Mr. Ian Klassen reports

GRANDE PORTAGE RESOURCES INITIATES NUMEROUS BASELINE STUDIES FOR THE NEW AMALGA GOLD PROJECT

Grande Portage Resources Ltd. is initiating comprehensive environmental and cultural baseline studies for the New Amalga gold project located approximately 16 miles (25 kilometres) northwest of the city of Juneau.

Environmental baseline studies currently include that shown below.

Wetlands delineation -- Stantec Consulting Services (Wasilla, Alaska)

Mapping the extent of wetlands and other jurisdictional waters in the project area is a key input for the design of mine facilities to minimize impacts to federally regulated wetland areas. This work will inform future Clean Water Act -- Section 404 permitting with the United States Army Corps of Engineers.

Surface water sampling -- Cox Environmental (Juneau, Alaska)

Continuation and expansion of a multiyear analysis of water quality both upstream and downstream of the potential mine facilities provides a preconstruction baseline for future Alaska Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (APDES) permitting.

Archeological and cultural resources review -- Stephen R. Braund and Associates (Anchorage, Alaska)

Desktop database investigation to identify any documented archeological and cultural sites in proximity to the project is the initial step in complying with the Alaska Historic Preservation Act and informs future field surveys.

Meteorological and hydrological studies -- boreal services (Anchorage, Alaska)

Collection of meteorological data including temperature, precipitation, wind direction and speed, as well as hydrological data such as river flow volume, is of key importance for the engineering design of mine infrastructure and provides important inputs to the Alaska Department of Conservation APDES and Air Quality Control permits.

Aquatic studies -- Alaska Department of Fish and Game (Juneau, Alaska)

Field surveys and sampling to document aquatic biological conditions in the project area are necessary to inform future ADFandG fish habitat permits and other state and federal permits, as well as to support mine design protective of fish habitat and fish passage. This work will be conducted by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game under contract with Grande Portage.

As previously announced, the company's conceptual mining plan envisions the development of the New Amalga gold mine as a selective underground mining operation which would send ore off site to be processed at a third party facility, enabled by the project's location near tidewater and less than four miles (6.5 kilometres) from existing paved highway. This setup results in the avoidance of any chemical processing or tailings storage facilities at the site.

Ian Klassen, president and chief executive officer, comments: "Offsite processing enables the project to have a dramatically minimized environmental footprint compared to a traditional setup which requires building a beneficiation plant and tailings storage facility. We will ultimately be demonstrating this through the environmental review and permitting process with state and federal regulatory agencies. The initiation of baseline studies is a critical early step in our work advancing the New Amalga project to become Alaska's next great gold mine."

In addition, Grande Portage seeks to maximize the benefit of its project development investing in the local state economy. As such, the company is very pleased that each of these environmental baseline programs is being conducted by Alaska-based contractors and specialists. The company also intends to make a future announcement pertaining to geotechnical and hydrogeological studies.

Kyle Mehalek, PE, is the QP within the meaning of National Instrument 43-101 and has reviewed and approved the technical disclosure in this release. Mr. Mehalek is independent of Grande Portage within the meaning of NI 43-101.

About Grande Portage Resources Ltd.

Grande Portage Resources is a publicly traded mineral exploration company focused on the New Amalga gold mine project (formerly the Herbert gold project) situated approximately 25 km north of Juneau, Alaska. The company holds a 100-per-cent interest in the New Amalga property. The New Amalga gold property system is open to length and depth and is host to at least six main composite vein-fault structures that contain ribbon structure quartz-sulfide veins. The project lies prominently within the 160 km long Juneau gold belt, which has produced over seven million ounces of gold.

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