Patriot Petroleum Corp. Announces Closing of Garrington Asset Sale

NEWS RELEASE

Patriot Petroleum Corp. Announces Closing of Garrington Asset Sale

Vancouver, May 10, 2010 – Patriot Petroleum Corp. (“Patriot”) (TSXV: PPC), is pleased to announce that the sale of its Garrington assets as previously announced on March 3, 2010 has closed. Patriot’s existing wells, petroleum rights, and related facilities in the Garrington, Alberta area, were sold to an arms-length party for $1.0 million. The effective date of the transaction is January 1, 2010.

Patriot intends to use the proceeds of the transaction for general working capital.

Patriot Petroleum Corp. is an oil and gas issuer with its common shares listed on the TSX Venture Exchange.

For further information, please contact John R. Hislop at 604-331-3392.

NEITHER THE TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE INC. NOR ITS REGULATION SERVICE PROVIDER (AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN THE POLICIES OF THE TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE INC.) ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS PRESS RELEASE.

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