Vortex Energy Corp. announced that the core drilling program has now recommenced at its Robinsons River Salt Project (the ?Project?) located near Stephenville, Newfoundland & Labrador. The drilling program is once again being conducted by Major Drilling Group International Inc. (?Major Drilling?) under the support of the Company?s consultant partner, RESPEC Consulting Inc. (?RESPEC?).

The Company is currently drilling core well two at the West structure of The Project. The objective of the drill program is to confirm the depth of the salt structure and attain core which will be used for future analysis of geological and geochemical properties of the salt and non-salt rocks. During the drilling of core well one, the Company intersected salt rock top at a depth of 581.5 meters at the Western Salt Structure located within the Robinsons River Salt Project.