo Gold Project, Mali, West Africa.
These new results, in conjunction with previous drilling to date, now define a
minimum 450 metre strikelength trend of encouraging gold mineralization. The
latest results include: 61 metres of 1.45 grams per tonne (g/t) Au, 27 metres of
1.50 g/t Au and 3 metres of 26.88 g/t Au.




Table 1 - New Highlights from Dialafara Southern Segment

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Hole Number              Zone     From (m)    To (m)  Length (m)   g/t Au
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MDL-10-088    Dialafara South           0        12          12      0.32
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              Dialafara South          93       120          27      1.50
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MDL-10-089    Dialafara South           0         9           9      0.35
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                          and          64        77          13      0.97
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                          and          86       102          16      0.29
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MDL-10-091    Dialafara South           0         8           8      2.97
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MDL-10-093    Dialafara South          78        81           3      2.24
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                          and          99       101           2      2.22
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MDL-10-096    Dialafara South          96       120          24      0.22
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MDL-10-097    Dialafara South          50        67          17      0.60
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                          and          94        97           3     26.88
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                    including          94        95           1     78.00
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MDL-10-098    Dialafara South          95       108          13      0.30
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MDL-10-099    Dialafara South          24        85          61      1.45
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Note: All assays presented above are screen metallic assays



Drill results last reported on June 15, 2010 focused on testing the
northwesternmost 250 metre strikelength of the Dialafara Southern Segment. The
drill results reported in this release with holes MDL-10-087 through MDL-10-099
tested a 700 metre strikelength of the Dialafara Southern Segment, overlapping
150 metres with the previous reporting. These new results, in conjunction with
previous drilling to date, now show good signs of lateral and downdip continuity
to gold mineralization along a minimum 450 metre strikelength. Other drilling
previously reported along this 450 metre strikelength include hole MDL-10-086
with 61 metres of 1.62 g/t Au hole and hole MDL-09-54 with 18 metres of 3.32 g/t
Au.


The drill results above are part of the 4,300 metre, 37 hole RC drill program
and 3,771 metre, 67 hole AC drill program conducted during March and April 2010.
Maps showing drill collar locations and tables of metre by metre results for
each of the intervals tabled in this news release are available on the Manalo
Current Exploration Page on the Company's website: www.appletonexploration.com.
There are still 10 holes pending results from this campaign, all on the
Dialafara Southern Segment.


The Company also wishes to announce that it has completed 39 aircore holes
totaling 2,586 metres on its Sirabada target and 52 aircore holes totaling 1,784
metres on its Mansaya target, both of which are part of the Manalo Project.
Results are pending from this program.


Appleton is earning a 100% interest from Delta Exploration Inc., a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Rockgate Capital Corp.


Quality Control and Assurance

All samples were initially analyzed by 50 gram fire assay. Samples in high
quartz intervals or those returning anomalous (greater than 0.10 g/t Au) gold
values were analyzed by screen metallic assay method, in order to identify the
presence and significance of coarse gold in samples. All intercepts presented in
this news release are screen metallic assay. The widths and grades reported are
drill intercept widths and may not represent the true width of mineralization.
Individual gold assays have not been cut, but high grade samples have been
separately reported in the table above. Samples are reverse circulation cuttings
collected using a cyclone in 1 metre intervals that are riffle split at the
drill site. The primary laboratory is ALS Chemex in Bamako, an ISO 17025
certified laboratory. Standard, blank and duplicate samples were inserted
throughout the sample sequence as quality control checks. Both Chris Wild,
P.Eng. and Paul Cowley, P.Geo., director of Appleton, are qualified persons for
the drilling campaign.


About Mali

Mali is the fastest growing gold producing country in Africa. Production in 2007
amounted to 2 million ounces of gold making Mali Africa's third-largest gold
producer after South Africa and Ghana. AngloGold Ashanti Limited, one of the
largest gold mining companies in the world, has interests in three operating
mines in Mali: Sadiola, Yatela and Morila.


On Behalf of the Board of Directors,

R.Tim Henneberry, P.Geo., President and CEO

Paul Cowley, P.Geo., Director of Appleton Exploration Inc., is the Qualified
Person as defined in National Instrument 43-101, who has reviewed and approved
the technical content of this news release.


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