Southwest Resources Announces Additional Mineral Leases

DALLAS, June 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Southwest Resources, Inc. (Pink Sheets: SWRS) (the "Company"), a natural resources exploration, production, and mining company, today announced that it has acquired 1,300 acres of minerals leases located in southeastern Utah.

The leases are located in a "red sands" geologic basin, which has produced placer gold finds in the recent past.  The Company believes the leases could contain marketable quantities of placer gold deposits, and plans to perform detailed assays of the leases within the next several weeks.

About Southwest Resources, Inc.

Southwest Resources, Inc. is an energy and mining company engaged in the acquisition, development, exploration and production of natural gas, crude oil, placer deposits of precious metals such as gold and platinum, and other income-producing natural resources. The Company is currently pursuing oil and gas properties in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah.  For more information, please visit the Company's website: www.southwest-resources.com.

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SOURCE Southwest Resources, Inc.