LORTON, Va., Aug. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — NEXT GENERATION ENERGY CORP (NGMC : OTCQB) continues to aggressively expand its portfolio of natural gas and oil producing properties and has retained Petro Lucre of Houston, Texas to assist in identifying income producing assets for acquisition.

Petro Lucre is a leading source for Turn Key Oil Solutions. Based in the US serving the oil & gas industry as an consulting and vertically integrated investment firm that was established in 2008 that is in the process of applying for registration as an investment bank. Petro Lucre is developing opportunities in the areas of: oil and natural gas investment, project acquisition, financing, and public company consulting needs. For more information: http://PetroLucre.com

Year to date NGMC has acquired 10 natural gas wells, royalty interests in 4 producing natural gas and oil projects and has entered into an Agreement to acquire over 7000 acres of proven natural gas and oil producing property in South Eastern Kentucky that will add over 80 wells to our growing portfolio.

Mr. Reed stated that, “Because we have an extremely aggressive growth strategy we have partnered with Petro Lucre to assist us in identifying candidates for acquisition and inclusion in our portfolio of income producing properties. We selected Petro Lucre because of their extensive experience in the industry, larger access to opportunities and wide ranging capabilities,” Reed went on to say.

John Mink, GM of Petro Lucre stated, “We believe there is synergy with NGMC and we have already identified acquisition targets in the areas of Colorado, Louisiana and Kentucky that meets NGMC’s criteria.” Mr. Mink further stated, “We are excited to be able to work together with management to expand the income producing assets in NGMC’s portfolio.”

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Darryl Reed, CEO
Next Generation Energy Corp.
703-372-1282
IR@NextGenerationEnergyCorp.com

Paul Knopick
E & E Communications
949-707-5365
PKnopick@EandECommunications.com

John Mink
Petro Lucre
512-650-4632
Info@PetroLucre.com
http://PetroLucre.com

SOURCE Next Generation Energy Corp.