Northern Mining (ASX:NMI) Announce More High Grade Gold Intercepts At Blair North

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Northern Mining (ASX:NMI) Announce More High Grade Gold Intercepts At Blair North

Perth, July 9, 2008 (ABN Newswire) - Continuing excellent RC drilling gold results from E25/268 Blair North Prospect certainly aren't disappointing Northern Mining (ASX:NMI) Directors and Project Manager Newexco Services.

BLAIR NORTH PROSPECT E25/268 - EAST KALGOORLIE PROJECT, WESTERN AUSTRALIA (Northern Mining earning 75%, Cazaly Resources 25%, ASX: CAZ)

The current follow-up 23 hole reverse circulation (RC) drilling programme has intersected more high grade gold (13 metres @ 4.74g/t Au including 3 metres @ 9.78g/t Au, 6 metres @ 3.45g/t Au and 1m @ 6.17g/t Au) and confirmed the dip extent (both up and down dip) of the high grade intersection (25m @ 4.05 g/t including 10m @ 8.39 g/t) previously encountered in BNRC010 (Figure 1, Table 1).

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Hole    From To   Intercept(m) Au Assay (g/t)
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BNRC010  99  124  25           4.05
BNRC010 107  117  10           8.39
BNRC020  72   73   1          34.55
BNRC020  72   78   6           9.5
BNRC020  89  106  17           3
BNRC021  37   42   5           3.45
BNRC021  37   78  41           2.27
BNRC021  59   78  19           3.8
BNRC021  60   78  18           3.95
BNRC021  66   75   9           5.78
BNRC031  88  101  13           4.74
BNRC031  97  100   3           9.78
BNRC031 182  188   6           3.45
BNRC031 195  196   1           6.17
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Drilling on sections 6590270N and 6590320N, 50 and 100 metres to the north, have encountered minor intersections suggesting that the gold mineralisation may be plunging steeply to the west.

Executive Chairman Mr Alan Lockett commented "NMI is very fortunate indeed to have exciting high grade intersections for both gold and nickel at Blair North. This project is shaping up to be dual commodity focused (gold and nickel), enjoying the potential of mining nickel sulphides and having gold within a few hundred metres, providing a natural hedge against future effects of inflation".

RC drilling is currently being carried out at the Blair North, Snake Hill and Hake prospects. Diamond drilling is planned for later this year to confirm the plunge direction and extent of the high grade shoots at E25/268, Blair North.

About NORTHERN MINING LIMITED

Northern Mining Limited (NMI) is an Australia-based company with an exploration portfolio of gold, nickel, base metals and uranium tenements in Western Australia and the Northern Territory. It has expanded its portfolio within Western Australia and acquired an 80% interest offshore, in the Szklary Nickel Project, Poland. The East Kalgoorlie Project in Western Australia encompasses 79 tenements prospective for nickel, gold and base-metal mineralization. Five tenements (NMI 100%) prospective for uranium and base-metals, formed the Northern Territory Project. With the 80% acquisition of the Stokes Yard Project the Northern Territory Project also became prospective for zinc, lead and copper. NMI signed an agreement with Quaalup Investments Pty Ltd in February 2007, for 100% interest in the Durack Range Project, a contiguous area in the East Kimberley region of Western Australia. Exploration license applications 80/3848, 3849 and 3865 cover an area of more than 1200 square kilometers.

Contact

CRAIG DAWSON
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Telephone (08) 9244 8499
Facsimile (08) 9244 3166
Website www.northernmining.com.au