Bering Exploration Completes Acquisition of Gohlke Leasehold with Potential Gross Reserves of 3,500,000 Barrels of Oil and 5 Bcf of Gas

HOUSTON, Oct. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Bering Exploration, Inc. (OTCQB: BERX) announced today that it has completed the acquisition of the Gohlke leasehold located in Dewitt County, Texas. This 260-acre prospect is leased to 10,000 feet and has ten drilling locations and potential gross reserves of 3,500,000 barrels of oil and 5 Bcf of gas.  Bering owns a 100% working interest and a 76.5% net revenue interest.

"We are very excited to add the Gohlke leasehold to our portfolio," stated Steven Plumb, VP of Finance of Bering.  "The preliminary geological reports on this leasehold are very promising."

About Bering Exploration, Inc.

Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Bering Exploration, Inc. is an independent oil and natural gas company that focuses on identifying, evaluating, developing and acquiring potential natural gas and oil wells in the Gulf Coast onshore region. Additional information about Bering can be found on the web at www.beringexplore.com.

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release contains statements that may constitute forward-looking statements and are based upon assumptions that management believes to be reasonable. A number of risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from these statements, including, without limitation, the success rate of exploration efforts and the timeliness of development activities, leasing of the target acreage, fluctuations in oil and gas prices, access to acquisition and development capital, achieving economically viable wells, and other risk factors described from time to time in the Company's reports filed with the SEC. In addition, the Company operates in an industry sector where securities values are highly volatile and may be influenced by economic and other factors beyond the Company's control. For additional information about Bering's future business and financial results, refer to Bering's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Annual Report on Form 10-K and other reports, which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Bering undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the company, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

SOURCE Bering Exploration, Inc.

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