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Passing of our Chief Geologist - Gary Artmont

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Passing of Chief Geologist – Gary Artmont

Vancouver, British Columbia , September 6, 2022 , Northern Lights Resources Corp.

(“Northern Lights”, “NLR” or the “Company”) (CSE:NLR, OTC: NLRCF) announces today, with

great sadness, the sudden passing of Northern Lights Chief Geologist - Gary Artmont.

Gary was a world-renowned exploration geologist with over 40 years of experience in projects

across 6 continents. He graduated with an Honours BSc d egree in Geology from University of

Waterloo in 1975 and began his career with Union Carbide searching for tungsten, uranium

and industrial metals throughout Western and Northern Canada, USA and Brazil.

Subsequently, Gary worked with Rio Tinto where he was instrumental in defining Vulcan Sedex

style base metal mineralisation in the Selywn Basin of the Yukon.

During the 1980’s Gary turned his focus to Australia and South East Asia where for Kennecott

he developed reconnaissance programs for tungsten and go ld mineralisation in Western

Australia and New Zealand as well as completing the early-stage exploration of the Lihir Island

gold deposit.

He had extensive experience in Indonesia where he acted as the on -site manager for the Mt

Muro gold project in Central Kalimantan defining over 1.3 million ounces of gold as well as the

discovery of other gold and diamond deposits in South Kalimantan. From 1989 to 1995, Gary

was Chief Geologist for PT Freeport Indonesia where he managed over 120,000 metres of

diamond drilling which led to the discovery of the 8 -million-ounce Wabu Gold deposit as well

as the first detailed geochemical survey and mapping over the Erstberg Mine area that

culminated in the discovery of the Grasberg deposit, one of the largest gold deposits i n the

world. During this period, Gary also managed Freeport’s exploration activities in Mexico.

In addition to the above, Gary had extensive experience working in project generation in China,

Mongolia, Russia, Eastern Europe and South America.

During his overall career, Gary worked in over 15 countries and conducted site visits to over

150 operating mines at locations throughout the world.

Northern Lights CEO, Jason Bahnsen commented: “Today we have lost a great geologist ,

dear friend and a key advisor for Northern Lights and the industry as a whole. During his

tenure with Northern Lights, Gary led the exploration of NLR’s Medicine Springs project

in Nevada leading to the establishment of the joint venture with Reyna Silver as well as

the acquisition and ex ploration of the Secret Pass gold project in Arizona. His sage

advice and positive attitude will be sorely missed. We pass our deepest condolences to

his family during this difficult time.”

For further information on Northern Lights Resources please contact:

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Albert Timcke, Executive Chairman and President

Email: [email protected]

Tel: +1 604 608 6163

Jason Bahnsen, Chief Executive Officer

Email: [email protected]

Tel: +1 604 608 6163

Shawn Balaghi, Investor Relations

Email: [email protected]

Tel: +1 604 773 0242

About Northern Lights Resources Corp.

Northern Lights Resources Corp is a growth -oriented exploration and development company that is

advancing two projects: The 100% owned, Secret Pass Gold Project located in Arizona ; and the

Medicine Springs silver -zinc-lead Project located in Elko County Nevada where Northern Lights is

earning 100% in joint venture with Reyna Silver Corp.

Northern Lights Resources trades under the ticker of “NLR” on the CSE. This and other Northern Lights

Resources news releases can be viewed at www.sedar.com and www.northernlightsresources.com.