Mr. Paul Reynolds reports

NORTHERN FREEGOLD MANAGEMENT APPOINTMENTS

Northern Freegold Resources Ltd. has made the following management appointments.

Dr. Tony Barresi appointed vice-president, exploration

The company has appointed Dr. Barresi, PhD, PGeo, as vice-president, exploration. Dr. Barresi is an economic geologist with greater than 10 years of base- and precious-metal exploration experience. He has conducted successful exploration programs on grassroots and brownfields projects, and specializes in volcanogenic massive sulphide, porphyry and epithermal deposit exploration. He also has experience conducting exploration for rare-earth-element, Mississippi-valley-type, iron-oxide-copper-gold, skarn, orogenic gold and diamond deposits. Dr. Barresi obtained his BSc (honours) from Saint Mary's University in 2004 and PhD from Dalhousie University in 2015. His PhD thesis focused on the interplay between island-arc evolution and metallogenesis as recorded by the Hazelton Group in northwestern British Columbia, within one of Canada's premiere metal districts. Dr. Barresi was awarded the prestigious Mary-Claire Ward Geoscience award for his thesis by the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) and the Geological Association of Canada (GAC).

As vice-president, exploration, of Northern Freegold, Dr. Barresi will be responsible for overseeing the company's exploration and development activities. Paul Reynolds, president of the company, commented: "We are delighted to be able to attract a professional of Tony's calibre to Northern Freegold. He has been leading our exploration efforts, as a consultant, since June, 2016, and has been instrumental in helping to better understand the nature and timing of mineralization at both Nucleus and Revenue, resulting in the generation of new exploration opportunities."

Glen Diduck appointed interim corporate secretary

The company has also appointed Mr. Diduck as interim corporate secretary. Mr. Diduck is currently the company's chief financial officer. Mr. Diduck has over 30 years of experience in public accounting, with a focus on accounting, audit and taxation of small-to-medium-sized businesses. Since leaving the public accounting sector, his focus has shifted to required disclosure in financial reporting, disclosure controls and corporate governance in the junior mining exploration industry. Mr. Diduck replaces Connie Norman. The company wishes to thank Ms. Norman for her years of service to the company.