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March 24, 2010
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WILDCAT EXPLORATION LTD.
PRESS RELEASE

Wildcat Announces Drill Program Results on Jeep Project: Bissett, MB

Winnipeg, MB – March 24, 2010:

Wildcat Exploration Ltd. (TSX-V: WEL) wishes to announce drilling results from the 2010 winter drilling program on the company’s Jeep Project. The project is located in the Rice Lake greenstone belt approximately 14 km east of the town of Bissett, MB.

SUMMARY:

Twenty two drill holes totaling 2822 metres (m) were drilled on this property between January 21 and February 28, 2010. Twenty holes focused on near surface gold mineralization detected in previous trenching (summer of 2009) or follow up on gold mineralization intersected in previous drill programmes (target follow up drill hole JP-08-03).Two holes targeted deeper gold mineralization known from the former Jeep Mine plans. The five targeted areas (see map on Wildcat website) included Showings #3 (3 holes); Vein #1 (2 holes); Showing #2 and Vein #7 (7 holes); Showings #1 and #4, and Vein #3 (7 holes); and follow up on the results of hole JP-08-03 (3 holes).

Significant results from this drilling include 5.59 g/t gold (Au) over 1.07 m intersected in hole JP-10-13 within a quartz vein, 11.49 g/t Au over 0.37 m intersected in hole JP-10-14 within a quartz vein, 3.5 g/t Au over 0.74 m intersected in JP-10-03 within quartz-carbonate veinlets in a shear zone and 3.4 g/t Au over 0.82 m intersected in a quartz vein in fractures within JP-10-05 (see Table 1).

The drill holes intersected varieties of gabbro and quartz feldspar porphyries, and locally metasediments in drill hole JP-10-04. Samples were taken of all mineralized quartz veins, quartz/carbonate veins, brecciated zones, shear zones and alteration zones.

EXPLORATION PLANS:

Results of this drilling campaign are being integrated with the existing geological model and will be followed by an additional program of detailed geological and structural mapping in preparation for future evaluation and exploration of the property.

Of particular interest is the extensive alteration encountered in drillhole JP-10-19. This hole was targeted to intersect the potential extension at depth of the # 1 gold-bearing quartz vein which supported the initial production of the historical Jeep mine. The drill hole intersected a structurally disrupted and altered zone of gabbro and heterolithic breccia, approximately 110 m in core length. This zone, characterized by abundant subrounded xenolithic fragments in an altered gabbroic matrix, features three intersections with elevated gold concentrations and silica,

magnetite, fuchsite and carbonate alteration. This alteration and structural preparation indicates areas at depth warranting additional drill testing.

DRILLING DETAILS (see Jeep Drill Collar Locations Map: 2010 at www.wildcat.ca) :

1. Showing #3 Target (400 m southeast of Jeep Mine shaft):

Drill holes JP-10-01, JP-10-2 and JP-10-03 targeted down plunge mineralization from channel samples at Showing #3, which returned up to 3.18 g/t Au over 0.9 m (see News Release November 10, 2009). JP-10-01 intersected the targeted shear zone at 102 m and assayed 65 ppb Au over 1.21 m within a shear zone 101.81 m downhole at the approximate target depth. Drill hole JP-10-03 intersected the shear zone at 111.86 m which assayed 3.5 g/t Au over 0.74 m.

2. Vein #1 Target (230 m east of Jeep Mine shaft):

Drill hole JP-10-04, tested the extension of gold mineralization discovered in the 2006 drilling program (109.5 g/t Au over 0.78 m; see News Release December 12, 2006) within historical Vein #1. Drillhole JP-10-19 intersected approximately 110 m of silica, carbonate, chlorite, epidote, magnetite, talc and fuchsite alteration at 228.35 m depth. Three of the samples taken within the alteration zone returned gold concentrations of 270 ppb over 1.10 m (at 258.5 m), 640 ppb over 1 m (at 285.3 m) and 100 ppb over 0.9 m, (at 318.5 m) down the hole.

3. Showing #1, #4, and Vein #3 (330 m northwest of Jeep Mine shaft):

Drill holes JP-10-05 to JP-10-07 targeted downplunge of surface mineralization where channel sampling returned values up to 57.96 g/t Au over 0.36 m at Showing #1 (see News Release September 23, 2009) and up to 13.41 g/t Au over 0.4 m at Showing #4 in the summer of 2009 (see News Release November 19, 2009). Deeper in the hole gold mineralization of 3.4 g/t Au over 0.82 m at 120.43 m downhole was intersected in a quartz vein. Drill holes JP-10-08 and JP-10-09 were designed to target down plunge of the northernmost exposed surface mineralization of Showing #1.

Drill holes JP-10-10 and JP-10-11 were targeted to test continuity of gold mineralization of the historical #3 vein below the first level of the underground mine workings.

4. Showing #2, and Vein #7 (170 m southwest of Jeep Mine shaft):

Drill holes JP-10-12, JP-10-13 and JP-10-14 targeted historical vein #7 below the first level of the Jeep Mine workings. JP-10-13 intersected gold mineralization of 5.59 g/t Au over 1.07 m at 90.10 m downhole in a shear zone and intersected 280 ppb Au in a sheared gabbro at the targeted depth. Two other samples taken from the same shear zone contained anomalous Au concentrations of 230 ppb over 1.05 m and 240 ppb Au over 1.43 m. JP-10-14 was collared to intersect a quartz bearing structure below surface trenching at Showing #2 where recent channel sampling returned 9.60 g/t Au over 0.86 m (see News Release September 16, 2009). The drill hole intersected 11.49 g/t Au over 0.37 m within a quartz vein at 10.40 m.

Drill holes JP-10-15, JP-10-16, JP-10-17 and JP-10-18 targeted Showing #2. JP-10-15 intersected 40 ppb Au over 1.25 m at 40.75 m downhole near the targeted depth. Further downhole, 100 ppb Au over 1.28 m was intersected in a silica and k-feldspar altered zone. JP-10-16 intersected mineralization in a narrow shear zone at 146.8 m with 110 ppb Au over 0.4 m. Seven samples in JP-10-17 returned anomalous Au, the highest being 700 ppb over 0.9 m.

5. Target JP-08-03 follow Up (950 metres east of Jeep Mine shaft):

Drill holes JP-10-20, JP-10-21, and JP-10-22 targeted a mineralized shear zone that assayed 3.5 g/t Au over 1.30 m in hole JP-08_03. JP-10-20 intersected 6 anomalous zones with the best intersection returning 870 ppb Au over 0.6 m. JP-10-21 intersected 170 ppb Au over 1 m within a shear zone. JP-10-22 intersected 1.1 g/t Au over 0.33 metres.

Table 1: Assay Results from Jeep Project 2010 (winter drilling program)

Drill Target

Drill Hole

Az/Dip

From

(m)

To

(m)

Length

(m)**

Au

(g/t)

Au

(ppb)

Description

Sh #3

JP-10-01

210 / -50

101.81

103.02

1.21


65

Shear Zone

JP-10-02

210 / -72

151.59

151.79

0.2


110

Shear Zone

JP-10-03

210 / -50

111.86

112.60

0.74

3.5

>3000

Shear Zone

#1 Vein

JP-10-04

210 / -70

11.62

12.15

0.53


470

QFP

20.60

20.96

0.36


340

Quartz Vein

192.60

193.55

0.95


160

Brecciated

193.55

194.55

1.00


150

Brecciated

194.55

195.55

1.00


210

Brecciated

195.55

196.70

1.15


120

Brecciated

JP-10-19

210 / -72

258.50

259.60

1.10


270

Silicified

285.30

286.30

1.00


640

Silicified

318.5

319.4

0.9


100

Silicified

Sh #4 +

Sh #1

JP-10-05

210 / -50

120.43

121.25

0.82

3.4

>3000

Quartz Vein

JP-10-06

210 / -45

140.25

140.63

0.38


60

Shear Zone

JP-10-07

210 / -50

40.06

41.00

0.94


90

Shear Zone

Sh #1

JP-10-08

210 / -50

18.35

18.69

0.34


90

Shear Zone

JP-10-09

210 / -60

54.67

54.94

0.27


520

Silicified

#3 Vein

JP-10-10

210 / -50






No Structure

JP-10-11

210 / -60






Quartz Vein

#7 Vein

JP-10-12

210 / -70

102.61

103.61

1.00


730

Shear Zone

JP-10-13

210 / -70

42.20

43.00

0.80


620

Shear Zone

89.05

90.10

1.05


230

Shear Zone

90.10

91.17

1.07

5.59

>3000

Shear Zone

91.17

92.60

1.43


240

Shear Zone

102.71

103.78

1.07


280

Shear Zone

JP-10-14

220 / -60

10.40

10.77

0.37

11.49

>3000

Quartz Vein

86.13

86.62

0.49


270

Silicified

Sh #2

JP-10-15

210 / -60

40.75

42.00

1.25


40

Silicified

66.14

67.42

1.28


100

Qtz-Carb Vein

JP-10-16

210 / -55

146.8

147.2

0.4


110

Shear Zone

JP-10-17

210 / -60

11.94

13.37

1.43


270

Shear Zone

13.37

14.72

1.35


290

Shear Zone

16.00

16.90

0.90


700

Alteration

19.66

21.00

1.34


400

Silicified

39.64

40.02

0.38


390

Shear Zone

42.13

42.9

0.77


100

Shear Zone

48.76

49.44

0.68


240

Shear Zone

JP-10-18

210 / -60







JP-08-03 Follow-up

JP-10-20

210 / -60

69.57

70.25

0.68


110

Silicified

70.25

71.00

0.75


330

Shear Zone

71.00

71.60

0.60


870

Shear Zone

74.96

75.74

0.78


240

Silicified

76.54

77.35

0.81


470

Silicified

87.76

88.65

0.89


330

Shear Zone

JP-10-21

210 / -60

51.12

52.12

1


170

Shear Zone

79.22

80.05

0.83


230

Shear Zone

81.33

81.57

0.24


230

Silicified

JP-10-22

210 / -60

34.18

34.68

0.50


820

Shear Zone

67.00

68.00

1.00


750

Shear Zone

69.00

70.00

1.00


95

Shear Zone

70.81

71.51

0.70


140

Shear Zone

74.30

74.63

0.33

1.1

1130

Silicified

All samples were submitted to TSL Laboratories Inc. in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, an ISO 17025 accredited assay lab, which uses standard industry practices for sample preparation and analysis. Wildcat's exploration program is managed by Tom Lewis, P.Eng., a Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101, who has reviewed all technical information in this release.

About Wildcat Exploration Ltd.

Wildcat Exploration Ltd. is a Winnipeg-based company exploring for gold and base metals in Canada. Its portfolio includes: (1) several precious metal properties in the Rice Lake greenstone belt in Manitoba (2) the Reed Lake base metal and PGE property in Snow Lake area of Manitoba and (3) the Foster River zinc-lead project in Saskatchewan. As the Company builds its portfolio, Wildcat welcomes proposals from owners of advanced Canadian exploration properties.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Service Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of this release.

For further information on the Company please visit our website at www.wildcat.ca or contact us at info@wildcat.ca. The Company’s public filings, including its most recent audited consolidated financial statements, can be reviewed on the SEDAR website (www.sedar.com).

Source: Wildcat Exploration Ltd.
John Knowles, President CEO
Suite 203, 1780 Wellington Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3H 1B3
Phone: (204) 944-8916
Fax: (204) 944-8918

This news release may contain “forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking information includes, but is not limited to, statements with respect to Wildcat’s exploration program and plans. There can be no assurance that such statement will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. Wildcat does not undertake to update any forward-looking information, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.