Chinese Participate in USA Well Drilling Program

PORTLAND, OR--(Marketwire - January 20, 2011) - Xun Energy, Inc. ("XNRG") (OTCBB: XNRG) Xun Energy, Inc. announces the Company will participate in a planned 15 well drilling program with Global Energy Acquisitions, LLC and its affiliates ("GEA"). GEA is a Florida limited liability company. GEA intends to drill 15 oil and gas wells on a 416 acre parcel located in Adair County, Kentucky. Each well will be drilled to a depth of up to 2,000 feet in order to reach the Murfreesboro or Knox Formations. The targeted date for the completion of the $2,550,000 funding requirement has been set to February 28, 2011.

Upon the success of the drilling program, GEA will pay to XNRG up to 12.5% gross royalty on revenues generated from the drilling program. XNRG's participation will be based upon XNRG's investment in GEA's 15 well drilling program. XNRG's participation interest has not yet been established.

Peter Matousek, the Company's president, commented, "The agreement with GEA provides the Company with an opportunity to participate in an oil and gas program which would provide the Company with steady cash flow." 

About GEA

GEA is in the business of investing in oil and natural gas exploration programs.

About XNRG

Xun Energy, Inc. is a development stage company with limited assets. The Company's prospects will be subject to securing financing and the success of the drilling program.

This Press Release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and is subject to the Safe Harbor created by those sections. This material contains statements about expected future events and/or financial results that are forward-looking in nature and subject to risks and uncertainties. For those statements, we claim the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements provisions contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and any amendments thereto. Such forward-looking statements by definition involve risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the company to be materially different from the future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In particular, there is no assurance that reserves, production, pricing levels or other factors pertaining to the oil and gas operations will be sustained at the expected rates or levels over time. Discussions of factors, which may affect future results, are contained in our recent filings. Under no circumstances does this Press Release constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities of the company described in this Press Release in which such offer, solicitation or sale of securities would be unlawful prior to registration, qualification or filing under the securities laws of any jurisdiction.

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