American International Industries, Inc. Lists for Sale Its 287 Acres, Waterfront Property Owned in Galveston County, Texas for $16,330,000.

KEMAH, Texas -- American International Industries, Inc. (OTCBB:AMIN) Mr. Daniel Dror, Chairman and CEO, announced today that the Company has signed a listing agreement with McDade, Smith, Gould, Johnston, Mason and Company to sell its 287 acres of undeveloped real estate on Galveston Bay, Texas. McDade, Smith, Gould, Johnston, Mason and Company is a well-respected commercial and investment real estate brokerage and consulting company in Houston, Texas. The brokers handling the sale of said property, Mr. Wayne Vitale and Ronald Simons, specialize in real estate in the Galveston County, Texas area. The brokers have informed AMIN they have interested purchasers who are major real estate developers of national status. This highly desirable waterfront property is in one of the fastest-growing waterfront areas in the Houston/Galveston market and is suitable for development into high-end uses such as marinas, hotels, shopping centers and other commercial and residential developments. The minerals and water rights are not included in the listing sales price of $16,330,000.

Mr. Dror stated that with the results of Year End of 2004 (announced in AMIN's previous news release dated March 31, 2005 and in our 10-KSB filing with the SEC) is an affirmation of our vision to acquire companies, which not only meet our expectations regarding revenue and income, but also provide returns, which, ultimately translates into increasing share holder value. As we have previously announced, our subsidiary International American Technologies, Inc. (IMTG) is in the finalization stage of the acquisition of Hammonds Technical Services, Inc.; we are expecting to close this acquisition in April 2005.

Our subsidiary Northeastern Plastics, Inc. (NPI), as reported earlier, secured a licensing agreement from Motor Trend and further secured a license agreement from Good Housekeeping for its new family of products (Good Choice); because of these new contracts we expect significant growth in NPI during the next twelve months.

The company recently announced a non-binding agreement to acquire a 51% equity interest in a refinery from International TransOil Corporation in exchange for cash and a $6,000,000 revolving credit facility. The company is currently conducting due diligence as a condition to closing. American International Industries, Inc. believes that with this acquisition, it is well positioned to participate in the increasing demand for refinery capacity.

American International Industries, Inc. is a holding company. The Company has holdings in industry, oil and gas services, finance, and real estate in the Houston area. The vision of the Company is to acquire controlling interests in undervalued companies in which it takes an active role to improve their growth and profitability, by providing its subsidiaries with access to capital, leveraging synergies and using AMIN's management expertise. As a holding company, AMIN achieves economies of scale by consolidating administrative functions for each of its subsidiaries.

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