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No.13-03 LAQ: TSX-V                     	             NEWS RELEASE                                   SEC 12G file#82-3
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LA QUINTA RESOURCES ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF CEO AND CFO

Vancouver, B.C. June 3, 2013 - La Quinta Resources Corporation (TSX-V: LAQ / Frankfurt: LQK / OTCBB: LQRCP) ("La Quint
--->a" or the "Company") announces that effective May 31, 2013, the board of directors have appointed Mr. Dustin Henderson
--->, BBA as the Company's President and CEO and appointed Mr. Mark J. Abrams, BS, MS, CPG as the Company's CFO and Vice P
--->resident of Exploration.  On May 31, 2013, Mr. Glen Watson tendered his resignation as President and CEO and will rema
--->in a director of the Company.  The board of directors would like to thank Mr. Watson for his years of service as an Of
--->ficer since the Company's inception in 2004.  Prior to these changes, Mr. Henderson acted as CFO of La Quinta and Mr. 
--->Abrams was and continues to be a director of the Company.

Mr. Henderson has 15 years Mutual Fund Industry experience, operating a branch office of an Independent Fund Dealer.  
--->He has also been involved in the exploration mining industry, primarily with Canadian publicly listed mining companies
--->, in roles ranging  CFO, Director and Investor Relations.  Currently, Mr. Henderson is President and c
--->o-owner of privately held IDA Gold Corporation which is a gold-focused, Nevada based exploration company.  Mr. Henders
--->on holds a Bachelor of Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from Simon Fraser University and has pa
--->ssed Level 1 of the CFA exam. 
Mr. Abrams has over 30 years of domestic and international mineral exploration experience.  Most recently, he was resp
--->onsible for exploration and acquisitions in the United States for Golden Predator Corp.  Prior to Golden Predator, he 
--->worked for 12 years for Agnico-Eagle (USA) Limited where he led his exploration team to a significant gold discovery i
--->n north eastern Nevada. Mr. Abrams has designed, initiated and conducted advanced project evaluations and acquisitions
---> in the US, Argentina and Mexico; including acquisition and first exploration work on the Donlin Creek project in Alas
--->ka for Placer Dome.  He conducted exploration work over 18 years for Placer Dome within the Cortez Joint Venture and B
--->ald Mountain mine properties.  He was responsible for acquiring the lands now occupied by a large portion of the Pipel
--->ine mine and was involved in the early exploration work on the deposit.  Mr. Abrams holds BS and MS degrees in Geology
---> from Eastern Washington University.
About La Quinta Resources Corporation

The Carruthers Pass property, located in British Columbia, is a massive sulfide project with copper, gold and silver l
--->ocated 70km south of Kemess copper-gold mine. The project consists of 8 claims covering 3,250 hectares. No resources h
--->ave been identified on the Carruthers Pass property. Diamond drilling on the property totaling 2,190 m has been comple
--->ted to date, intersecting mineralized sulfide horizons, as described in the Company's news releases in 2011 and 2012 a
--->nd in the Technical Report about the property completed by the Company in 2012 in compliance with NI43-101. 

On behalf of the board,
"Dustin Henderson"
Dustin Henderson, BBA, President and CEO
La Quinta Resources Corp.
1(604) 347-9101 - Email: dhhenderson@shaw.ca - Web Site: www.laquintaresources.com

"Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX
---> Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release." This document includes forwar
--->d- looking statements. When used in this document, the words "potential", "plan", "could", "estimate", "expect", "inte
--->nd", "may", "should", and similar expressions are intended to be among the statements that identify forward-looking st
--->atements. Although La Quinta believes that their expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reason
--->able, such statements involve risks and uncertainties and no assurance can be given that actual results will be consis
--->tent with these forward-looking statements."