PRESS RELEASES

NEW YORK, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 01/26/10 -- Delta Mining & Exploration (PINKSHEETS: DMXC) ("the Company") is pleased to announce that on January 25th it filed the necessary documents required for status upgrade on Pink OTC Markets Inc., operator of www.Pinksheets.com. After a review process by Pinksheets compliance, the Company will receive the website's highest designation as being fully transparent and current with all information.

To be upgraded, Delta was required to file its annual and quarterly/interim financials for 2009 along with an attorney letter confirming that all information is accurate along and a company disclosure statement. All are available now for public review under the Company's filings section at www.pinksheets.com.

This will complete a process that began in the summer of 2009 when the Company made it a priority to be fully complaint and put a premium on transparency in order to regain investor and shareholder trust. As the work program continues on the Delcer Buttes property and the Company seeks to expand its portfolio of properties, Delta will continue this policy by filing all of its quarterly requirements in a timely manner.

About Pink OTC Markets Inc., http://www.Pinksheets.com: Pink OTC Markets is a leading financial website that among other things disseminates and filters public information for companies listed on the Bulletin Board and Pinksheet exchanges.

About Delta Mining and Exploration Corp., http://www.deltamine.com: Delta Mining and Exploration Inc. is an emerging exploration company whose main objective is to locate and explore land with mineral and precious metal deposits in the mining rich regions of North America. Delta currently owns mineral rights to land in central Montana as well as the rights to 31 claims and 680 acres of land in Elko County Nevada.

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Contact:
Delta Mining and Exploration
917-331-0076