Allana Potash Clarifies February 9, 2011 Trading Activity
TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 02/09/11 -- Allana Potash Corp. (TSX VENTURE: AAA) ('Allana' or 'the Company'), announces that the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada ('IIROC'), the regulation services provider of the TSX Venture Exchange, has ruled that all trades in the common shares of Allana that took place between 11:26:27 a.m. and 11:31:50 a.m. on February 9, 2011 at prices below CAD $1.76 per share will be re-priced to CAD $1.76 per share. The ruling is being made by IIROC on the basis that the trades were unreasonable.
The Company remains encouraged by the success of the exploration program ongoing at its Ethiopian potash project and will continue to update investors as additional results become available.
About Allana Potash Corp.
Allana is a publicly traded corporation with a focus on the acquisition and development of potash assets internationally with its major focus on a previously explored potash property in Ethiopia with Inferred Mineral Resources of 70.3 million tonnes of kainitite mineralization grading 61.7 % kainite and 30.3 million tonnes of sylvinite resource grading 25.4 % sylvite (combined 105,200,000 tonnes with a composite grade of 20.8 % KCl (see News Release dated Sept. 17, 2008). Allana has approximately 150 million shares outstanding and trades on the TSX-Venture Exchange under the symbol 'AAA'.
Peter J. MacLean, Ph.D., P. Geo., Allana's Senior VP Exploration, is a Qualified Person as defined under National Instrument 43-101 and has reviewed and approved the technical information presented in this release.
Forward-Looking Statement
Except for statements of historical fact relating to the Company, certain information contained herein constitutes ''forward-looking information'' under Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking information includes, but is not limited to, statements with respect to the cause and impact of the re-pricing on the Company. Generally, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as 'plans', 'expects' or 'does not expect', 'is expected', 'budget', 'scheduled', 'estimates', 'forecasts', 'intends', 'anticipates' or 'does not anticipate', or 'believes', or variations of such words and phrases or statements that certain actions, events or results 'may', 'could', 'would', 'might' or 'will be taken', 'occur' or 'be achieved'. Forward-looking information is based on the opinions and estimates of management as of the date such statements are made and they are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Although management of the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking information that is included herein, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.
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Contacts:
Allana Potash Corp.
Farhad Abasov
President and CEO
1-416-309-2691
fabasov@allanapotash.com