Highland Closes Private Placement

HIGHLAND RESOURCES INC.

January 31, 2011 Trading Symbol: HI

NEWS RELEASE Highland Closes Private Placement

Vancouver, B.C. ... Highland Resources Inc. (the “Company”) announces it has closed its nonbrokered private placement, issuing 7,204,000 Units at a price of $0.28 per Unit, for gross proceeds of $2,017,120. Each unit is comprised of one common share of Highland and one-half of one transferable common share purchase warrant, each whole warrant exercisable for a period of two years from the date of issue to purchase one common share of Highland at a price of $0.40 per share.

Finder’s fees in the aggregate amount of $104,272 and 465,500 warrants were paid to various finders for portions of the financing attributable to their efforts. The finder’s warrants are exercisable at $0.30 per share for a period of 12 months. All of the securities issued pursuant to this offering are restricted from trading for a period of four months and one day after the closing date.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

Signed “Roger Blair”

Roger Blair, President

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

Telephone: 1-604-602-4935 Facsimile: 1-604-602-4936 Contact: Roger Blair

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750 - 580 Hornby Street, Box 113, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6C 3B6 Telephone: (604) 602-4935 Fax: (604) 602-4936