Northern Gold Announces Assay Results of New Mineralized Zone – Samples Grading up to 93.89g/t Gold

Toronto, Ontario (15 June 2010): Northern Gold Mining Inc. (“Northern Gold” or “the Company”) (TSX-V: NGM) announces today the assay results of twelve surface grab samples from a new mineralized showing [“the 1070 Vein”], which appears to be the eastward extension of the shaft zones. Six of the twelve samples contained visible gold and graded from 4.53 g/t to 93.89 g/t gold. See the table below for complete results. As part of the Company’s current Phase II drill program, Northern Gold continues to explore and prospect the Garrison property.

Initial sampling on the 1070 vein was over a distance of roughly 20 metres along strike, but the 1070 vein has now been traced on surface over a 30 metre distance and continues further along strike. The 1070 vein is located roughly 300 meters east of the Garrcon shaft and another 100 meters further east along strike from the Shaft zones previously drill tested by hole GAR-09-06.

“These high-grade surface assay results, along with the presence of visible gold, demonstrate the significant potential of the Garrison property,” said Martin Shefsky, President and CEO of the Company. “With these results, Northern Gold has initiated a surface stripping program to investigate the 1070 Vein as well as two other areas of interest at the Garrcon prospect. Surface stripping is expected to last 2-3 weeks, involving detailed geological mapping and systematic channel sampling of the vein and refinement of diamond drill targets east of the main Garrcon shaft zones with the goal to add this mineralized zone to our overall resource estimate.”

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The 10,000 meter Phase II diamond drill program currently underway at the Garrcon prospect commenced 10 May 2010 and targets the North, Shaft, and South zones. The drill program is testing bulk tonnage open-pit gold mineralization at the Garrcon prospect. To date seven holes have been completed, totaling 1616 metres. Visible gold mineralization has been observed in all holes. Samples for the first three holes have been sent to Swastika Labs for assay and results are expected in the next week, after which interpretation and reporting can begin.

Northern Gold is in the first year of an option agreement under which it is earning its interest in the Garrison gold property from ValGold Resources Ltd. (“ValGold”, TSX-V: VAL). For more information on the option agreement, please see the Company’s news release dated 14 September 2009.

Northern Gold Mining Inc. has implemented a quality assurance and control (QA/QC) program to ensure sampling and analysis of all exploration work is conducted in accordance with the best possible practices. The rock samples collected were sent to Swastika Laboratories in Swastika, Ontario, and analyzed using the appropriate gold fire assaying technique. Sample standards and blanks are inserted into the sample stream at every 20^th sample, to ensure at least one standard or blank is included in each analytical run at the lab. This ensures lab integrity. Approximately 5% of sample rejects and/or pulps will be sent to a lab other than Swastika Laboratories for check assaying. Every 35^th sample is duplicated by quarter cutting the core to check on analytical variation with half core samples.

This Press release has been reviewed by Brad Leonard P. Geo., exploration manager for Northern Gold Mining Inc., who is the “Qualified Person” as defined by NI 43-101 for this project.

About Northern Gold Mining Inc.

Northern Gold Mining Inc. is a Toronto based junior resource company dedicated to gold exploration in the Timmins and Kirkland Lake mining camps of Northern Ontario. The Company’s focus is the Garrison gold property, which contains historic mining infrastructure with producing mines adjacent to the property. Per a NI 43-101 report filed by Northern Gold on SEDAR on 21 October 2009, the Garrison gold property has an indicated resource of 253,100 tonnes grading 7.77 grams per tonne gold (63,200 ounces) and an inferred resource of 1,555,800 tonnes grading 4.93 grams per tonne gold (246,540 ounces),

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Northern Gold Mining Inc.

Martin R. Shefsky Jeffery P. Boykin President and CEO Corporate Secretary Tel: (416) 366 - 7300 Mobile: (647) 269 - 7300 Fax: (416) 366 - 7301 Tel: (416) 366 - 7300 E: [email protected] Fax: (416) 366 - 7301 Web site: www.northerngold.ca E: [email protected]

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