NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 02/09/10 -- Ruby Creek Resources, Inc. (OTCBB: RBYC) announces the appointment of Myron Landin CPA, as acting Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Landin brings more than 35 years of financial experience to Ruby Creek Resources. He holds a B.A. in economics from Stony Brook University and attended Pace University Graduate School of Business. He is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in the state of New York.

Mr. Landin served as senior assurance manager with the Big Four accounting firm of Deloitte LLP (formerly Touche Ross & Co) and an audit partner at Holtz Rubenstein Reminick & Co, a regional and internationally affiliated PCAOB registered accounting firm. Thereafter Mr. Landin held senior executive and Board level positions with an entrepreneurial public company in the telecommunications industry. He was instrumental in its successful IPO, several warrant exchange offers and arranging revolving bank lines of credit. In addition to normal CFO responsibilities, he was in charge of corporate administration and investor relations. As a principal, he initiated the spinoff of its interconnecting telecom subsidiary where he served as Chairman of the BOD and CFO. Mr. Landin was also responsible for arranging the SBIC financing for this transaction. The company was eventually merged into a NYSE listed company in 1999.

For the past several years Mr. Landin has provided consulting services to a number of publicly traded companies. His services have included accounting support services, business, SEC advisory and Sarbanes-Oxley consulting services. Mr. Landin has participated in numerous forward and reverse-mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations and restructurings, private placements, and SEC and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance projects. Major assignments included the CFO responsibilities in a $115 million public SPAC funding for the successful acquisition of an oil and gas exploration company, including all pre and post acquisition activities, over a three year period (2006-2008).

Robert Slavik, President and CEO of Ruby Creek, commented: "Mr. Landin's qualifications and experience greatly strengthens Ruby Creek, especially in maintaining corporate controls and compliance with SEC and related regulatory issues. As our Company grows, I am confident that Mr. Landin's experience in working with entrepreneurial public companies will be crucial in helping Ruby Creek succeed. I am pleased that someone with Mr. Landin's experience and qualifications is joining the Ruby Creek team."

For further information please contact Robert Slavik at rts@rubycreekresources.com

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Signed
"Robert Slavik"

Robert Slavik
President, Ruby Creek Resources, Inc.