Delta Exploration Inc.: New Uranium Zone Discovered East of the North and Central Zones on the U-Ag-Cu Falea Project, Mali, West Africa

KAMLOOPS, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Sept. 26, 2008) - Delta Exploration Inc. ("Delta") (TSX VENTURE: DEV.V) is pleased to report ICP-MS results from three exploration diamond drill holes located approximately three kilometres east of the Central Zone. For reference, the new zone has been named the East Zone.

The purpose of these three diamond drill holes was to conduct a limited evaluation of radiometric anomalies from work completed by Cogema in the late 1970's. Mineralization in the form of uraninite and chalcopyrite was observed in East Zone drill holes with 2 specks of native silver noted in one hole. All East Zone mineralization is confined to the Kania Sequence sandstones, which is the host to all known zones on the property. The Kania sandstones are the lower-most sandstone unit in the sedimentary basin, located typically within 20 metres of the basal unconformity.

The East Zone discovery is significant as the Kania sandstones are coarse grained and in many sections the unit contains unsupported, sub-angular to rounded pebbles. This micro-conglomeratic feature of the sandstones is common only to the North Zone which is trending directly towards the East Zone over 4 kilometres to the south-east. Both zones remain open. Assay results are posted in Table # 1.

Table 1
                   From        To     Width      U3O8         Ag        Cu
Hole Name            (m)       (m)       (m)       (%)  (g/tonne)       (%)
DF-121           343.40    345.12      1.72      0.07       5.20      0.18
DF-123           345.30    347.20      1.90      0.08       2.50      0.27
 including       345.30    345.80      0.50      0.21       5.30      0.74
DF-124           338.25    341.98      3.73      0.03       2.80      0.17

- Intercept widths are estimated to be true width.

The Falea exploration permit covers 150 square kilometres of the Falea-North Guinea-Senegal Basin, a Neoproterozoic sedimentary basin marked by significant radiometric anomalies. Delta owns a 40% interest in the Falea U-Ag-Cu project. Rockgate Capital Corp. ("Rockgate") owns a 60% interest and is the project operator. Rockgate has now completed over 40,000 metres in 149 diamond drill holes on the property, most recently testing the east flank of the North Zone.

Mr. Lorne Warner, P. Geo, Director and VP Exploration of Rockgate, is the Qualified Person with respect to this release under NI 43-101 and is currently on site at Falea. All core samples are sawed in half and sent to ALS-Bamako for sample preparation and the pulps then shipped to Eco Tech Laboratories in Kamloops, BC for ICP-MS analysis and ALS in Vancouver for XRF analysis for uranium. Rockgate inserts a standard, blank and requests a duplicate sample in every batch of 20 samples.

On behalf of the Board of Directors

Delta Exploration Inc.

James T. Gillis, President & CEO

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Delta Exploration Inc.
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