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Mesa Royalty Trust Announces Trust Income for August 2010

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^{Published in Business and Finance on Friday, August 20th 2010 at 10:25 GMT by Market Wire}  

AUSTIN, Texas--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Mesa Royalty Trust (NYSE:MTR) announced the Trust income distribution for the month of August 2010. Unitholders of record on August 31, 2010 will receive distributions amounting to $0.226709419 per unit payable on October 29, 2010. The Trust received $211,814 and $19,054 from the New Mexico and Colorado portions of the San Juan Basin Properties. Royalty income from the Hugoton Properties totaled $194,372.

This press release contains forward-looking statements. Although theworking interest owners haveadvised the Trustee that the working interest owners believe that the expectations contained in this press release are reasonable, no assurances can be given that such expectations will prove to be correct. The working interest owners alone control historical operating data, and handle receipt and payment of funds relating to the royalty properties and payments to the Trust for the related royalty. The Trustee cannot assure that errors or adjustments by the working interest owners, whether historical or future, will not affect future royalty income and distributions by the Trust. Other important factors that could cause these statements to differ materially includedelays in actual results of drilling operations, risks inherent in drilling and production of oil and gas properties, and other factors described in the Trusta™s Form10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 under "Item 1A. Risk Factors." Statements made in this press release are qualified by the cautionary statements made insuch risk factors. The Trust does not intend, and assumes no obligations, to update any of the statements included in this press release.