Kent Exploration Notes Substantial Increase in Barite Prices

Kent Exploration Inc. (TSX VENTURE:KEX)(OTCBB:KXPLF) (the "Company" or "Kent")
reports that the United States Geological Survey ("USGS") has released its 2013
Annual Pricing Survey for the 2012 year and notes that the estimated barite
supply pricing fob mine for 2012 averaged US$89 per ton.


This reported 2013 pricing is a substantial 31.4% increase from the prior
reported 2012 estimate of $61 per ton, as barite for oil and gas well drilling
has experienced a strong and steady demand over the past number of years. Annual
estimated production from US sources has decreased by a total of 11% since the
2011 USGS barite pricing report, while demand has increased by 380,000 tons in
the same period. The USGS has revised the prior pricing estimates shown in its
2012 report from US$45 per ton in 2007 to US$73 per ton, while the current
report notes a price change for the 2011 year from US$61 per ton to US$86 per
ton.


The Company has a take off Agreement in place with Albar Industrial Minerals to
provide a minimum 20,000 tons of 4.1 specific gravity ("SG") barite per year,
that for 2013 is priced for delivery at the mine gate at the now prevailing USGS
reported price of $89 per ton.


The Company is currently permitted to produce up to 100,000 tons of barite
annually from its Flagstaff Mountain property. 


Kent Exploration Inc. is a junior exploration company with a 100% interest in
all its major projects, and is planning on building shareholder value through
establishing cash flow from its permitted Flagstaff Mountain, WA, barite mine.
Any positive cash flow is intended to reduce dilution and fund exploration on
its three major high grade gold prospects (Alexander River, Paparoa and Lyell),
in the highly prolific West Coast South Island gold fields of New Zealand.
Additional shareholder value has been established through its approximately 15%
interest in Archean Star Resources Inc, ("Archean") which is listed on the TSX
Venture Exchange under the symbol ASP.  


The Company has an experienced management and technical team with extensive
exploration expertise and offers investors the potential for a major gold
discovery on its New Zealand gold projects. 


This News Release has been prepared on behalf of the Kent Exploration Inc. Board
of Directors, which accepts full responsibility for its contents.  


ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

Graeme O'Neill, President

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: 
Kent Exploration Inc.
Graeme O'Neill
President
604-684-3394 or Toll free: 1-866-399-6539
1-888-282-7763 (FAX)
www.kent-exploration.com

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