American Exploration Corp. is engaged in the exploration and development of oil and gas prospects with the potential for discovery of new or unconventional hydrocarbon resources in the continental United States. The Company is publicly traded under the symbol AEXP: OTCBB. For more information, please see the filings with the US SEC at www.sec.gov

AMERICAN EXPLORATION CORP. APPOINTS FORMER CANADIAN CABINET MINISTER HERB DHALIWAL TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Calgary, Alberta – Oct. 1, 2009 – PR NEWSWIRE/FIRSTCALL – American Exploration Corp., a Nevada company (“the Company”), symbol AEXP – OTC BB; EQO-Frankfurt, has accepted the appointment of Herb Dhaliwal to the Board Of Directors.

Beginning in 1997, Herb Dhaliwal became a Federal cabinet minister appointed by Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. He successively held the portfolios of National Revenue, Fisheries & Oceans and Natural Resources in Ottawa, Canada until 2004.