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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - June 9, 2010) - Red Pine Exploration Inc. ("Red Pine" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:RPX) announces that its 2010 spring/summer exploration program on its newly optioned and wholly-owned Abitibi West Properties has commenced and will consist of airborne magnetic/VLF and ground induced polarization surveys, prospecting, trenching, and diamond drilling.

Proprietary data derived from previous exploration programs on the new properties was compiled using GeoSoft™, GoCAD™ and MapInfo™, which provided the Company with an up-to-date geological and geophysical overview and served as the basis for the upcoming diamond drilling program.

Elements of Red Pine's extensive exploration program are as follows;

Airborne Magnetic/VLF Survey

A high-resolution magnetic/VLF airborne survey conducted by Aeroquest Surveys will begin this week (3,895 line kilometers). This survey will be conducted at 100 metre line-spacing (with 50 metre infills over the zones of interest) and include the newly acquired Goldcorp, Algoma-Talisman (ATM), and Charlie Mortimer Project Properties in order to identify important structures associated with potential gold-bearing horizons. High-resolution magnetic data is not available for the Swayze Greenstone Belt. This information will provide Red Pine with valuable geophysical data which will aid in understanding gold distribution occurring on the properties.

Grid Cutting and IP Surveys

Grid cutting over the Charlie Mortimer Project Property has been completed (80 km). An Induced Polarization (IP) ground geophysical survey conducted by Abitibi Geophysique Inc. is underway (50% completed) and geophysical data is being provided on a daily basis. Mechanical trenching is scheduled to commence this week on IP anomalies already defined. Trenching will also further expand the C1 Trench in an effort to extend the strike length of the extensive visible gold-bearing pyritiferous quartz-carbonate zone. Further investigation into the nature of the additional two visible gold occurrences on the property will be carried out as well.

Re-establishing the Greenshield WZE grid will begin this week. Intermediate grid lines will be added to the widely spaced existing grid lines in an effort to better define the auriferous horizon using ground geophysical IP methods. Mechanical trenching will further investigate economic grade gold concentrations resulting from prior Greenshield prospecting and channel sampling programs carried out on strike of the WZE toward the L23 Zone.

Prospecting, Trenching and Channel Sampling

The Greenshield "A" Zone grid will be re-established. Locations along strike where high-grade gold-bearing grab and channel samples resulting from Greenshield's efforts will be subject to mechanical trenching and an expanded ground geophysical IP survey.

Limited follow-up exploration work was carried out following a discovery by Echo Bay of a gabbro/diorite on strike of the Orofino Gold Mine deposit. Red Pine will carry out prospecting and mechanical trenching in the discovery area to further investigate the nature of gold mineralization along the Orofino Shear Structure. A grid will be established with subsequent prospecting, geological mapping, mechanical trenching and IP ground geophysical surveying in an effort to define diamond drilling targets.

Proposed July Diamond Drilling Program

In light of the strong potential for significant discovery based on the modeled gold-bearing horizons presently defined to date on Red Pine's Abitibi West Properties, a diamond drilling program is scheduled to start on or before mid July on the Charlie Mortimer Project, Goldcorp and ATM Properties. A 3,000 to 4,000-metre drilling program has been designed to investigate the C1 Trench Zone on the Charlie Mortimer Property, and the WZE and "A" Zone gold-bearing structures on the Goldcorp Property. The NW Fold Nose area on the Goldcorp Property will also be subject to diamond drilling once preliminary work is completed.

Randall Salo, P.Geo. is the Exploration Manager and is overseeing the field exploration program on behalf of Red Pine, and is the qualified person for the technical information contained in this press release.

Forward-looking statements include, receipt of regulatory approval, statements on the proposed use of proceeds; completion of financing on terms proposed; the ability to raise additional funds as required; the development potential and timetable of the Company's properties and minerals; the current and future price of minerals the Company explores; the estimated size of mineral deposits on the Company's properties; the realization of those mineral deposit estimates; the timing and amount of estimated future exploration, development and production; costs of future exploration, development and production activities; success of exploration activities; government regulatory matters; discussion of political and environmental risks.

Forward-looking statements are based on the opinions and estimates of management of the Company. Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks that may cause actual results to be materially different from stated opinions and estimates of management. Some of the Company's more material risks are: availability and timing of external financing; unexpected events and delays during exploration; receipt of government and stock exchange approvals; results of current exploration activities; future price of minerals; political risks in the locations of the Company's properties; appreciation/depreciation of foreign currencies relative to the United States Dollar (the Company's functional currency) and other risks inherent in the mining and exploration industry.

While Company's management has attempted to determine the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from estimated results contained in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated. The Company provides no assurance that such forward-looking statements will prove accurate or not materially different than projected. Therefore readers of this and other press releases issued by the Company should not place unreasonable reliance on stated forward-looking statements.