MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - July 15, 2013) - Amex Exploration Inc. (News - Market indicators) ("Amex" or the "Corporation") is pleased to announce the creation of a Technical Advisory Committee and the appointment of three well respected mineral exploration and mining industry veterans. These three individuals are expected to provide additional guidance to the Company's exploration and acquisition strategies.

Jean Depatie, B.A. M.Sc., Geology

Mr Depatie has over 40 years of national and international experience in the mining industry. He has previously held positions at mining companies including being on the board of companies such as Glamis Gold (now Goldcorp), Novicourt (now Xstrata), Consolidated Thompson (now Cliffs Natural Resources) and he is currently director of Alabama Graphite Corp and of Rio Moche Exploration Inc.

Roger Doucet, B. Sc. Geology

Mr Doucet has over 35 years of management experience with several mining companies in Canada, Mexico and Peru. He has been credited with the discovery of the Bousquet gold mine and instrumental to the discovery of the Doyon gold mine, located in the Abitibi Greenstone belt of Quebec, both owned now by IAMGOLD . From 2006 to 2011, he was exploration manager in Mexico for Agnico-Eagle Mines and was instrumental in increasing the reserves at Pinos Altos, leading to its development and production.

Michel Gauthier, PhD, Engineering geology.

Mr Gauthier graduated from École Polytechnique of Montreal with a doctoral degree in geophysics in 1982. He has 40 years of experience related to mining exploration. Working as a professor and consultant in economic geology, he gained extensive knowledge of many types of deposits in the Americas, Europe, Australia and West Africa. His vast knowledge of metal deposits enables him to generate exploration projects both in Quebec and abroad. As such, he was directly involved in the discovery of the Eleonor gold deposit in James Bay now under development by Goldcorp.

Amex Exploration Inc. announces that its Board of Directors approved the granting of incentive stock options under its stock option plan to its directors and consultants to acquire up to an aggregate of 1,950,000 common shares. All of the options are exercisable for a period of 5 years at a price of $ 0.13.

Amex Exploration Inc. is a junior mining exploration company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange whose primary objective is to develop and bring into production viable gold and base metal deposits.

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