Solara Exploration Completes Initial Drilling Activity

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Aug. 14, 2009) - Solara Exploration Ltd. ("Solara" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:SAA.A) (TSX VENTURE:SAA.B) announces that it has completed the drilling of its first test well with its partner, Marwayne Production Limited Partnership, in the Dewberry area of eastern Alberta. The well was cased and is awaiting completion operations within the next week. The Company plans to drill two additional wells with its partner on the oil project in the next 60 days. The Company also advises that the Company's Board of Directors approved the granting of 1,090,000 stock options to officers, directors, employees and consultants of the Company on August 6, 2009, subject to regulatory and TSX Venture Exchange approval. The options were issued with an exercise price of $0.10 per share and have a five year term with standard vesting provisions.

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Solara Exploration is a publicly traded junior oil and gas company focused on the exploration, development and acquisition of oil and natural gas in Western Canada.

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