HOUSTON, Sept. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Rock Energy Resources, Inc. (OTCQB: RCKE) announced today that Mr. Gordon F. Lee has been elected to the Company's Board of Directors to serve a three year term.

Mr. Lee brings to the Board30 years of direct experience in the securities and investment industries, as a private investment banker, securities adviser, corporate strategist, entrepreneur and significant investor. The first eight years of his career were spent in the public sector of capital formation for oil, gas, and mining companies focusing on corporate governance matters, including advising small business clients, assisting companies with raising money, going public, and structuringtransactions such as mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures. After several years in the Canadian markets in the capacity of Chief Advisor, Corporate Finance, CEO, and COB he became an investment banker and moved to the US. He is currently focused on public venture capital and investing in high growth companies in various industry sectors. Mr. Lee has also taken several mining companies public, including a small Vancouver mining company then known as DRC Resources, now known as New Gold (NGD). With his help, the company grew to its current $3 billion market cap.

Currently Mr. Lee serves as President and CEO of Focus Gold Corp (FGLD), an emerging company with gold, silver, and rare earth metal properties in Mexico, as well as the UK. Lee is also the current President of Gold Crest Mines, Inc. (GCMN) that holds a large gold property in South Western Alaska near the Nova Gold Mining Property, and is in a JV with an Australian Exploration Co., that is continuing exploration of the property. Mr. Lee is also President and Chairman of the Board of Carbon Energy Handling, Inc. which is a logistics company moving coal from the mines in America to Asian Power Plants-end users, along with being President and Director of Beartooth Mtn Coal Co., which is currently developing a major black field in Southern Montana.