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Current & Forecasted Natural Prices Reinforce Topaz Strategy

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  Published in House and Home on Wednesday, June 16th 2010 at 13:10 GMT by Market Wire
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DENTON, TX--(Marketwire - June 16, 2010) - Topaz Resources, Inc. (OTCBB: [ TOPZ ]), an independent oil and gas company ("Topaz" or the "Company"), today commented that current and forecasted prices of natural gas are providing significant reinforcement to the Topaz acquisition and development strategy.

Increasing demand for natural gas has seen the price of natural gas increase to over $4.50 per Mcf on the Henry Hub exchange, which sets the prices for the sale of natural gas produced by Topaz. Industry forecasts supported by the Henry Hub Natural Gas Futures (see [ www.cmegroup.com/trading/energy/natural-gas/natural-gas.html ]) predict that natural gas prices will continue to climb to over $5.00 per Mcf this year and to a range of $5.50 to $6.00 per Mcf during 2011.

During late 2008 and 2009, the oversupply situation resulted in natural gas prices that hit sub-$3.00 per Mcf levels. Between the 3rd quarter of 2008 and the 1st quarter of 2009 the U.S. rig count plummeted by 50%. Natural gas prices have recovered recently to over $4.00 per Mcf as the markets anticipate that even a minor economic recovery could cause a rapid increase in prices. A fundamental analysis indicates that longer term prices of $7.00 to $8.00 per Mcf will be necessary to increase the rig count and to replace supply.

"These increasing prices have reinforced our acquisition strategy, which we expanded when natural gas prices were below $3 per Mcf," commented Ted Munden, President & CEO of Topaz, who then added, "We are encouraged by the continuing natural gas price stability, noting we built and then sold our previous Nasdaq listed oil and gas company for over $150 million when natural gas prices were less than $2 per Mcf and oil prices were less than $18 per barrel."

About Topaz Resources

Topaz Resources is an independent oil and gas company focusing on production, acquisitions and developmental drilling opportunities within proven producing areas of north, central and west Texas.

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