Mr. Martin Shefsky reports

NORTHERN GOLD CONTINUES TO INTERSECT LONG INTERVALS OF GOLD MINERALIZATION AT ITS GARRCON GOLD DEPOSIT

Northern Gold Mining Inc. has released assay results for six additional diamond drill holes, totalling 1,444 metres of core, bringing the total metres of drilling reported for 2011's continuing 30,000 m drill program to 4,190 m in 18 drill holes. These drill holes continue the infill drilling that is tightening up drill hole spacing and increasing the confidence level in the resource estimate and preliminary economic assessment announced in the press release dated June 23, 2011.

GAR-11-71A is an infill hole on section line 11+00W and is consistent with surrounding drill holes on the same line and on lines both to the east and west. GAR-11-60 is infilling along section line 12+75W and is very consistent with the drill holes around it. GAR-11-63 is infilling along section line 12+50W and is consistent with surrounding holes. GAR-11-65 is infill drilling along section line 13+25W and is very consistent with the surrounding holes. GAR-11-66 is infill drilling along section line 13+25W and is lower grade than the surrounding drill holes. GAR-11-68 is infill drilling along the south boundary of the resource footprint and is one the holes used to trace the South zone westerly outside the resource footprint. Assay results are pending for the drill holes stepping out to the west-southwest following the strike of the Shaft zone.

The associated table presents the significant highlights from the holes. Cut assays show the results of cutting assays higher than 34 grams per tonne to 34.0 g/t.

                    HIGHLIGHTS OF ASSAY RESULTS(i)
                                                            Au     Au
            From   Incl   Incl   Incl     To  Interval     g/t    g/t
Hole ID       (m)    (m)    (m)    (m)    (m)       (m)  uncut    cut

GAR-11-60   94.0                       300.0     206.0    0.54   0.37
                  117.0                249.0     132.0    0.80   0.54
                         118.0         120.0       2.0   36.93  20.01
                                118.0  119.0       1.0   67.86  34.00
                         170.0         175.0       5.0    1.73   1.73
GAR-11-63   17.0                        26.0       9.0    0.63
           136.0                       272.0     136.0    0.52
                  136.0                137.0       1.0    8.73
                  236.0                272.0      36.0    0.94
                         256.0         272.0      16.0    1.30
GAR-11-65   57.0                       114.0      57.2   1.156
                   63.0                 91.0      28.0    1.82
                          63.0          64.0       1.0   29.33
                          89.0          90.0       1.0    7.06
GAR-11-66  109.0                       121.0      12.0    0.68
           130.0                       142.0      12.0    0.49
GAR-11-68   35.0                        61.0      25.0    0.62
                   58.0                 60.0       2.0    3.86
           128.0                       149.0      21.0    0.55
                  142.0                149.0       7.0    1.06
GAR-11-71A  76.0                       294.0     218.0    0.67   0.43
                   76.0                 78.0       2.0    2.67   2.67
                  228.0                294.0      66.0    1.94   1.41
                         291.5         292.5       1.0   87.23   34.0

(i)As true widths are not known, all intervals are downhole intervals and
not true widths.

Two assays above 34.0 g/t are reported in these results, bringing the total number of assay results received that are higher than one ounce per tonne to 12 since drilling commenced in May of 2010. Those assay results influenced by the high-grade assay are also shown after applying a top cut grade of 34.0 g/t. Cross-sections showing complete drill results, including those announced, can be seen on the company's website.

Quality assurance/quality control

Northern Gold Mining has QA/QC protocol in place for its exploration work. Northern is currently diamond drilling the Garrison gold property and the drilling contractor is Major Drilling Group International Inc. Core size is NQ, to give good sample sizes and enabling the possibility for at least two stepdowns if ground conditions should require it. Core is delivered to the secure core shack facility by the driller or picked up by one of Northern Gold's designated personnel and transported to the core shack facility. In addition to recovery and RQD (rock quality designation) data, geologic parameters, including lithology, alteration, quartz veining, presence and identification of sulphide mineralization, along with other geologic parameters, are noted and recorded. Core is marked in one-metre intervals for splitting, sampling and assaying, unless geologic data indicate a shorter sample interval. Prior to splitting, all core is photographed. Core splitting is done with a diamond core saw and one-half of the drill core is submitted to Expert Laboratories, an accredited laboratory (PTP-MAL -- accredited by Standards Council of Canada -- in full accord with ISO/IEC Guide 43-1, "Proficiency Testing by Interlaboratory Comparison") in Rouyn-Noranda, Que., for assaying. The remainder of the core is stored at the Garrison gold property. All sample intervals where visible gold is observed to be present are automatically submitted for analysis using the metallic screen procedure where the entire half-core is crushed, pulped and screened at 100 mesh. The screen oversize is assayed in total and the screen undersize is fire assayed in triplicate using a gravimetric finish. All other samples are analyzed by conventional fire assay using a 30-gram sample with geochemical finish. All samples that assay greater than one gram are reassayed with conventional fire assay using a gravimetric finish. Conventional fire assay sample prep consists of crushing to 90 per cent passing 10 mesh from which a 300-gram sample is split and pulped to 90 per cent passing 200 mesh and from which a 30-gram sample is taken for fire assaying.

Following completion of fire assaying at Expert Laboratories, pulp samples are forwarded by Expert to SGS's certified laboratory (ISO/IEC 17025), in Toronto, Ont., for CN solubility assaying and for multielement analyses of select samples. CN solubility test uses a 1-per-cent CN solution added to 30 grams of sample and shaken for an hour prior to settling and decanting for geochemical analysis. Multielement analysis is conducted using four-acid digestion followed by ICP analysis with OES finish (inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy). Northern inserts a mixture of gold standard samples, blank samples and duplicate samples into the sample stream at a rate approximating 10 per cent of total original samples. Samples are normally transported in a company truck from the property to Expert Labs in Rouyn-Noranda. Chain of custody protocols require the signing and maintenance of logs and receipts each time the samples are picked up from or delivered to a new location. When utilizing commercial transportation, all shipping sacks are sealed with a numbered tag, the removal of which is recorded upon receipt by Expert Laboratories. Check analyses are conducted on a regular basis utilizing SGS laboratory in Toronto, Ont.

The technical aspects of this press release has been reviewed by Michael Gross, MS, PGeol, vice-president of exploration for Northern Gold, who is the qualified person as defined by NI 43-101 for this project.

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