Sudbury, Ontario – August 18, 2009 – Houston Lake Mining Inc. (TSX.V: HLM), an advanced exploration company seeking gold, platinum group and rare metal deposits in Ontario, is pleased to provide assay results from new channel sampling over the No. 4 Vein on its Dogpaw Lake property. Dogpaw is one of eight contiguous properties forming the Company’s West Cedartree Gold Project near Kenora.

“The No. 4 Vein represents a potential third addition to the Dogpaw gold resource,” said E. Grayme Anthony, President and Chief Executive Officer. “New sampling has added significantly to the width of the gold mineralization. The Dubenski Shaft Zone resource has been extended from 60 to 365 metres and an updated resource calculation is underway. Given the results from our recent drilling and sampling at Dogpaw and Dubenski, I believe that our goal of defining sufficient gold resources to justify an on-site mill at West Cedartree is eminently achievable.”