NEWS DRILLING STARTED
Northern Tiger Resources Commences Drilling at 3Ace Project, Yukon
Tue Sep 21, 6:30 AM
EDMONTON,ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Sept. 21, 2010) - Northern Tiger Resources Inc.("Northern Tiger" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: NTR.V)is pleased to announce that diamond drilling has commenced on its 3AceProject to follow up on a successful 2010 surface exploration programthat discovered high-grade gold mineralization in four separate zoneson the project (the Main, North, Green and Sleeping Giant Zones) andwhere soil and stream geochemistry indicate further potential fordiscovery (see news release dated September 2, 2010).
"Resultsof our first surface exploration program on the property wereimpressive and management felt that an immediate drill program waswarranted," says Greg Hayes, President of Northern Tiger. "It is veryencouraging to see a project advance so quickly, and the results ofthis drill program will give us significant additional information toaid in planning what we anticipate will be a much larger program in2011."
The planned minimum 1,000 metre (6 hole) program will focus on two of the high-grade zones:
-- Main Zone - Drilling has commenced on the Main Zone, where the high-
grade Discovery Vein has been traced for 50+ metres along strike before
disappearing into overburden, and where chip samples have assayed up to
1,013.54 g/t gold (29.56 ounces/ton) over 1.1 metre (see news release
dated September 8, 2010).
-- Sleeping Giant Zone - The drill will then be moved to the Sleeping Giant
Zone. The Sleeping Giant Zone has been traced along strike for 300
metres. It is composed of north trending massive quartz vein segments up
to 25 metres in width. Initial assays from the Sleeping Giant Zone have
ranged up to 44.2 g/t gold from a 1.1 metre chip sample and results of
continuous chip sampling from the zone are still pending.
Additional chip sample results from areas outside the Main and Sleeping Giant Zones are also pending.
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 sampleswere analyzed by Inspectorate America Corporation of Richmond, BritishColumbia using 50 gram fire assay and 50-element, 4-acid ICP analysis.Samples returning in excess of 30 g/t gold are also sent for metallicscreen fire assay testing.
Northern Tiger Resources Inc. is aCanadian-based resource exploration company focused on gold and copperexploration in the Yukon. Through its exploration alliance withCapstone Mining Corp.'s wholly owned subsidiary, Minto ExplorationsLtd., Northern Tiger benefits from a wide range of experience,knowledge and capabilities from early exploration to mine production.
This news release may contain forward looking statements, beingstatements which are not historical facts, including, withoutlimitation, statements regarding potential mineralization, explorationresults, resource or reserve estimates, anticipated production orresults, sales, revenues, costs, "best-efforts" financings ordiscussions of future plans and objectives. There can be no assurancethat such statements will prove accurate. Such statements arenecessarily based upon a number of estimates and assumptions that aresubject to numerous risks and uncertainties that could cause actualresults and future events to differ materially from those anticipatedor projected. Important factors that could cause actual results todiffer materially from the Company's expectations are in Companydocuments filed from time to time with the TSX Venture Exchange andprovincial securities regulators, most of which are available at www.sedar.com.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (asthat term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange)accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Contacts
Greg Hayes
Northern Tiger Resources Inc.
President and CEO
Toll-Free: 1-866-266-6569
info@northern-tiger.com
www.northern-tiger.com