Mr. Dean Curtis: Press Release

• Press Release
• Source: Mr. Dean Curtis
• On 6:02 pm EDT, Thursday August 27, 2009

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Aug. 27, 2009) - Mr. Dean Curtis announces that he, through his registered retirement savings plan ("RRSP"), has acquired 3,600,000 units ("Units") of Continent Resources Inc. ("Continent") at a price of $0.50 per Unit. Each Unit is comprised of one common share of Continent ("Common Share") and one half of one Common Share purchase warrant ("Warrant").

Mr. Curtis now beneficially owns or controls 4,000,000 Common Shares (approximately 9.7% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares) and 1,800,000 Warrants, all through his RRSP. Assuming exercise of all of the Warrants which Mr. Curtis beneficially owns and controls, Mr. Curtis would own or control approximately 13.5% of the Common Shares then issued and outstanding.

The Common Shares and Warrants were acquired for investment purposes from treasury of Continent.

Although he has no present intention to increase his ownership, Mr. Curtis may increase or decrease his ownership of Continent from time to time based on investment considerations.

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