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VANCOUVER, July 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - MAX Resource Corp. (TSX.V: MXR; OTCBB: MXROF; Frankfurt: M1D) has received assay results from three large volume soil sampling grids completed in May at the East Manhattan Wash gold project in Nevada, where a recent bulk sample recovered 4.9 grams/ton gold and 1.2 grams/ton silver from a 793 pound sample (see our news release of March 10, 2009).

The current sampling program was designed to delineate the geometry of the native gold mineralization in three areas of interest. Significant values in the samples that were taken ranged from 0.05 ppm to 0.32 ppm gold with two of the zones being open in at least three directions.

The first two grids are located in a volcanic rhyolite lithic tuff hosting coarse gold. These areas, the "Gold Pit" and the "Old Drill Hole" grids, were sampled first by clearing a 1 meter by 1 meter area of surface debris then removing the organic (A) and root (B) soil horizons in turn. The sample was collected and consisted of a mixture of the soils directly above the bedrock (C horizon) and a portion of the bedrock below the soil. The sample was then sieved to 1/4 inch minus then bagged.

These holes ranged from 12 inches to 48 inches in depth. Each hole location was identified with a 16 inch wooden stake labeled with an aluminum tag and backfilled to minimize disturbance. This technique was used to look at a small representative area and obtain any coarse gold trapped in the bedrock fractures.

In the first area, the Old Drill Hole grid, 30 samples were taken. The values ranged from nil to 0.32 ppm gold. The mineralized zone is 1200 feet long and 600 feet wide and is open in all four directions. Further work is now planned to define the full areal extent of mineralization in this zone. A map of the sampling locations at East Manhattan Wash is now available on our web site at www.maxresource.com.

At the Gold Pit grid, located approximately 500 feet west of the Old Drill Hole grid, the area of significant mineralization was 1000 feet long by 250 feet wide. Again, the values range from nil to 0.32 ppm Au. This zone is open to the north, east and west and further work is planned for this area, which contains the old prospector's pit from which our recent bulk sample grading the equivalent of 4.9 g/t gold was collected. The geology of the "Gold Pit" area consists of lithic rhyolitic and lapilli tuffs. These tuffs are locally argillically altered with minor local silicification.

A metallurgical sample was also taken and the entire sample contained 0.018 opt Au. This sample was found to contain visible native gold in the concentrate, middling's, and the reject, with equal values in each of the three sizes. The gold found is from fine to coarse grained in size and did not seem to be in any one size fraction.

Clancy Wendt, Vice-President Exploration for MAX, states that "We are pleased with finding native gold over a very large area. The two areas sampled, the Old Drill Hole and Gold Pit zones, are significantly larger than originally thought and are still open in at least three directions. In addition, they are only 500 feet apart and may be connected. Further sampling will be undertaken to test this theory."

The third grid, "The Gold Shaft," is located in altered inter-bedded phyllite, quartzite and limestone and is approximately 7,000 feet south of the Gold Pit grid. These holes ranged from 4 inches to 12 inches in depth. The values in the soil did not indicate a mineralized structure or an area of concentrated gold. No real anomalous values of other trace elements were observed. Outcrop samples of silicified zones are going to be sampled during follow-up work later this summer.

The soil samples were analyzed by ALS Laboratory Group (Chemex) in Reno, Nevada. Samples from two of the sample grids were taken in the coarse gold area (as seen in the previous bulk sample) and are being run for gold and silver using a one kilogram split with following cyanide leach to minimize the potential to miss the coarse gold. The other grid (different mineralization style) samples are being fire assayed in addition to an ICP (Inductively Coupled Plasma) suite of 41 elements. All sample bags were labeled at the site with a sample specific number, logged on a sample card with sample card tag put in each sample bag and taken directly from the field to ALS Labs. In addition, each site was located using a GPS in UTM with NAD 27.

About the Manhattan Mining District, Nevada:

More than 1,000,000 ounces of gold have been mined in the Manhattan mining district. Production has included the nearby Manhattan mine (1974-1990), an open-pit operation that produced 236,000 ounces of gold at an average grade of 0.08 ounce per ton ("opt"). The Echo Bay East and West Pit deposits operated in the early 1990s, producing 260,000 ounces at an average grade of 0.06 opt. The Round Mountain Mine (Kinross/Barrick), situated eight miles north of EMW, is a conventional open pit operation that has produced more than 12 million ounces of gold to date. Recorded placer gold production from the district totals approximately 150,000 ounces from a major dredge operation and small-scale lode mines have produced another 100,000 ounces.

The current exploration model suggests that deposits that will be found in the Manhattan District are related to the contact of the Manhattan Caldera Margin and structural intersections. Gold is also related to the Cambrian-Ordovician Age Sedimentary rocks along the five mile long by one mile wide zone of the Caldera. What is unique to this occurrence is that it is related to a lithic welded volcanic tuff. More work is planned to determine how this mineralization is related to the overall normal mineralized gold system in the Manhattan District. So far it appears to be quite different and may be very extensive.

The EMW property is comprised of 133 claims (2,660 acres) located 40 miles north of the town of Tonopah and is the subject of an option agreement whereby MAX can earn a 100% interest, subject to a 3% NSR royalty. For more information on East Manhattan Wash, please visit our web site at www.maxresource.com. There are no historic reports on the project available to Max.

This news release has been reviewed by Mr. Clancy J. Wendt, P. Geo, a "qualified person" as that term is defined under National Instrument 43-101.

    About MAX Resource Corp.
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MAX Resource Corp. is a Canadian based exploration company with a diversified portfolio of mineral exploration projects in Canada and the Western United States. Our properties include Gold in Alaska, Nevada and British Columbia, Uranium projects in the south western U.S. and northern Canada, and Molybdenum in Alaska and Nevada. For more information, please visit our web site at www.maxresource.com.

    On behalf of the Board of Directors of
    MAX Resource Corp.

    "STUART ROGERS"
    Stuart Rogers
    President

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This News Release includes certain "forward looking statements". Without limitation, statements regarding potential mineralization and resources, exploration results, and future plans and objectives of the Company are forward looking statements that involve various degrees of risk. The following are important factors that could cause MAX's actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward looking statements: changes in the world wide price of mineral commodities, general market conditions, risks inherent in mineral exploration, risks associated with development, construction and mining operations, the uncertainty of future profitability and the uncertainty of access to additional capital.

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