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Reed Lake Exploration Commences

January 20th, 2009: Vancouver, British Columbia: International Samuel Corp. (ISS: TSX-V) ("Company") and joint-venture partner Canasia Industries Corporation has received its permit for two grids totaling 24 line kilometres from the Manitoba Government.  

The Company is commencing line cutting and a surface geophysical survey immediately. The survey will consist of 24 line kilometres of Horizontal Loop Electromagnetic Survey at 25 meter spacing and a magnetometer survey at 25 meter spacing.

The property is strategically located around the VMS Ventures Inc. base-metal discovery in the historic and very prolific Flin Flon mining camp, with more than 27 significant mineral deposits continuously discovered over the past 75 years. The most recent discovery is HudBay's Lalor Lake property, with 20 million tonnes of 8.8 per cent zinc.

About International Samuel Exploration
                           
International Samuel is a Canadian exploration company involved in the exploration for diamonds in the Canadian Arctic and for base and precious metals In the Reed Lake area of Manitoba.  International Samuel recently underwent a consolidation of its share capital and currently has 4,154,350 shares outstanding fully diluted. The new trading symbol on the TSX Venture Exchange is ISS: TSX-V.

The technical information in this new release has been reviewed by Derrick Strickland, P.Geo., the qualified person, vice-president of exploration and director of International Samuel Exploration.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Conrad Swanson
President                                          

For further information, please contact:
International Samuel Exploration Corp.
Telephone: 604-718-5454
Toll Free:    888-500-4587
Email:  info@internationalsamuel.com
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