Atkinson (Detour Lake) Project

September 14, 2009 – Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada –

Atocha Resources Inc. (TSX.V – ATT), reports additional details on the newly optioned Atkinson (Detour Lake) property, further to the Company’s news release on August 31, 2009.

The Atkinson project area is located approximately 150 kilometres northeast of Cochrane, Ontario (N.T.S 32E/13) near the border between Ontario and Quebec, and is approximately 15 kilometres south of the past producing Detour Lake Mine (DGC-TSX Exchange). The property is accessible via highway 652 and the Detour Mine access road to the mine site and southeasterly from the mine site via a winter road which leads to the property. The property is also accessible by helicopter from Abitibi Consolidated Inc. Camp 35 located on highway 652.

The climate in the Detour Lake area is a continental temperate climate with cold winters and warm moderately humid summers with temperatures ranging from approximately -40°C in January to a maximum of approximately 30°C in July. Topographic relief in the Atkinson Project Area is low ranging between 255 and 275 metres above sea level. The area is predominantly open muskeg with a sparse cover of black spruce and tamarack. Locally the area is well forested with black spruce and poplar. Drainage in the area is to the north.

The property is located approximately fifteen kilometres south of the site of the former Detour Lake Mine. Any development at the former Detour Lake Mine will enhance the infrastructure of the area.  Detour Gold Corp. (DGC-TSX Exchange) has recently released positive results from their pre-feasibility study for a proposed open pit mine at its 100-per-cent-owned Detour Lake gold project in Northeastern Ontario (see September 9, 2009 news release www.detourgold.com/s/newsreleasees.asp). Detour Gold Corp. (DGC-TSX Exchange) through the linked press release state that their pre-feasibility study highlights average annual gold production of approximately 560,000 ounces, global measured and indicated mineral resources of 17.3 million ounces (inclusive of mineral reserves) and 5.2 million ounces in the inferred category.  Although Atocha does not rely on this information, the data and supporting documentation by Detour Gold Corp. suggests a relevance to the surrounding area and Atocha’s Atkinson Project. 

Skilled manpower is readily available in the general the area. Contractors with equipment and experience are located in nearby Cochrane, Timmins and SudburyPrior to 1959 there was little or no prospecting or exploration activity recorded in the area. In 1959 and in the early 1960’s Conwest Exploration, Selco, Kesagami Syndicate, and Rio Tinto conducted limited exploration for base metals. During the early 1970’s exploration resulted in the discovery of the Detour Lake Mine by Amoco (1974), and in the discovery of the Selbaie Mine by Selco at approximately the same time. Following the discoveries exploration activity in the area increased with several companies including Noranda, Hudson Bay Exploration, Pennaroya, Dome Mines and Westmin Resources completing extensive programs. In the Atkinson Lake area the most extensive work was completed by Getty Canadian Metals who completed airborne and ground geophysical surveys, and diamond drilling. In 1998 the entire area was covered by a Geotem airborne electromagnetic and magnetic survey completed by the Ontario Government. In the 1989 and 1990 Westmin Resources completed limited geophysical surveys in the Atkinson Lake area.

The Atkinson (Detour Lake) Project consists of 29 claim blocks spanning over 4,000 hectares.  The largest claim block being the Lipton claims, where in 1996 numerous geophysical targets were tested which resulted in the discovery of significant gold mineralization of 10.7 grams per tonne Au over a core length of 9.0 metres (NI 43-101 P.R.J.Nicholls February, 2008).  Follow up drilling was completed on the Lipton claims.  Atocha will be providing further details on the Atikinson (Detour Lake) Project and proposed strategy in the coming weeks.

J. T. Shearer, M.Sc., P.Geo, is the Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101 who supervised the preparation of the technical material of this release.

ABOUT ATOCHA

Atocha is a natural resources company engaged in the acquisition and exploration of mining properties.  The Company’s main focus is on exploration for copper and precious metals. The Company has an option to acquire a 100% undivided interest in the McGillivray Property, located in the Kamloops Mining Division of British Columbia.

For further information, please contact

A. Salman Jamal, Chief Executive Officer

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Mark T. Tommasi

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Website: www.atocharesources.com
Forward-Looking Statement

This document may contain or refer to forward-looking information based on current expectations, including, but not limited to timing of mineral resource estimates, future exploration or project development programs and the impact on the Company of these events. Forward-looking information is subject to significant risks and uncertainties, as actual results may differ materially from forecasted results. Forward-looking information is provided as of the date hereof and we assume no responsibility to update or revise them to reflect new events or circumstances. For a detailed list of risks and uncertainties, as it relates to Atocha Resources Inc., please refer to the Company's Prospectus filed with SEDAR.

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