Midland Exploration and Aurizon Mines Resume Drilling on the Patris Gold Property

MONTREAL, QUEBEC–(Marketwire – Oct. 12, 2011) – Midland Exploration Inc. (“Midland”)(TSX VENTURE:MD) is pleased to report that ground-based geophysical surveying and diamond drilling, conducted in partnership with Aurizon Mines Ltd (“Aurizon”), has resumed on the Patris gold project, currently held 100% by Midland. This property consists of 74 claims covering a surface area of 31 square kilometres in La Pause and Clericy townships, about 10 kilometres northeast of the Joanna gold deposit owned by Aurizon, which contains an indicated and measured global resource of 2.2 million ounces of gold.