Northern Tiger Resources Inc. (”Northern Tiger” or the “Company”) (NTR: TSX-V) is pleased to announce that assays have been received for an additional twelve diamond drill holes from the 3Ace Property in the southeast Yukon. Assays have now been reported for 20 of the 29 holes completed to depth in the 2011 drill campaign. Assays are pending for five additional Main Zone holes and for two scout holes at each of the North Zone and the road showing prospects.

Key results from the twelve holes being reported include:

• 3A-11-18 — 1.25 g/t gold over 30.5 metres, including 3.11 g/t gold over 6.8 metres
• 3A-11-28 — 1.15 g/t over 23.0 metres, including 6.45 g/t over 1.0 metre
• 3A-11-32 — 3.15 g/t over 27.9 metres, including 45.22 g/t over 1.3 metres

“Drilling continues to demonstrate the continuity of the Main Zone,” says Greg Hayes, President of Northern Tiger. “We have also observed visible gold in six of the seventeen Main Zone holes reported so far this year – an encouraging indicator of the strength of the mineralizing system at 3Ace.”

Main Zone Holes 3A-11-18, 28 and 32 are step-back holes, and all three holes intercepted significant gold mineralization and continue to demonstrate the down-dip continuity of the Main Zone. Hole 3A-11-20a is an in-fill hole that also intersected the mineralized zone. Hole 3A-11-21 was drilled roughly parallel to the strike of the mineralized structure, primarily to obtain additional information on the geometry of the Main Zone stratigraphy. Hole 3A-11-24a, a 50 metre step out to the south of Hole 3A-10-02, did not intercept any significant mineralization, and the Main Zone is interpreted to be either off-set or terminated by a fault at this location. The Main Zone continues to be open along strike to the north and down-dip.

Six scout holes from three separate set-ups tested a small portion of the Green Zone West geochemical anomaly. All six holes intercepted narrow zones of relatively low-grade gold mineralization. The Green Zone West mineralization intercepted in these initial drill holes does not adequately explain the scale and tenor of the soil anomaly and further drill testing is warranted.

Maps showing drill hole locations and intercepts will be posted on the Company’s website at www.northern-tiger.com.

Significant intercepts include:

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Notes:

This News Release has been reviewed and approved by Dennis Ouellette, B.Sc., P.Geol., a Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101. All rock and drill core samples were analyzed by Inspectorate America Corporation of Richmond, British Columbia using 50 gram fire assay and 50-element, 4-acid ICP analysis. Soil and silt samples were also analyzed by Inspectorate, using 30-gram fire assay analysis. When visible gold is noted in drill core samples or regular fire assay values appear abnormally high, the pulp and metallic screen assay method is used to determine the total gold content and gold contents of different size fractions. This is considered industry best practice when dealing with coarse gold mineralization where a nugget effect is suspected. This determination is accepted as the most representative value and is used in the assay database.

Northern Tiger Resources Inc. (NTR: TSX-V) is a Canadian-based resource exploration company focused on gold and copper exploration in the Yukon. The company has a portfolio of gold and copper focused projects in the Yukon, including 3Ace (high-grade gold discovery made in 2010), Sprogge, Sonora Gulch and five properties prospective for Minto-style high-grade copper mineralization. Through its exploration alliance with Capstone Mining Corp.’s wholly owned subsidiary, Minto Explorations Ltd., Northern Tiger benefits from a wide range of experience, knowledge and capabilities from early exploration to mine production.

For further information please contact:
Greg Hayes, President and CEO
info@northern-tiger.com

On the Mariposa property, gold was intersected in a total of 20 drill holes: 18 in the Skookum Main and Skookum West areas, and 2 in the Maisy May area. Broad areas of intensely fractured and hydrothermally altered rock, which appear related to deposition of the gold, were noted in both drill core and surface float samples. The results warrant additional drilling and trenching in 2012 to further define geometry and extent of gold bearing structures encountered and to follow-up on additional targets emerging from 2011 soil sampling. Complete results from approximately 9,000 soil samples collected on the Mariposa and Eureka Dome properties remain pending and will be reported when available.

Also of importance is the identification of a 15 kilometre-long brittle deformation zone, referred to as the Mariposa Fault, within which the presence of gold in bedrock has been confirmed from this year’s diamond drilling. In prolific gold mining camps, such corridors have the potential to host significant gold deposits. Within the Mariposa Fault, which remains largely unexplored, additional targets have emerged from geophysical and geochemical coverage completed to date. A comprehensive exploration program, to include diamond drilling, is therefore planned in 2012 to continue to systematically evaluate this prospective corridor.

HIGHLIGHTS

Skookum Main
• 14 of 18 drill holes intersected gold mineralization within steeply dipping, brittle structures hosted by strongly sericite and quartz K-feldspar altered rock.

• Gold bearing structures within a broad area of altered rock are coincident with linear magnetic lows and elevated gold-in-soil results, which recently returned values up to 1.95 g/t. (grams per tonne).

• Visible gold was noted both in near surface intersections (hole 11MP-01) and at depth (hole 11MP-27), with elevated gold results associated with increased pyrite mineralization, as well as quartz and K-feldspar breccias.

• Drill results indicate gold potential to depth and along strike. Preliminary soil results show gold anomalism to the east and north, where silt samples returned up to 323 ppb gold.

Drill results include the following selected intercepts:

Skookum West
• Soil sampling results identified an open-ended 1.5 kilometre-long trend defined by greater than 50 ppb gold, to a peak result of 514 ppb. Additional soil results are pending.

• Detailed prospecting located gold in float samples, grading up to 19.9 g/t gold.

• Widely spaced drilling intersected narrow gold intercepts in 4 of 14 holes. Strong alteration similar to that at Skookum Main was encountered in drill holes 11MP-10, -11, -32, -33, and -41.

Drill results include the following intercepts:

EXPLORATION REPORT

The 2011 drill program was conducted in the western part of the property where gold-in-soil anomalies were detected in the Mariposa grid area. Five exploration targets were tested with 41 holes comprising 6,000 metres of drilling. The program was carried out within the following target areas: Skookum Main-18 holes (3,005 metres), Skookum West-14 holes (1,671 metres), Maisy May-4 holes (754 metres), Gertie-3 holes (282 metres), and Hackly Gold-2 holes (299 metres). The results for each area are further discussed below, with drill hole assay composites included in the table appended to this report.

The combined results of geophysical and geochemical surveys have identified broad areas of gold anomalism within the Mariposa Fault. This corridor, which contains Skookum Main and Skookum West, is defined by a series of parallel and converging magnetic and topographic breaks interpreted as brittle fault structures. It spans a length of 15 kilometres within the property from the Mariposa grid in the west toward the headwaters of Alberta Creek in the east. The interpreted structures defining the Mariposa Fault cut the prolific placer gold deposits mined in both Scroggie and Mariposa Creeks, suggesting that gold mineralization within these bedrock structures may have contributed to the gold endowment of the placer deposits in the area.

Within the Mariposa Fault, results have identified anomalous gold values in both grid soil and rock sampling along the Skookum Jim trend, which includes Skookum Main and Skookum West, as well as from recent soil sampling in the Alberta Creek area.

Skookum Main
The 2011 exploration program included diamond drilling, airborne and ground geophysical surveys, infill soil sampling within previously defined gold-in-soil anomalies, as well as soil sampling to further define open-ended extensions of the gold-in-soil anomaly. Drilling tested an approximate 600 x 250 metre area of the 3.5 kilometre-long Skookum Jim gold-in-soil trend. A total of 3,005 metres were drilled in 18 holes.

Drill holes targeted 2010 trenching intercepts and combinations of gold-in-soil anomalies and geophysical targets interpreted to represent geological structures. The results of 10 drill holes were previously reported; the results of the remaining 8 drill holes are reported herein. 14 of the 18 holes drilled in this area were successful in identifying a broad gold bearing system closely coincident with a magnetic low response and strong gold-in-soil anomalism.

The first drill hole, 11MP-01, intersected results of 2.44 g/t gold over a drilled interval of 38.9 metres, containing a section of 6.44 g/t gold over 11.1 metres. This hole was drilled under an interval in trench SJ-2, which had returned 1.25 g/t gold over 30 metres. Drill holes 11MP-05 and 11MP-06 also targeted anomalous gold values in trenches, and returned broad sections grading 1.13 g/t gold over 19.8 metres (11MP-05) and 0.63 g/t gold over 45.3 metres (11MP-06). Drill holes cutting deeper in the area of this section (11MP-01, -08, and -27), beyond the extent of oxidation, intersected significant gold results associated with quartz K-feldspar breccias and pyrite, with individual samples up to 9.24 g/t gold.

Drill holes 11MP-01, -02, -05, and -06 intersected gold-bearing intervals hosted within a 75 metre wide (drilled section), steeply dipping corridor of strongly limonitic fractures overprinting quartz veining and breccias, as was encountered in trench SJ-2. This brittle deformation cuts a diffuse contact zone between granodiorite and quartz-biotite gneiss, which have both been hydrothermally altered and cut by local pegmatite and quartz-feldspar pyritic veinlets. Late andesite dykes overprinted by strong faulting and fracturing were intersected in the westernmost drill holes 11MP-22, -23, and -24. Drill hole 11MP-24 encountered mineralization from surface, grading 1.09 g/t gold over 4.5 metres, suggesting that stronger mineralization may be located to the east where there are soil values of up to 620 ppb gold.

Sulphide content varies within the Skookum Main drill holes. Pyrite occurs either as boxworks within limonitic fracture fillings or as grains within quartz veins or silicified sections. Elevated pyrite of 3-5% was noted within intense quartz feldspar breccias encountered in the gold intercept at depth in hole 11MP-27. This style of mineralization was observed at surface in trench SJ-2, and correlates with elevated gold values.

The geometry of observed structures from both drill core and detailed geophysics suggests that a series of steeply dipping, northerly trending (NNW and/or NNE) structures may be important loci for gold mineralization within the northeasterly trend defined by magnetic responses. The predominantly north-south oriented drill pattern of the 2011 program, while successful in encountering significant gold, may have only tested a limited area of these prospective trends. A compilation of exploration results currently in progress should further define the geometry of the gold bearing structures in preparation for drilling in 2012.

Skookum West
Within the 1.5 kilometre-long Skookum West area, a total of 1,672 metres were drilled in 14 holes. The targets included a combination of geophysically defined lineaments, elevated gold-in-soil results, and numerous rock sample results (angular float) ranging in grade from 0.5 to 19.9 g/t gold. Targets were tested by either single holes or the fanning of up to 3 holes from one set-up in order to obtain additional geological information.

Drilling tested an east-northeast trending magnetic low anomaly with 6 widely spaced holes over a 700 metre distance (11MP-10, -11, -31, -32, -33, and -41). Eight holes (11MP-12, and 11MP-34 through 11MP 40), drilled from 4 additional sites, tested geophysical and topographic lineaments and gold values in float sample locations.

The targets drilled in the Skookum West area returned narrow intercepts in holes 11MP-10, -12, -32, -33, and -34. The best results to date, from 11MP-10 and 11MP-33, returned 1.19 g/t gold over 4.1 metres and 3.74 g/t gold over 1.2 metres, respectively. The intensity of alteration, fracturing, and veining is widely variable from strong, in drill holes 11MP-31, -32, and -41, to no alteration in drill holes 11MP-35, -36, -39, and -40. The latter drill holes were not sampled, as the rock encountered appeared barren and unfavorable for hosting gold mineralization.

The drilling results obtained in the Skookum West area have as yet to explain the significance of widespread gold anomalism contained in rocks and soils collected to date. In preparation for on-going drilling proposed in 2012, a program of trenching will be carried out in areas of gold-bearing float in order to expose bedrock sources for sampling and the definition of geological parameters to aid selection of drill hole locations.

Maisy May
In the Maisy May area, a total of 774 metres were drilled in 4 holes. The primary drill target was a multi-element gold, bismuth, copper, arsenic, and mercury soil anomaly coincident with potential NS and NE trending structures defined from airborne magnetic lineaments. Previous prospecting located a 400 metre-long, northwest trending train of siliceous float material. Selected samples of the float returned anomalous results of up to 1.08 g/t gold, with anomalous silver, copper, bismuth, antimony, and tellurium values.

Drill holes 11MP-13 and -14 did not intersect significant gold values. At depth, drill hole 11MP-16 intersected a section of silicified quartz sericite schist with 3-5% pyrite and chalcopyrite containing 0.72 g/t gold over 5.8 metres. This interval appeared similar to the mineralized float boulders sampled on surface.

Drill hole 11MP-15 was located further downslope to the northeast and tested anomalous gold-in-soil results coincident with a linear magnetic low. Anomalous gold results of 0.54 g/t gold over 6.5 metres and 2.13 g/t gold over 2.5 metres were associated with sections of fractured and brecciated quartz veins, similar to those encountered at Skookum Main.

Given the strong geochemical anomalism of both rock and soil samples from this area, additional field reviews are warranted to determine the source of mineralization that has been detected in both float and drill core.

Gertie
In the Gertie area, a total of 282 metres were drilled in 3 holes. Rock sampling of float in this area returned anomalous copper, arsenic, stibnite, and mercury values. Holes 11MP-17 and -18 encountered poor ground conditions due to strong faulting, and were abandoned before reaching the target depth. Drill hole 11MP-19 did not return significant results.

Hackly Gold
In the Hackly Gold area, a total of 299 metres were drilled in 2 holes. Holes 11MP-20 and -21 were planned to test anomalous 2010 gold-in-soil results. No significant drill results were returned, however, further prospecting in this area is warranted, as contour soil results from 2011 geochemical sampling continue to yield anomalous gold results.

PLANS FOR 2012

With the success resulting from work completed on the Mariposa property to date, the Company is planning a comprehensive exploration program in 2012. Additional results from this year’s program remain to be compiled, however, an integrated program of continued geochemical and geophysical surveying is recommended to prioritize areas for detailed follow-up. Existing targets can be further refined with detailed ground surveys, geological mapping, prospecting, and trenching. Based on exploration results to date, diamond drilling will further explore the extent and geometry of gold bearing structures in the Skookum Main zone.

Within the Skookum West area continued surface exploration will be carried out to further delineate drill targets. With complete results pending for the Alberta Creek area, it is anticipated that continuing surface exploration may identify potential drill targets.

Elsewhere in the White Gold District, a compilation of existing and pending results from the Goldcap, Polar Stewart, and Eureka Dome properties will determine plans for ongoing exploration in 2012.

Sampling methods, analytical procedures, and QA/QC protocols are as reported in the news release dated July 28th, 2011.

The technical information contained within this News Release has been reviewed and approved by Janice Fingler, P.Geo, Vice President Exploration of Pacific Ridge Exploration, and Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 policy.

On behalf of the Board of Directors,

John S. Brock

President and CEO
Pacific Ridge Exploration Ltd.

For further information, contact:

Corporate Information
Pacific Ridge Exploration Ltd.
John S. Brock
President and CEO
Tel: (604) 687-4951
www.pacificridgeexploration.com

• High-grade copper-silver-gold-zinc mineralization grading up to 7.18% Cu, 116 g/t Ag, 3.55 g/t Au and 4.30% Zn across 2.25 m;
• Near surface intersections starting at 64.21 m;
• Excellent lateral continuity within the initial 300 m area drill tested; and
• Onsite road access.

Results for the five Touleary drill holes are shown below:

*Intervals reported are drilled thicknesses believed to represent approximately 70 to 90% of the true thickness.

The Dawson area, including the White Gold District is underlain by rocks of the Yukon Tanana Terrane and is considered highly favorable for VMS style mineralization. A cluster of VMS deposits in the Finlayson District, 450 km to the southeast are hosted in the same Yukon Tanana Terrane stratigraphy. Certain parts of the Dawson area and the Finlayson District are believed to have been linked as part of a concurrent back-arc/basinal environment prior to displacement along the Tintina Fault.

The most notable deposit in the Finlayson District is Yukon Zinc Corporation’s Wolverine Deposit where a NI 43-101 measured and indicated mineral resource is reported at 4.46 Mt grading 12.14% zinc, 354.8 g/t silver, 1.16% copper, 1.70 g/t gold and 1.58% lead (Yukon Zinc Corporation Technical Report, 2007).

“Exploration activity in the Dawson area, including the White Gold District in the early 1990’s was largely directed toward VMS potential in response to the discovery of various VMS deposits in age equivalent rocks in the Finlayson District”, stated Ian Talbot, the Arcus President. “The Touleary discovery represents the first significant VMS mineralization reported in the White Gold District. Having only drilled 25% of the 1,200 m trend of coincident geophysical and geochemical anomalies, the exploration potential at the Touleary property remains largely untested”.

Arcus is currently completing a 740 line km close spaced airborne Vertical Time Domain Electromagnetic (VTEM) survey at the Touleary property to identify areas of high chargeability that may represent thicker accumulations of massive sulphide along the current mineralized trend.

Host rocks at Touleary are pervasively sericitized fine tuffaceous felsic-to-intermediate volcaniclastic units with narrow intervals of weakly preserved fragmental textures. These rocks coincide with a laterally continuous linear magnetic low feature identified by a detail airborne magnetic survey completed by Arcus in the spring of 2011. This feature, although structurally offset at a number of locations, can be traced along strike from the discovery for a distance in excess of 5 km.

Sulphide mineralization within the volcaniclastic horizon(s) is dominantly pyrite and occurs as moderate to heavily disseminated concentrations and rarer semi-massive to massive bands. Much of the mineralization is coarsely recrystallized and remains roughly parallel to foliation but evidence of primary finely laminated textures has largely been destroyed. Copper mineralization is present as chalcopyrite and rarer covellite. These sulphides preferentially occur in the middle to lower portion of the felsic volcaniclaistic intervals as fine foliaform wisps, clots and aggregates plus coarsely recrystallized masses believed to be strain induced near the apex of folds.

Updated maps, sections and photos of the Touleary project can be viewed on the Arcus website (www.arcusdevelopmentgroup.com).

Dan Man Update

The 2011 diamond drilling and auger soil sampling programs on the Dan Man property were completed in late August. The Dan Man property is located immediately north of Kaminak Gold Corporation’s Coffee property. The 10 hole (1,500 m) drill program was designed to test four separate structural zones along a 2.5 km portion of the property. Results will be reported once all assays have been received and interpreted.

QA/QC
Samples were forwarded to ALS Minerals in Whitehorse, Y.T. where they were fine crushed before a 250 gram split was pulverized to better than 85% passing 75 microns. Pulps were then analyzed at ALS Minerals in North Vancouver, B.C. where splits of the pulverized fraction were dissolved in aqua regia and analyzed for 35 elements using inductively coupled plasma (ICP) together with atomic emission spectroscopy (AES). Over limit analyses for specific elements were further analysed to completion using the OG 46 method. Gold analyses were by the Au-AA24 procedure that involves fire assay preparation using a 50 gram charge with an atomic absorption spectroscopy finish.

Rigorous procedures are in place regarding sample collection, chain of custody and data entry. Certified assay standards, duplicate samples and blanks are routinely inserted into the sample stream to ensure integrity of the assay process.

The technical information in this news release has been prepared and approved by William A. Wengzynowski, P. Eng., a director of Arcus and a qualified person for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101.

On behalf of Arcus Development Group Inc.

“Ian J. Talbot”

Ian J. Talbot, President and CEO

The Company also explored its other holdings in the district during the 2011 season. On the Eureka Dome Property, geochemical and airborne geophysical surveys were carried out, and geological reconnaissance was conducted on the Gold Cap Property.

Mariposa

This year’s 6,000 metre drilling program was designed as a widely-spaced preliminary drill test of 5 exploration targets defined by combinations of gold-in-soil anomalies, magnetic and electromagnetic geophysical signatures, float samples with anomalous gold content, and trenching results. The drill program was executed in 2 phases, with Phase 1 drilling testing targets at the Skookum Main (9 holes), Skookum West (3 holes), Maisy May (4 holes), Gertie (3 holes) and Hackly Gold (2 holes), followed by an additional 9 drill holes at Skookum Main. Phase 2 drill holes tested additional targets at Skookum West (10 holes), which were generated from this year’s soil and rock sample results.

Skookum Main

At Skookum Main, a total of 18 holes were drilled (3,005 metres) within an open-ended, northeast-trending 800 metre by 500 metre corridor. Skookum Main contains anomalous gold-in-soil results ranging to over 1,500 parts-per-billion (ppb), float samples grading to 8.1 grams per tonne (g/t) gold, and trench assays grading to 1.3 g/t gold over 30 metres. This widespread gold anomalism coincides with converging NE and NNE trending structures as interpreted from the airborne geophysical survey.

Assays received to date for the 10 of 18 holes drilled are reported below. In summary, 9 of these 10 holes reported gold intersections of which 8 contained multiple gold bearing intervals. Hole 11MP-01, for which an upper intercept of 2.44 g/t gold over 38.9 metres was previously reported, also intersected 2.59 g/t gold over 9.6 metres, including 6.51 g/t gold over 3.2 metres at depth. The previously reported results indicated gold within both surface trenches and upper, oxidized sections of rock drilled. The deeper intercepts reported below, for drill holes 11MP-01 and 11MP-08, have confirmed that gold also occurs within unoxidized sections at depth. Anomalous gold values are typically associated with potassium feldspar flooding and veinlets, as well as quartz breccias and pyrite as disseminations and/or stringers. Grade potential to depth is demonstrated by individual assays ranging to 9.24 g/t gold. Elevated gold values are commonly associated with increased pyrite content.

Drill hole 11MP-27 tested the Skookum Main anomaly to its greatest vertical depth (180m) and encountered similar mineralization. Core samples sent for rush assay service from this hole confirmed the association of gold with this style of mineralization, with an intercept of 1.03 g/t gold over 14.7 metres.

       2011 SKOOKUM MAIN - Drilling Results (10 of 18 Holes Reported)
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Drill    Length     Azi-            From      To      val      (g/t   Repor-
Hole         (m)   muth      Dip      (m)     (m)      (m)     gold)    ted
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11MP-01     237     180      -50    29.1    68.0     39.0      2.44      (i)
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                                    82.7    95.5     12.8      1.66
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                                   204.0   213.6      9.6      2.59
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                        includes   210.4   213.6      3.2      6.51
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                                                    no significant
11MP-02     167     180      -67     3.1   167.4       results
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11MP-03     170     180      -50   102.9   106.4      3.5      0.56
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11MP-04     178     360      -50     4.0     8.9      4.9      1.50
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                                    89.2    91.3      2.1      0.79
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                                   108.8   110.2      1.4      1.03
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11MP-05     192     180      -50     3.1    22.9     19.8      1.13      (i)
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                                    19.9    22.9      3.0      2.79      (i)
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                                    49.5    50.4      0.9      3.01
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11MP-06     148     180      -65     3.7    49.2     45.3      0.63      (i)
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                        includes     5.6    13.9      8.3      1.01      (i)
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                                    22.3    25.8      3.5      1.55      (i)
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11MP-07     182     180      -45   130.3   133.2      2.9      1.62
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                                   132.5   133.2      0.8      4.24
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11MP-08     231     360      -45   186.9   198.9     12.0      1.67
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                        includes   198.1   198.9      0.8      7.97
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                                   213.5   222.7      9.2      1.40
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                        includes   214.6   216.8      2.2      3.25
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11MP-09     167     270      -45    17.7    22.5      4.8      1.01
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                                    43.5    45.0      1.5      2.71
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                                    73.0    74.1      1.1      1.88
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                                    85.0    86.5      1.5      1.60
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11MP-27     197     360      -50    22.2    25.5      3.3      0.86
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                                    77.6    81.3      3.7      0.88
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                                   124.0   138.7     14.7      1.03
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                        includes   134.0   138.7      4.7      1.96
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Sampling methods, analytical procedures and QA/QC protocols are as reported
in news release, July 28th, 2011

At Skookum Main, the drilling results to date have confirmed the presence of gold within the original Skookum Jim soil anomaly, both over a broad area and to depth. The complete drill results will be compiled to further assess the controls on the distribution of gold mineralization. The results to date warrant continued drilling in 2012 to test continuity and extent of gold zones intersected in this year’s program.

Skookum West

At Skookum West, 14 holes (1,672 metres) were drilled within an area of anomalous gold-in-soil results, float samples ranging in grade to 19.9 g/t gold and geophysical signatures suggesting the presence of favourable geologic structures. The results of drilling in this area will be reported when all assays are received.

Maisy May, Gertie and Hackly Gold

At Maisy May, 4 holes were drilled (774 metres) to test a broad multi-element soil geochemical anomaly with elevated gold, silver, antimony, and mercury values. The drill results identified minor, narrow sections with anomalous (greater than 100 ppb) gold, to a high of 2.2 g/t gold for an individual sample in hole 11MP-16. The holes intersected a section of variably oxidized, quartz-sericite-chlorite +/-pyrite schist, which may be an older, pre-existing alteration zone unrelated to the soil anomaly. The source of the soil anomaly has not yet been determined.

No significant results were returned from 3 holes (774 metres) drilled at Gertie, and 2 holes (300 metres) drilled at Hackly Gold. The first 2 holes, 11MP-17 and -18, in the Gertie area were abandoned due to poor ground conditions and failed to reach the target depth. On-going exploration in 2012 in these areas will require more detailed field evaluations and trenching prior to additional drilling.

Eureka Dome

A program of soil sampling along topographic ridges, spurs and contours was completed over the entire property. Also, an airborne magnetic/radiometric survey was conducted over the southern part of the claim block. The results from these surveys are. The property is located 40 kilometres north of Mariposa and is flanked by claims held by Smash Minerals to the southwest, Golden Predator to the west and Taku Gold to the east and north. Smash Minerals has been actively exploring the area south of the property boundary with trenching and drilling.

Gold Cap

A preliminary site visit was conducted to assess selected gold-in-soil trends that were defined from 2009-2010 sampling. The results of this work is pending. The property lies on the northeastern flank of Kinross’s White Gold project. It is comprised of the Gold Cap claim group, which is 100% held by the Company and the Polar Stewart claim group, which is held under option to earn 100% from Ryanwood.

Pacific Ridge currently has approximately $2.4 million in its treasury.

The technical information contained within this News Release has been reviewed and approved by Janice Fingler, P.Geo, Vice President Exploration of Pacific Ridge Exploration, and Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 policy.

“This is the first significant drill program at 3Ace, and we are very pleased with the continuity of the Main zone observed to date,” says Greg Hayes, president of Northern Tiger. “A strong nugget effect is inherent in high-grade vein systems, so assay grades are expected to be highly variable. In this type of system, it is very encouraging to see the zone has continuity and to have consistently hit gold mineralization. Work to date has reinforced management’s belief that 3Ace represents a significant new gold system with potential to host multiple deposits.”

Significant intercepts from the first four holes are shown in the table.

                      Interval           Width            Gold
Hole No.                   (m)             (m)           (g/t)

3A-11-10a            78.0-93.7            15.7            0.52
3A-11-11             78.0-91.2            13.2            3.75
Including            81.0-83.4             2.4           10.50
3A-11-12             77.8-81.2             3.4            1.26
3A-11-14             72.0-79.2             7.2            4.95
Including            76.8-79.2             2.4           13.81
                   108.0-135.0            27.0            0.59
Including          132.0-132.9             0.9            5.21
                   180.0-183.0             3.0            1.49

Note:
Hole 3A-10-10 was lost due to difficult ground conditions at
40-metre depth. The hole was steepened to minus-60 degrees
and redrilled as 3A-11-10a.
Reported intersections are drilled thicknesses, as true
widths have not yet been determined.

Hole 3A-11-10a is a 38-metre step back from previously reported 3A-10-02 (dip, minus-55 degrees; azimuth, 270 degrees), which assayed 14.8 grams per tonne gold over 10.9 metres, starting at 24.6 metres (see news release dated Nov. 4, 2010). The gold intercept in hole 3A-11-10a is part of a larger 29.4-metre zone of arsenopyrite mineralization (weighted average of 1,526 parts per million arsenic).

Hole 3A-11-11 is a 28-metre step back from previously reported 3A-10-01 (dip, minus-55 degrees; azimuth, 270 degrees), which assayed 4.3 grams per tonne gold over 30.3 metres, starting at 49.1 metres (see news release dated Nov. 4, 2010). Visible gold was observed in hole 3A-11-11 at 82-metre depth (assaying 10.5 g/t over 2.4 metres). Visible gold was also observed at a depth of 128 metres, but sampling did not produce a significant gold assay.

Hole 3A-11-12 is a 25-metre step out to the north of hole 3A-10-01. Although the mineralized zone is relatively narrow in this hole, visual indications of mineralization from hole 3A-11-15a (a 31-metre step back from 3A-11-12) suggest the mineralized zone expands at depth. Assays are pending for 3A-11-15a.

Hole 3A-11-14 is collared 75 metres north of hole 3A-11-12 and is the most northerly hole drilled in the Main zone — 160 metres north of the discovery outcrop. The drilling intersected three distinct zones of gold mineralization.

Maps showing the drill hole locations and intercepts will be posted on the company’s website.

Geology

The 3Ace property is underlain by coarse-grained quartz pebble conglomerate (QPC) interbedded with sandstone and black shale beds. Three distinct phases of folding and faulting have been identified on the 3Ace property. Although these structural systems predate gold mineralization at 3Ace, they have provided important ground preparation and can act as pathways for mineralization. Gold mineralization at the Main zone is hosted by steeply dipping veins which form an en echelon array of fault segments that are linked by stockwork veins and breccia zones.

This news release has been reviewed and approved by Dennis Ouellette, BSc, PGeol, a qualified person as defined by NI 43-101. All rock and drill core samples were analyzed by Inspectorate America Corp. of Richmond, B.C., using 50-gram fire assay and 50-element, four-acid ICP analysis. Soil and silt samples were also analyzed by Inspectorate, using 30-gram fire assay analysis. When visible gold is noted in drill core samples or regular fire assay values appear abnormally high, the pulp and screen metallic assay method is used to determine the total gold content and gold contents of different-size fractions. This is considered industry best practice when dealing with coarse gold mineralization where a nugget effect is suspected. This determination is accepted as the most representative value and is used in the assay database.

Key Results

CFD-87 – 2.6 g/t Au over 31m (from 142m) and 1.1 g/t Au over 69m (from 184m)
CFD -96 – 2.2 g/t Au over 13m (from 75m) and 2.6 g/t Au over 14m (146m)
CFD-97 – 9.0 g/t Au over 3m (from 30m) and 15.5 g/t Au over 3m (from 218m)
CFD 115A – 2.1 g/t Au over 59m (from 142m) and 1 g/t Au over 10.6m (from 211m)
CFD-119 – 12.0 g/t Au over 3m (from 184m) and 2.5 g/t Au over 31m (from 240m)
CFD-123 – 13.5 g/t Au over 5m (from 219m) and 2.2 g/t Au over 21m (from 234m)

Summary

• Strike length of Latte zone extended to at least 1350m along trend and reaching 275m vertically below surface. Many holes host multiple intercepts and mineralization remains open in all directions.

• Drilling towards the west successfully extends gold mineralization 400m beyond the previously defined gold-in-soil anomaly, and geophysical data suggests the Latte structure may extend an additional 2500m towards the Kona area and 1000m east towards Double Double.

• West Latte trend characterized by moderately south-dipping mineralized horizons exhibiting a shallow westerly plunge. Additional drilling is planned to test down-plunge depth extent of CFD-119, which cut 12.0 g/t Au over 3m (from 184m core length) and 2.5 g/t Au over 31m (from 240m), and CFD-123, which cut 13.5 g/t Au over 5m (from 219m) and 2.2 g/t Au over 21m (from 234m)

• Latte is one of several closely spaced gold prospects, which also includes the Supremo zone (1100m north) and the Double Double zone (1000m east). Geological similarities on all scales suggest these zones are related to the same mineralizing event and, as a result, are potentially connected along trend and at depth

Drill Results

Drilling by Kaminak in 2010 outlined a 600m long gold trend at Latte from 14 drill holes. The objective of the 2011 drilling was to expand the gold zones discovered in 2010 towards the west and east. A total of 42 holes are reported in this news release on 100m spaced sections with the exception of section 2900E, which is spaced 50m from the nearest section. All holes were drilled south to north (zero degree azimuth) angled between 50 and 80 degrees. Drilling intersected significant gold zones on all sections and successfully expanded the strike extent to at least 1350m. All zones remain open along trend and at depth. Extensive oxidation of the Latte mineralized zones is typically observed to approximately 75m vertical depth and partial oxidation is traced to 175m vertical. In contrast, the nearby Supremo T3 gold zone exhibits extensive oxidation to 150m vertical and partial oxide to 200m vertical.

Variability in gold grade and width is noted across the 1350m length of Latte. In general, the western half of the Latte structure is characterized by multiple zones of approximately 20-80m wide moderately south dipping panels, and includes: 2.6 g/t Au over 31m (from 142m core length) with a lower intercept of 1.1 g/t Au over 69m (from 184m) from hole CFD-87 and 2.1 g/t Au over 59m (from 142m) with a lower intercept of 1 g/t Au over 10.6m (from 211m) from hole CFD-115A. Significant high-grade gold has been cut at Latte west including: 8.6 g/t Au over 10m (CFD-91 from 40m) and 8.5 g/t Au over 7m (CFD-113 from 84m). These types of high gold grades are commonly observed near the top of Latte west intercepts. Looking westward from section 3350E towards section 2750E it is apparent that mineralization becomes wider and higher grade at depth, implying a west plunge along the Latte structural zone. Additional drilling is planned this season to test the down plunge depth extent of Latte west mineralization.

In contrast, gold at eastern Latte appears controlled by ~5-20m wide, near vertical structure, and, in general, gold grade appears higher with intercepts including: 3.9 g/t Au over 17m (CFD-103 from 166m) and 6.4 g/t Au over 10m (CFD-114 from 246m).

In addition, a significant alteration zone has recently been recognized in drilling south of the main Latte trend and is informally known as the Splay zone. This zone consists of a 10-20m wide interval of strongly arsenic enriched rocks that appears to be separate from the main Latte trend. The zone was identified from holes CFD-97 and 100 which primarily tested down-dip extensions of the main Latte East zone, but which, unexpectedly, intersected mineralization near the top of hole with intercepts including 8.96g/t over 3m (CFD-97 from 30m). Four additional drill holes (CFD-128, 130, 132 and134) were designed to test the gold potential of the Splay zone successfully outlining a southeast trending alteration zone over 200m strike (CFD132 & 134 pending assays).

Latte is one of several closely spaced gold prospects, which also includes the Supremo zone (1100m north) and the Double Double zone (1000m east). Gold mineralization in all of these zones is hosted within brittle fractures and brecciated gneisses and schists accompanied by silica flooding and pyrite / limonite alteration. Geological similarities on all scales suggest these zones are related to the same mineralizing event and, as a result, are potentially connected along trend and at depth. Interpretation of recently acquired geophysical data has successfully identified drill targets associated with gold-in-soil anomalies between known gold zones.

The 2011 drilling has extended mineralization at Latte West 400m beyond the western limit of the gold-in-soil anomaly. Ground magnetic data collected in 2010 and recently acquired airborne magnetic survey data suggests the Latte structure may extend an additional 2,500m west towards the Kona area and 1,050m east towards Double Double.

Assay Table

*True width estimated at approximately 2/3 core length.  ** previously released holes

QA / QC

Kaminak’s disclosure of a technical or scientific nature in this press release has been reviewed and approved by Dr. Rob Carpenter, Ph.D., P.Geo., Kaminak’s President and CEO, who serves as a Qualified Person under the definition of National Instrument 43-101. Quality assurance and quality control procedures include the systematic insertion of blanks and standards into the drill core sample string. Samples are placed in sealed bags and shipped directly by charter plane to the ALS CHEMEX preparatory laboratory in Whitehorse prior to gold fire assay and ICP-MS analysis. The Coffee property is an early stage exploration property and does not contain any mineral resources as defined by National Instrument 43-101.

On behalf of the Board of Directors of Kaminak
“Rob Carpenter”