Daybreak Acquires Additional Interest from Chevron U.S.A. Inc. for its East Slopes Project

located in Kern County, California

SPOKANE, Washington, September 23, 2010 – Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc. (OTCBB: DBRM) (“Daybreak” or the “Company”), a Washington corporation, announced today that it has acquired one-third (33%) of Chevron U.S.A. Inc.’s 50% working interest in the East Slopes Project in Kern County, California (the “East Slopes Project”); with other partners in the East Slopes Project acquiring the remaining interest. This transaction increases Daybreak’s working interest from 25% to 41.67% in the East Slopes Project. Daybreak increased its proved reserves by 76% in adding approximately 46,000 barrels of oil from this acquisition. Daybreak paid $517,000 for the additional interest, or $11.25 per barrel, with financing through a $750,000 one-year secured convertible promissory note to a private lender.

James F. Westmoreland, Daybreak’s President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, “This is a significant event for our Company that clearly demonstrates our ability to move quickly to take advantage of opportunities of this nature when they arise. This expansion of our ownership in an area where we have knowledge and expertise enhances our ability to achieve positive cash flow and profitability with its incremental increase in volume of high margin, long-life oil reserves. This acquisition also gives us a substantial interest in the new exploration and development drilling that we have planned at the East Slopes Project. We recently reprocessed our 3-D seismic over a portion of our East Slopes Project and have developed several more prospects that we believe may have the potential to add significant oil reserves for the Company. This transaction, along with our plans to develop the East Slopes Project, further enhances our commitment to building long-term value for our shareholders.”

For more information about Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc., please visit the Company’s website at www.daybreakoilandgas.com.

Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc. is an independent oil and gas company engaged in the exploration, development and production of oil and gas in California. The Company is headquartered in Spokane, Washington with an operations office in Friendswood, Texas. Daybreak has over 22,000 acres under lease and a seismic option on an additional 14,000 acres in the San Joaquin Valley of California.

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