LOUNOR AMENDS THE EXPIRY DATE OF THE WARRANTS ISSUED ON DECEMBER 5, 2008

Listing (TSXV = LO Frankfurt = LE2A)

ROUYN-NORANDA, QC, Oct. 4 /CNW Telbec/ - Lounor Exploration Inc. announces that its Board of Directors has approved the extension of the expiry date of the 4,142,857 common share purchase warrants issued on December 5, 2008 for an additional year. The warrants will now expire on December 5, 2011 and their exercise price of $0.10 remains the same. This modification is subject to approval of TSX Venture Exchange.

None of these warrants has been exercised and insiders of the Company do not hold any of them.

    
    About Lounor Exploration
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Lounor Exploration Inc. is a Canadian-based natural resources company with mineral holdings in Ontario and Quebec and is currently focused on exploration in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt. The belt is found in both provinces of Ontario and Quebec with approximately 33% in Ontario and 67% in Quebec. The Belt has produced in excess of 180,000,000 ounces of gold, 450,000,000 tonnes of base metal ore over the last 100 years. The Company is headquartered in Quebec.

LOUNOR EXPLORATION INC. is a publicly traded company on the TSX-Venture (TSXV-LO) and on the Frankfurt Exchange (LE2A).

This press release was prepared by Lounor Exploration Inc. Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

This document may contain forward-looking statements relating to Lounor's operations or to the environment in which it operates. Such statements are based on operations, estimates, forecasts and projections. They are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict and may be beyond Lounor's control. A number of important factors could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements, including those set forth in other public filling. In addition, such statements relate to the date on which they are made. Consequently, undue reliance should not be placed on such forward-looking statements. Lounor disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, save and except as may be required by applicable securities laws.

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For further information: M. Gilles Fiset, President, Telephone: [phone], Fax: [phone], Email: [email protected], Web site: www.lounor.com; Investor Relations: Carl Desjardins, Relations Publiques Paradox inc., Telephone: [phone] ou 514-341-0408; Léo Patry, investor relations, Telephone: [phone] ou 514-951-0250, Email: [email protected]