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    Symbol:                NOT:TSX-V
    Shares Outstanding:  154,578,457
    Fully Diluted:       164,098,457
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TORONTO, July 6 /CNW/ - Noront Resources Ltd. ("Noront" or the "Company") (TSX Venture: NOT) is pleased to announce assay results from 30 diamond drill holes recently completed on its Blackbird One and Two chromite deposits, located in McFaulds Lake in the James Bay Lowlands. A total of 92 holes (25,477 metres) were drilled at during the most recent drill program and drill operations were completed in June 2009.

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    Selected Assay Highlights
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    -  NOT 09 1G 124 intersected 43.51% Cr(2)O(3) with a chrome to iron ratio
       of 2.17 over a 15.7 metre interval;
    -  NOT 09 1G 135 intersected 39.84% Cr(2)O(3) with a chrome to iron ratio
       of 2.12 over a 30.6 metre interval;
    -  NOT 09 1G 136 intersected 39.64% Cr(2)O(3) with a chrome to iron ratio
       of 2.06 over a 24.6 metre interval;
    -  NOT 09 1G 139 intersected 41.13% Cr(2)O(3) with a chrome to iron ratio
       of 2.05 over a 19.9 metre interval;
    -  NOT 09 1G 142 intersected 40.14% Cr(2)O(3) with a chrome to iron ratio
       of 2.19 over a 6.1 metre interval;

    Assay Results
    -------------

    Results have now been received for 62 of the 92 holes completed at the
Blackbird chromite deposits. Results from the remaining 30 holes will be
released as soon as they are compiled.

    As announced in our Press Release dated June 29, 2009
    http://www.norontresources.com/News/getDocument/notpr-2009.06.29.pdf/147
    Noront has contracted Micon International to complete an initial resource
    estimate for the Blackbird One and Blackbird Two deposits. This estimate
    is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2009.
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Wes Hanson, President and CEO notes: "The latest drill results continue to demonstrate chromite grades and chrome to iron ratios that meet current market specifications. More importantly, portions of the Blackbird deposits may be able to meet said specifications without requiring processing. We are looking forward with great anticipation to publishing Canada's first chromite resource estimate which will be a vital component in procuring international chromite markets."

The table on the following page provides select assay results for the 30 holes for which results have been received to date.

The intervals sampled and reported by Noront include both massive chromite and zones of intercalated beds of chromitite and heavily disseminated chromite hosted by talc-altered dunite and peridotite. In some cases, lower grade intervals in the table below are comprised of numerous, higher quality chromite bands measuring several centimetres to metres in length. These intercalated intervals are readily upgradeable to the same quality as the massive chromite units with minimal mechanical processing.

For a complete table of assayed intervals for all thirty holes being reported in this press release, please proceed to Noront's website by following the link: http://norontresources.com/find/id/13/$c

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    Hole ID          From      To    Interval  Cr2O3 Cr:Fe  Description
                   (metres) (metres) (metres)
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    NOT-09-1G-107                   No Significant Values
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    NOT-09-1G-108   112.60   115.00     2.40   22.42  1.21  Intercalated
                                                            chromite beds
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    NOT-09-1G-111                   No Significant Values
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    NOT-09-1G-113    21.61    25.37     3.76   18.87  1.14  Intercalated
                                                            chromite beds
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    NOT-09-1G-115   154.50   169.65    15.15   39.47  1.72  Largely massive
                                                            chromite
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    NOT-09-1G-116                   No Significant Values
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    NOT-09-1G-122   215.71   224.70     8.99   21.59  1.48  Largely massive
                                                            chromite
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    NOT-09-1G-124    74.67    90.38    15.71   43.51  2.17  Largely massive
                                                            chromite
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    NOT-09-1G-126   302.85   310.80     7.23   39.84  1.96  Massive chromite
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    NOT-09-1G-129    95.00   114.61    19.61   17.08  1.39  Intercalated
                                                            chromite beds
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    NOT-09-1G-132   206.15   245.06    38.91   18.22  1.26  Intercalated
                                                            chromite beds
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    NOT-09-1G-133                   No Significant Values
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    NOT-09-1G-135   145.25   175.83    30.58   39.84  2.12  Largely massive
                                                            chromite
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    NOT-09-1G-136   173.44   198.00    24.56   39.64  2.06  Largely massive
                                                            chromite
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    NOT-09-1G-137    44.86    76.23    31.37   31.78  1.73  Greater than 25%
                                                            chromite
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    NOT-09-1G-138   159.47   164.18     4.71   41.82  2.22  Largely massive
                                                            chromite
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    NOT-09-1G-139   110.47   130.34    19.87   41.13  2.05  Largely massive
                                                            chromite
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    NOT-09-1G-140    58.83    72.48    13.65   29.33  1.73  Greater than 25%
                                                            chromite
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    NOT-09-1G-142   305.56   311.61     6.05   40.14  2.19  Largely massive
                                                            chromite
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    NOT-09-1G-143                   No Significant Values
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    NOT-09-1G-144                   No Significant Values
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    NOT-09-1G-145                   No Significant Values
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    NOT-09-1G-147                   No Significant Values
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    NOT-09-1G-148    45.09    52.74     7.65   42.90  2.27  Largely massive
                                                            chromite
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    NOT-09-1G-149   210.28   231.50    21.22   38.11  2.02  Massive chromite
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    NOT-09-1G-152                   No Significant Values
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    NOT-09-1G-153   115.33   143.17    27.84   38.85  1.98  Massive Chromite
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    NOT-09-1G-161    41.52    47.62     6.10   38.45  1.86  Largely massive
                                                            chromite
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    NOT-09-1G-164                   No Significant Values
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    NOT-09-1G-165                   No Significant Values
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    2009 Drill Program
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Noront directed a significant portion of its 2008 - 2009 exploration budget towards detailed drilling of the Blackbird One and Two chromite deposits. A total of 92 holes (25,477 metres) were completed bringing the total drilling at the Blackbird deposits to 154 holes (52,344 metres). The Blackbird deposits have been drill tested along a 1,400 metre strike length with holes spaced on a nominal 50 metre by 50 metre pattern to a depth of approximately 200 metres.

Noront is currently in the process of drilling deep, Bore Hole Electromagnetic (BHEM) platform holes at Eagle One. The company's initial BHEM platform hole, NOT-09-049, intersected significant massive sulphide mineralization which was disclosed in our June 29, 2009 Press Release http://www.norontresources.com/News/getDocument/notpr-2009.06.29.pdf/147 . The company believes this hole was drilled down dip of the Eagle One mineralized structure.

Noront's Chief Operating Officer, John Harvey notes, "in view of the impressive mineralization intersected by NOT-09-049; we are evaluating options for additional drilling at Eagle One to test the newly discovered mineralization at depth below the Eagle One resource limit. An additional drill may be mobilized to Eagle One to speed up the drilling process. We are also considering upgrading our current drill fleet to allow us to drill deeper along the interpreted conduit at Eagle One."

Noront is currently operating three drills within the McFaulds Lake area. One drill is completing a second, deep BHEM platform hole at Eagle One, the second drill is working at AT-12, and the third drill is operating on Noront's northern claim area where coincident airborne MAG and EM anomalies are being targeted. All drilling currently underway is focused on testing for additional base metal targets.

This press release has been reviewed and approved for dissemination by Noront's senior management including Chief Geologist Jim Mungall Ph.D., P.Geo.; Exploration Manager Jim Atkinson M.Sc., P.Geo.; and Chief Operating Officer John Harvey, P.Eng. all being Qualified Persons under Canadian Securities guidelines.

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    Quality Assurance and Quality Control
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All holes drilled are systematically logged and then sampled. Samples are shipped regularly to Actlabs in Thunder Bay, Ontario for sample preparation and initial analysis (TD-ICP) following strict chain of custody procedures. All chromite samples are analysed by fusion X-ray fluorescence (XRF). Individual samples are melted with borate fluxes producing a glass bead, which is then irradiated with X-rays. The X-ray emissions allow the composition of the sample to be determined to a high degree of accuracy. For more information on Actlabs analytical procedures please visit Actlabs website at: http://www.actlabs.com

Noront also employs an internal QA/QC program where each batch of 35 samples includes one blank, two internationally certified reference materials (ICRMs; also known as standards), one quarter-sawn field duplicate, a coarse reject duplicate, and a pulp duplicate. The pass/fail criteria for the Cr standard are the same as for the previously reported INAA analytical method. In particular, if measured concentrations in standards differ from accepted values by more than two standard deviations of the method as determined by numerous INAA repeats on the standards at Actlabs, the entire batch fails and is re-analysed. Noront's QA/QC program is supervised by Tracy Armstrong, P.Geo, of P&E Mining Consultants Inc.

About Noront:

Noront Resources is focused on its significant and multiple, high-grade nickel-copper-platinum-palladium, chromite and vanadium discoveries in an area known as the "Ring of Fire", an emerging multi-metals district located in the James Bay Lowlands of Ontario, Canada. Noront is the dominant land holder at the Ring of Fire and continues to delineate and prove up its discoveries with NI 43-101 technical and economic reports and an aggressive drill plan for 2009.

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                                        ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
                                                    "Wesley (Wes) C. Hanson
                                        President & Chief Executive Officer"
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FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation, including predictions, projections and forecasts. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements that address activities, events or developments that the Company expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future, including such things as future business strategy, competitive strengths, goals, expansion, growth of the Company's businesses, operations, plans and with respect to exploration results, the timing and success of exploration activities generally, permitting time lines, government regulation of exploration and mining operations, environmental risks, title disputes or claims, limitations on insurance coverage, timing and possible outcome of any pending litigation and timing and results of future resource estimates or future economic studies.

Often, but not always, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "plans", "planning", "planned", "expects" or "looking forward", "does not expect", "continues", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "potential", "anticipates", "does not anticipate", or "belief", or describes a "goal", or variation of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved.

Forward-looking statements are based on a number of material factors and assumptions, including, the result of drilling and exploration activities, that contracted parties provide goods and/or services on the agreed timeframes, that equipment necessary for exploration is available as scheduled and does not incur unforeseen break downs, that no labour shortages or delays are incurred, that plant and equipment function as specified, that no unusual geological or technical problems occur, and that laboratory and other related services are available and perform as contracted. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, future events, conditions, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, prediction, projection, forecast, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, the interpretation and actual results of current exploration activities; changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined; future prices of gold; possible variations in grade or recovery rates; failure of equipment or processes to operate as anticipated; the failure of contracted parties to perform; labour disputes and other risks of the mining industry; delays in obtaining governmental approvals or financing or in the completion of exploration, as well as those factors disclosed in the company's publicly filed documents. Although Noront has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.

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    The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept
    responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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For further information: please contact the Investor Relations Department at (416) 238-7226, or visit Noront's website at: http://www.norontresources.com

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    Symbol:                 NOT:TSX-V
    Shares Outstanding:   154,578,457
    Fully Diluted:        164,898,457
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TORONTO, June 30 /CNW/ - Noront Resources Ltd. ("Noront" or the "Company") (TSX Venture: NOT) announces that pursuant to the Company's Stock Option Plan and subject to any regulatory approvals, it has granted 3,865,000 Stock Options set at Cdn.$0.62 for a period of five years (2014) to new and existing employees and consultants of the Company. These Stock Options have a three year vesting period. None of these Stock Options were granted to the existing Members of the Board of Directors.

Effective June 29, 2009 Joanne C. Jobin joins the Company as Vice President, Corporate Communications, in this capacity she will also serve as Corporate Secretary, be responsible for all Investor Relations initiatives and all office administration for Noront. Ms. Jobin began her career in the investor relations industry with Barrick Gold in 1986, where she helped to develop its early investor relations and corporate communications programs. Ms. Jobin has worked in the natural resources sector and managed the investor relations and communications programs for a number of large publicly traded companies including J.P. Morgan & Co., Canadian Tire Corporation, HEPCOE Credit Union and she was also Director of Investor Relations for IAMGOLD Corporation. She is the co-founder of The F.I.R.M. a company focused on investor relations marketing for public companies with interests in the natural resource sectors. Wes Hanson, President and Chief Executive Officer states, "As a consultant to Noront, Ms. Jobin has been an integral part of the Company's communications and management process over the past year, Joanne brings with her a wealth of experience to Noront and we look forward to her valuable input as a member of the team as we continue to advance our McFaulds Lake projects. Joanne's experience and professionalism will ensure all shareholders are well informed and fully aware of key issues."

About Noront Resources

Noront Resources is focused on its significant and multiple, high-grade nickel-copper-platinum-palladium, chromite and vanadium discoveries in an area known as the "Ring of Fire", an emerging multi-metals district located in the James Bay Lowlands of Ontario, Canada. Noront is the dominant land holder at the Ring of Fire and continues to delineate and prove up its discoveries with NI 43-101 technical and economic reports and an aggressive drill plan for 2009.

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                                        ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
                                                    "Wesley (Wes) C. Hanson"
                                         President & Chief Executive Officer
                                                       Noront Resources Ltd.

    FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
    >>

This release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation, including predictions, projections and forecasts. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements that address activities, events or developments that the Company expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future, including such things as future business strategy, competitive strengths, goals, expansion, growth of the Company's businesses, operations, plans and with respect to exploration results, the timing and success of exploration activities generally, permitting time lines, government regulation of exploration and mining operations, environmental risks, title disputes or claims, limitations on insurance coverage, timing and possible outcome of any pending litigation and timing and results of future resource estimates or future economic studies.

Often, but not always, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "plans", "planning", "planned", "expects" or "looking forward", "does not expect", "continues", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "potential", "anticipates", "does not anticipate", or "belief", or describes a "goal", or variation of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved.

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    The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept
    responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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For further information: please contact the Investor Relations Department at (416) 238-7226, investor.relations@norontresources.com or visit Noront's website at: http://www.norontresources.com

17:44 EDT Monday, June 29, 2009

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                      Symbol: NOT:TSX-V
                      SHARES OUTSTANDING: 154,578,457
                      FULLY DILUTED: 161,033,457
                  
                      TORONTO, June 29 /CNW/ - Noront Resources Ltd. ("Noront" or the "Company")
                  (TSX Venture: NOT) is pleased to provide the following exploration update of
                  the company's activities:
                  
                      -   At Eagle One, hole NOT-09-049, drilled subvertically below known
                          mineralization, intersected two zones of disseminated, semi-massive
                          and massive sulphides, one from 269.54 metres to 510.69 metres and
                          the other from 749.7 metres to 945.67 metres; more than tripling the
                          known down dip extent of the mineralization to greater than
                          900 metres;
                      -   Hole NOT-08-045 at Eagle One, deepened in 2009, intersected 46.12
                          metres of nickel, copper sulphides including two short intervals of
                          massive sulphides;
                      -   Hole NOT-09-047 at Eagle One intersected 2.15 m of nickel, copper
                          sulphides including 1.75 m of massive sulphides approximately 275 m
                          below surface;
                      -   At the Thunderbird Occurrence, holes NOT-09-24 and 25 intersected
                          magnetite and titanium mineralization similar to hole NOT-09-2G21
                          which returned significant vanadium mineralization within the
                          company's McFaulds Lake claims;
                      -   At the Blackbird chromitite deposits, 92 holes were completed
                          (25,477 metres of drilling);
                      -   Micon International was contracted to complete a NI 43-101 Technical
                          Report for the Blackbird One and Two deposits;
                      -   AECOM Canada Ltd. was contracted to complete baseline environmental
                          studies at McFaulds Lake;
                      -   Currently there are three drills turning at McFaulds Lake including
                          one at Eagle One, one at AT12 and one at Oval Lake;
                      -   Discussions with Federal, Provincial and local government agencies on
                          regional infrastructure development plans are continuing;
                      -   We continue to develop initiatives with local First Nations interests
                          to provide innovative and fair employment initiatives and business
                          partnerships;
                      -   Update on Windfall Lake Gold Project;
                  
                      McFaulds Lake ("Ring of Fire") Area
                      -----------------------------------
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Noront's holdings near McFauld's Lake in the James Bay Lowlands, northern Ontario consist of 554 mining claims totaling 120,848 hectares. To date, Noront has discovered significant Ni, Cu and PGE mineralization at Eagle One, Eagle Two and AT-12; significant chromite mineralization at Blackbird One and Blackbird Two; and finally, a potentially significant vanadium deposit at Thunderbird. For the year to date, Noront has completed 131 holes (33.034.7 metres). Noront is currently focused on completing the planned drilling at the Eagle One, Eagle Two and AT-12 Ni, Cu and PGE deposits on its 100% owned McFaulds Lake claims. Work from July through to October will focus principally on completion of approximately 10,000 metres of drilling in the Eagle One, Eagle Two, and AT12 areas at McFauld's Lake where expenditures are estimated to be in the range of $3.5 million. A plan map outlining all of the projects discussed in this exploration update can be found at http://norontresources.com/find/id/12/pb or by going to Noront's website at www.norontresources.com.

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                      Eagle One
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Drilling at the Eagle One deposit resumed on May 21, 2009 and five holes (2,286 metres) have been completed to date. The objective of the drilling was to follow up on the significant mineralization intersected in hole NOT-08-44 (reference January 23, 2009 release) and to provide deep (+1,000 metre) platform holes for Borehole Electromagmetic (BHEM) survey.

Hole NOT-08-045, which failed to intersect the mineralized zone in 2008, was deepened in 2009 and intersected 46.12 metres of nickel, copper sulphides. This zone starts approximately 375 metres below surface, whereas the previously interpreted limit of mineralization at Eagle One was about 225 metres below surface. Hole NOT-08-46, drilled beneath hole 045 failed to intersect any significant mineralization. Hole NOT-09-047, targeted 100 metres below the mineralization limit defined in the Eagle One Technical Report, intersected 2.15 metres of nickel, copper sulphides including 1.75 metres of massive sulphide within a 55 metre thick peridotite zone considered to be the keel of the conduit that hosts the Eagle One Ni sulphide deposit. Hole NOT-09-048 was drilled beneath the extension of the Eagle One deposit intersected by NOT-08-044 but remained in granodiorite to the bottom of the hole.

Hole NOT-09-49 was planned as a 1,000 metre platform hole for BHEM survey evaluating the depth extension of the Eagle One mineralization. The hole was located at the northwestern contact of the Eagle One conduit. Visual inspection suggests the hole parallels the contact between the peridotite and granodiorite for its entire length. This hole intersected two zones of disseminated, semi-massive and massive sulphides one from 269.54 metres to 510.69 metres and the other from 749.7 metres to 945.67 metres, more than tripling the known down dip extent of the Eagle One mineralization to greater than 900 metres. The current results provide no information regarding the true thickness of the newly discovered zones because the hole was designed to follow the mineralization down dip and determine vertical continuity. Subsequent drilling will test these zones at higher angles to establish thickness.

Borehole EM surveys have been performed on holes completed by Noront in 2008 to the south of the Eagle One Deposit in two similar dikes called the Eastern and Southern Dikes. The results of these surveys are being utilized to guide drilling in and around the Eagle One anomaly. Assays are pending on all of these results and will be released when compiled and completed.

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                      Eagle Two
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                      No drilling has been completed since 2008 at Eagle Two. BHEM surveys on
                  several deeper holes have been completed and these results are currently being
                  compiled and analyzed to identify additional nickel, copper, PGE targets for
                  follow up drilling at a later date.
                  
                      AT12 Dike
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Three holes (1624.7 metres) have been completed at the AT-12 target. These holes tested geophysical targets between the northern Freewest Resources boundary and the AT-12 copper-nickel mineralization. These holes failed to intersect any significant mineralization.

Further exploration drilling is planned at the AT-12 anomaly using results of the BHEM surveys to define potential targets.

Wes Hanson, President and CEO notes that "we are extremely encouraged by the latest drill results at Eagle One which suggest significant potential to increase the previously estimated resource at Eagle One. Hole NOT-09-049, drilled down the mineralized structure at Eagle One, proves that high grade nickel, copper, PGE mineralization continues well below the previously interpreted resource limit. We are currently re-evaluating our planned exploration for the remainder of the field season with a view towards aggressively pursuing resource expansion at Eagle One. At the same time, we believe there is additional potential at both the Eagle Two and AT-12 anomalies where we are in the process of completing and interpreting BHEM surveys to assist in targeting prospective anomalies."

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                      Blackbird One and Two
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A total of 92 holes (25,477.4 metres) were completed on the Blackbird chromite deposits. Noront's objective for the Blackbird One and Blackbird Two deposits was to complete sufficient drilling to support an initial resource estimate and the company believes sufficient drilling has been completed to support an initial resource estimate as planned. This estimate will be the first chromite resource in the Ring of Fire area. Noront is pleased to announce that Micon International Ltd. has been contracted to complete the initial resource estimate for the Blackbird chromite anomalies which is expected during the fourth quarter of 2009.

The company is currently waiting for final assay results from the 2009 drilling at the Blackbird deposits. Analytical results take significant time due to the complicated process required to estimate chromite quantity and quality. As a result, few new chromite results are available at this time. Noront will release the remaining results of the Blackbird drilling once final results are received.

Mr. Hanson notes that "We are also highly encouraged by the results obtained from the Blackbird chromite deposits. Analysis of the drill results is a slow process due to the complicated analytical procedures necessary to estimate chromite quantity and quality. We have contracted Micon International Ltd, an engineering firm with experience in estimating chromite resources in South Africa, to complete an initial resource estimate for the company's chromite assets. This estimate is expected to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2009."

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                      Northern Claim Area
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Noront has completed 19 holes (4669.5 metres) testing new geophysical anomalies within its 100% owned northern claim block. The drilling targeted specific, strong, coincident airborne EM and MAG anomalies at the Winisk, Oval Lake, Northeastern and Central targets. The targeted EM and MAG anomalies had been previously outlined by a Geotech VTEM survey completed in 2008. Results suggest that the anomalies tested are related to varying widths of barren, iron sulphide mineralization but final assays have not been received to date.

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                      Grid One
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The company completed four holes (1322.5 metres) of drilling on the Grid One extension along strike to the southwest of Blackbird occurrences. This drilling was targeted to test airborne EM and MAG anomalies identified by various surveys. Results suggest the anomalies are related to barren iron sulphides.

An airborne gravity survey was completed over the Grid One area earlier this year and results are currently being interpreted. Airborne gravity surveys successfully identified the Blackbird One and Two chromite deposits and the company will evaluate results at the Grid One area with a view to increasing chromite mineralization through future drilling if warranted.

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                      Thunderbird Target (Vanadium Mineralization)
                      --------------------------------------------
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A large, north-south trending magnetic anomaly approximately 7.0 km in length and 3.0 km in width, centered 4.0 km east of Noront's AT12 copper-nickel occurrence was the subject of a 5 hole drill program totaling 2227 meters during February-April, 2009. The magnetic anomaly was attributed to a ferrogabbro intrusive believed related to the Ring of Fire intrusive complex and similar to the large peridotite intrusive hosting the Noront chromium deposits, 12 km to the south west.

The ferrogabbro Intrusive from the 5 holes completed along a strike length of 2.5 km by Noront contains significant amounts of titanium and vanadium-bearing mineralization over substantial widths (few hundred meters), (see Noront press release dated April 30, 2009). Three of the drill holes, over a 900m strike length near the north end of the ferrogabbro Intrusive have outlined a central core of encouraging iron-titanium-vanadium mineralization; designated the Thunderbird occurrence, with widths and grade, uniformly distributed similar to those encountered and reported in hole NOT-09-2G21.

All assay results are currently being completed and a preliminary assessment of this new mineral occurrence and its economic merits to be considered with a follow-up drill program if warranted.

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                      First Nations Update
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Noront is continuing their ongoing consultations with local communities and aboriginal groups. It has been the company's philosophy to engage and consult with the local population and specifically the local aboriginal communities. The company is working with and engaging these local interests in a variety of ways including employment, business partnerships and compensation for impacts of past and current mineral exploration activities in the area. The company will continue to develop these initiatives and plans to formalize these relationships through early stage exploration agreements.

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                      Infrastructure
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Local infrastructure development of the James Bay area of Northern Ontario is identified by all affected government departments as a top priority not only for mineral and aboriginal concerns but also for a wide range of industries including tourism, forestry, health and welfare. Within this dynamic, Noront is actively working with First Nations interests and the Ontario Government to further these developments through road and property permitting and funding efforts. These initiatives will directly promote and position the McFauld's lake area for infrastructure framework such as the installation of power, and road for Noront's properties in the James Bay Lowlands.

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                      Windfall Lake Gold Project - Quebec
                      -----------------------------------
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The company has completed all exploration at Windfall Lake Gold Project and the project has been placed on care and maintenance as disclosed in the company's April 1, 2009 MD&A which is available on the company's website at www.norontresources.com.

The underground decline targeted the F11, F17 and W3 zones, as defined by surface diamond drilling, which had returned very high gold grades in several holes. The F-11 and F-17 were tested about 50 metres below surface and the W-3 at 100 m below surface.

Underground development exposed 54 metres, 120 metres and 130 metres respectively on the F11, F 17 and W3 zones. The underground development was extensively sampled using chip samples, muck samples and test hole samples. Results confirmed the presence of high grade gold but continuity was limited. Also, sampling suggests that the grades are associated with narrow structures trending perpendicular to the original zones.

Noront is currently finalizing its report on the underground sampling at Windfall Lake and plans to release a complete listing of significant results by the end of July, 2009.

Mr. Hanson notes that "Windfall Lake was placed under care and maintenance earlier this year and review of the available data provides no compelling reasons to change the status of the project at this time. Noront is currently completing our obligations under the operating permits issued for Windfall Lake and we are evaluating all alternatives for the project going forward. At this time, the company will remain focused on its McFauld's Lake project for the foreseeable future."

Assay Results:

All holes drilling in the current program are being systematically logged and sampled, with samples being shipped regularly to Actlabs in Thunder Bay, Ontario for sample preparation and initial analysis, with final chrome analysis being done at the Actlabs facility in Ancaster, Ontario. Due to the high Cr and Cr203 results that Noront is receiving on a regular basis, additional analyses are being completed using alternate labs to confirm and compare analytical methodologies using cross lab verification of chrome results.

This press release has been reviewed and approved for dissemination by Noront's Senior Management including John Harvey, P.Eng, Chief Operating Officer, Dr. James Mungall, P.Geo., Chief Geologist; and Jim Atkinson, P.Geo, Exploration Manager, all being Qualified Persons under Canadian Securities Guidelines.

About Noront Resources

Noront Resources is focused on its significant and multiple, high-grade nickel-copper-platinum-palladium, chromite and vanadium discoveries in an area known as the "Ring of Fire", an emerging multi-metals district located in the James Bay Lowlands of Ontario, Canada. Noront is the dominant land holder at the Ring of Fire and continues to delineate and prove up its discoveries with NI 43-101 technical and economic reports and an aggressive drill plan for 2009.

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                      ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
                      "Wesley (Wes) C. Hanson
                      President & Chief Executive Officer"
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FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation, including predictions, projections and forecasts. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements that address activities, events or developments that the Company expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future, including such things as future business strategy, competitive strengths, goals, expansion, growth of the Company's businesses, operations, plans and with respect to exploration results, the timing and success of exploration activities generally, permitting time lines, government regulation of exploration and mining operations, environmental risks, title disputes or claims, limitations on insurance coverage, timing and possible outcome of any pending litigation and timing and results of future resource estimates or future economic studies.

Often, but not always, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "plans", "planning", "planned", "expects" or "looking forward", "does not expect", "continues", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "potential", "anticipates", "does not anticipate", or "belief", or describes a "goal", or variation of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved.

Forward-looking statements are based on a number of material factors and assumptions, including, the result of drilling and exploration activities, that contracted parties provide goods and/or services on the agreed timeframes, that equipment necessary for exploration is available as scheduled and does not incur unforeseen break downs, that no labour shortages or delays are incurred, that plant and equipment function as specified, that no unusual geological or technical problems occur, and that laboratory and other related services are available and perform as contracted. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, future events, conditions, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, prediction, projection, forecast, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, the interpretation and actual results of current exploration activities; changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined; future prices of gold; possible variations in grade or recovery rates; failure of equipment or processes to operate as anticipated; the failure of contracted parties to perform; labour disputes and other risks of the mining industry; delays in obtaining governmental approvals or financing or in the completion of exploration, as well as those factors disclosed in the company's publicly filed documents. Although Noront has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.

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For further information: please contact the Investor Relations Department at (416) 238-7226, or visit Noront's website at: http://www.norontresources.com

Noront Resources intersects more massive chromite 21.5 metres averaging 41.58% Cr2O3

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                                                   HIGHLIGHTS
                  
                      -  Hole NOT-09-1G130 intersects 21.5 metres averaging 41.58% Cr2O3, with
                         Cr:Fe ratio of 2.13 within 30 metres of surface;
                      -  Hole NOT-09-1G104 intersects 25.1 metres averaging 36.82% Cr2O3, Cr:Fe
                         ratio of 2.02 including massive chromite intersection 5.2 metres wide
                         averaging 40.61% Cr2O3 with Cr:Fe ratio of 2.11;
                      -  Chrome resource delineation drilling nears completion, one drill re-
                         assigned to test for nickel potential in vicinity of Eagle One;
                      -  Drilling continues on chrome, while testing for additional base metal
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                      Hole Number    from (m)  to (m)  int (m)   Cr2O3%   Cr%     Fe%   Cr:Fe
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                      NOT-09-1G101    437.3    439.4     2.1     37.49   25.64   12.14   2.11
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                      NOT-09-1G104    318.4    343.4    25.1     36.82   25.19   12.46   2.02
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                      including       324.4    329.7     5.2     40.61   27.78   13.17   2.11
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                      NOT-09-1G110     76.9     81.4     4.6     42.37   28.98   13.43   2.16
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                      NOT-09-1G112     81.3     87.6     6.3     37.81   25.86   12.22   2.12
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                      NOT-09-1G118     96.0    105.0     9.0     36.13   24.72   11.51   2.15
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                      followed by     105.0    108.9     3.9     40.17   27.47   13.13   2.09
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                      NOT-09-1G130     37.1     58.6    21.5     41.58   28.45   13.33   2.13
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                      Notes: Drill intercepts are not true width intercepts; all measurements
                      are in metres.
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                                                     Paul A. Parisotto and Joseph A. Hamilton
                                                                  Co-Chief Executive Officers
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Symbol:               NOT:TSX-V
Shares Outstanding:   154,578,457
Fully Diluted:        161,033,457

TORONTO, April 30 /CNW/ - Noront Resources Ltd. ("Noront" or the "Company") (TSX Venture: NOT) is pleased to announce the discovery of a new mineralized zone containing significant concentrations of vanadium, titanium, and iron on its wholly owned Double Eagle Project in the James Bay Lowlands of northern Ontario. The new occurrence called the "Thunderbird Anomaly" constitutes a new type of mineralization in the Ring of Fire. Assay results for a single drill hole completed during January are reported here. Assay results from four other holes drilled in March and April 2009 are still pending, as well as additional assays still pending from the first hole.

                             HIGHLIGHTS

-   Noront has intersected two zones of disseminated to semi-massive
    V-enriched magnetite over a width totalling 277.64 metres in hole
    NOT-09-2G21, mineralization continues downhole, additional assays are
    pending
-   The A zone returned grades of 0.36% V2O5, 2.77 TiO2 and 24.72% Fe3O4
    over 178 metres from 132.55 to 310.58 metres in hole NOT-09-2G21,
    including 45.88 metres averaging 0.51% V2O5, 3.71% TiO2 and
    31.71% Fe3O4
-   The B zone returned grades of 0.36% V2O5, 2.66% TiO2 and 23.58% Fe3O4
    over 99.64 metres from 397.20 to 496.84 metres in hole NOT-09-2G21,
    including 35.29 metres averaging 0.51% V2O5, 3.56% TiO2 and
    30.38% Fe3O4
-   Similar mineralization was intersected over similar widths in two
    holes, one 300 metres north and the other 600 metres south of hole
    NOT-09-2G21; assays are pending
-   A preliminary metallurgical study is planned to examine possible
    means to extract iron, vanadium, and titanium from the mineralization

About Vanadium (V(2)O(5)):

Vanadium is used in specialty steels to add hardness and corrosion resistance for parts like tools, bearings and springs. It has widespread application in the aerospace industry as an alloying agent with aluminum and titanium for the construction of strong and lightweight materials. The oxide also sees important uses as a catalyst in chemical processing. A common approach to the extraction of vanadium from magnetite ores involves magnetic separation to produce a pure V-rich magnetite concentrate and a separate ilmenite concentrate. For this reason it is important to have mineralization with cleanly separable ilmenite and magnetite. Ilmenite concentrate can be treated or sold separately. The magnetite is smelted to produce pig iron and and a V-rich slag from which vanadium can be chemically recovered to produce flakes of V(2)O(5) (i.e., vanadium pentoxide). The vanadium pentoxide itself can be smelted with scrap iron to produce ferrovanadium alloy, typically containing 75 to 80% V. Recent and current spot prices for flake V(2)O(5) are in the range from USD $4.50 to $5.50/lb. The 80% vanadium ferroalloy currently sells for about USD $22 to $25/kg China FOB, down from peak prices last year in the $75 range.

Joseph Hamilton and Paul Parisotto, Co-CEO's of Noront Resources, state that "The new vanadium discovery marks the beginning of an important new chapter in the development of Noront's Ring of Fire multi metals high-grade discovery group. With this addition to our portfolio of deposits and occurrences, mineralization representative of each of the ingredients for the production of stainless steel (Fe, Ni, Cr, and V) is now known to be present in Noront's claims within and around the Ring of Fire. We look forward to further testing the economic potential of these deposits and occurrences."

Details of the geology of the occurence:

During the winter of 2009 Noront has completed a program of 2,227 metres of drilling on a group of geophysical anomalies in the Grid 2 area of its Double Eagle property. The original Grid 2 was extended to the northeast to the limits of Noront's properties and designated Grid 2 extension. Ground magnetometer and gravity surveys were completed during the fall and winter months to supplement existing airborne electromagnetic and magnetometer surveys (VTEM survey by Geotech). At that time, two types of geophysical anomaly were identified.

-   One type, interpreted as magnetite, was characterized by combined
    very strong total magnetic field combined with high residual Bouguer
    gravity anomaly. This anomaly type also shows distinct negative
    B-field anomalies in the intermediate time gates of the VTEM survey
    which are attributed to the presence of abundant polarizable
    minerals, probably magnetite.
-   The other anomaly type was characterized by weak but high-conductance
    EM responses in the VTEM survey coupled with moderate to high
    magnetic field (interpreted as magnetite+pyrrhotite).

The map-scale form of the anomalies, coupled with subsequent observations in drill core, suggest that the Grid 2 extension area is underlain by an isoclinally folded sill-sediment complex comprising silicate iron formation and related siliciclastic sediments and mafic tuffs, intruded by numerous ferrogabbro sills. The ferrogabbro sills are interpreted as the mafic complement to the large ultramafic Double Eagle complex that hosts Noront's Eagle One, Eagle Two, and Blackbird deposits. The concentric pattern of magnetic highs and lows indicates that the sill-sediment complex has been folded into a doubly-plunging synform. At the centre of the fold pattern there is a mass of strongly magnetic rock that produces a distinct linear peak 1.6 km long and about 400 metres wide in the total magnetic field. There is a pronounced positive Bouguer gravity anomaly several kilometres in diameter that is also centred exactly on the central magnetic anomaly, which is designated as the Thunderbird anomaly.

The ferrogabbro intrusions are situated on claims wholly owned by Noront, about 4.0 km east of Noront's AT12 anomaly, a Ni-Cu-PGE occurence previously discovered by Noront in ultramafic rocks in 2008.

Three holes were drilled eastwards on 90 degree azimuths to test the Thunderbird anomaly. Hole NOT-09-2G21 was drilled through the centre of the magnetic and gravity anomaly at an inclination of -50 degrees, intersecting a total of 277.64 metres of disseminated to semi-massive magnetite mineralization in two distinct zones, the A zone between 132.55 and 310.58 metres and the B zone between 397.2 and 496.84 metres. Available assay results for Hole NOT-09-1G21 are shown in Table 1, additional results from this hole are pending and will provided once available. Hole NOT-09-2G24 was drilled parallel to the first, some 300 metres to the north along the trend, again intersecting two zones rich in magnetite from 90 to 215 metres and from approximately 325 to 425 metres. Hole NOT-09-2G25 was drilled parallel to hole NOT-09-2G21, 600 metres further south along the magnetic anomaly trend. This third hole intersected a single broad zone of disseminated to semi-massive magnetite from 100 to 315 metres. Assays for the samples from the two latter holes are expected soon from the lab.

Two holes, NOT-09-2G22 and -2G23 were drilled to test the coincident magnetic/EM anomalies in the Grid 2 extension area approximately 2400 m south of drill hole NOT-09-2G21. Neither intersected significant widths of sulfide mineralization, however both contained intervals of ferrogabbro with considerable amounts of disseminated magnetite and ilmenite resembling the thicker zones in hole NOT-09-2G21. Assays from these magnetite zones are pending.

The presence of sustained high V(2)O(5) grades over the observed mineralized widths is extraordinary. Preliminary petrographic work shows that the deposit has undergone pervasive greenschist facies metamorphism, which has allowed the oxide minerals to re-equilibrate at sub-solidus temperatures to distinct equant grains of ilmenite and magnetite typically about 0.1 mm in size. The proportion of total ilmenite that is present as fine exsolution lamellae in magnetite is low, suggesting that separation of magnetite from ilmenite may be feasible using conventional magnetic separation technology and thereby facilitating the production of separate ilmenite and V-magnetite concentrates. These observations and inferences will be tested over the coming weeks by preliminary metallurgical tests at SGS Mineral Services (Lakefield, ON) using Davis Tube magnetic separation.

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Hole            From       To       Interval  V(2)O(5)  TiO(2)  Fe(3)O(4)
                 (m)       (m)         (m)       (%)      (%)      (%)
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NOT-09-1G21
 (A zone)      132.55     310.58     178.03     0.36     2.77      24.72
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including      230.50     276.38      45.88     0.51     3.71      31.71
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and            289.00     296.47       7.47     0.64     4.08      36.71
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Then (B zone)  397.20     496.84      99.64     0.36     2.66      23.58
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including      397.20     404.67       7.47     0.58     3.77      33.42
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and            427.81     463.10      35.29     0.51     3.56      30.38
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and            481.00     496.84      15.84     0.42     7.23      26.58
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Notes: Drill intercepts are not true width intercepts; all measurements are in metres. Fe is reported as Fe(3)O(4) to serve as an approximate estimate of the modal abundance of magnetite in the whole rock. Actual magnetite modes are somewhat lower because some Fe is also contained in ilmenite and silicate minerals. To calculate Fe as Fe(3)O(4), one multiplies the concentration stated as Fe(2)O(3) by a factor of 0.9666.

Please follow the link to Noront's website for locations of the aforementioned holes. http://norontresources.com/find/id/9

The three holes drilled in the Thunderbird magnetic and gravity anomaly span a strike length of 900 metres. If the remaining assays and preliminary metallurgical results are favorable then Noront plans to drill more holes along this trend to test for continuity between the current intersections and up towards surface, and to extend to the limits of this 1.6 km linear magnetic trend. Numerous other linear highly magnetic anomalies with characteristic polarizability anomalies exist within the Grid 2 extension area and all are considered targets for exploration for further V-magnetite mineralization. These other targets collectively represent a further 3 km of prospective strike length within the ferrogabbro sill complex.

Quality Assurance and Quality Control:

All holes drilled are systematically logged and then sampled. Samples are shipped regularly to Actlabs in Thunder Bay, Ontario for sample preparation and initial analysis (TD-ICP) following strict chain of custody procedures. Whole rock assay including V(2)O(5), TiO(2), and Fe(2)O(3) is performed at Actlabs by fusion X-ray fluorescence analysis (fusion XRF). For fusion XRF assays the samples are melted with borate fluxes and quenched to a glass bead, which is then irradiated with X-rays. The secondary X-ray emissions are counted and used, with reference to several calibrants, to determine the whole rock composition including the analytes and all other major oxide components of the rock. For more information on Actlabs analytical procedures please visit the Actlabs website at: http://www.actlabs.com. Under Noront's QA/QC program each batch of 35 samples includes one blank, two internationally certified reference materials (ICRM; henceforth referred to as standards), one quarter-sawn field duplicate, a coarse reject duplicate, and a pulp duplicate. The pass/fail criteria for the new V standard are are the same as for the Cr, Cu, Ni, Au, Pd and Pt standards previously reported. In particular, if measured concentrations in standards differ from accepted values by more than two standard deviations of the method as determined by numerous XRF repeats on the standards at Actlabs, the entire batch fails and is re-analysed. Duplicates and standards will be monitored to detect and correct, if necessary, any drift bias or changes in precision that might appear through time. All QA/QC procedures and checks are carried out by Tracy Armstrong, PGeo, of P&E Mining Consultants Inc, who acts as the Qualified Person for Noront on matters pertaining to assays.

This press release has been reviewed and approved for dissemination by Noront's senior management including Chief Geologist Jim Mungall Ph.D., P.Geo., Exploration Manager Jim Atkinson M.Sc., P.Geo., and Chief Operating Officer John Harvey P.Eng., all being Qualified Persons under Canadian Securities guidelines.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

"Paul A. Parisotto and Joe Hamilton"
Co-Chief Executive Officers

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation, including predictions, projections and forecasts. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements that address activities, events or developments that the Company expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future, including such things as future business strategy, competitive strengths, goals, expansion, growth of the Company's businesses, operations, plans and with respect to exploration results, the timing and success of exploration activities generally, permitting time lines, government regulation of exploration and mining operations, environmental risks, title disputes or claims, limitations on insurance coverage, timing and possible outcome of any pending litigation and timing and results of future resource estimates or future economic studies.

Often, but not always, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "plans", "planning", "planned", "expects" or "looking forward", "does not expect", "continues", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "potential", "anticipates", "does not anticipate", or "belief", or describes a "goal", or variation of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved.

Forward-looking statements are based on a number of material factors and assumptions, including, the result of drilling and exploration activities, that contracted parties provide goods and/or services on the agreed timeframes, that equipment necessary for exploration is available as scheduled and does not incur unforeseen break downs, that no labour shortages or delays are incurred, that plant and equipment function as specified, that no unusual geological or technical problems occur, and that laboratory and other related services are available and perform as contracted. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, future events, conditions, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, prediction, projection, forecast, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, the interpretation and actual results of current exploration activities; changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined; future prices of gold; possible variations in grade or recovery rates; failure of equipment or processes to operate as anticipated; the failure of contracted parties to perform; labour disputes and other risks of the mining industry; delays in obtaining governmental approvals or financing or in the completion of exploration, as well as those factors disclosed in the company's publicly filed documents. Although Noront has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.

The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept
responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

%SEDAR: 00003339E

Provides additional chromium update

Symbol: NOT:TSX-V
Shares Outstanding: 154,578,457
Fully Diluted: 161,033,457

TORONTO, April 28 /CNW/ - Noront Resources Ltd. ("Noront" or the "Company") (TSX Venture: NOT) is pleased to announce assay results from 14 diamond drill-holes completed during February and early March 2009 on the Blackbird deposits, and provides an update on project progress.

                             HIGHLIGHTS

-  Noront continues with two drills focussing on chromite over the break-
   up period, exploring the Blackbird deposits
-  Wide drill core intersections being encountered of massive chromite up
   to 32.2 metres averaging 36.96 % Cr2O3 and resulting Cr:Fe ratio of
   1.96
-  Resource Drill pattern being adjusted to accommodate recent
   metallurgical test results;
-  Drilling continues on anomaly testing for new base metal, PGE
   deposits.

Drilling Details:

Noront's winter exploration program was designed to delineate a chromium resource for the Blackbird deposits and to test airborne geophysical anomalies elsewhere on Noront's extensive properties in the Ring of Fire. The Company has continuously employed two diamond drills on the Blackbird deposits since early January, and will continue to drill through the break up period in the Ring of Fire area of Northern Ontario.

The Blackbird project is located approximately two kilometres south of the Eagle One Magmatic Massive Sulphide deposit and extends in a general SW-NE direction for approximately fourteen kilometres. The last report included holes drilled to the end of March. Since then, an additional 23 holes (1G128 - 1G133, 1G135-1G145, 1G147 - 1G149, 1G151 - 1G153) totaling 5,035 metres have been completed, bringing the total for this year to 17,680.9 metres in 63 holes completed. This drilling has outlined three main areas of mineralization that are undergoing detail drilling, two of which may coalesce to form one. As stated earlier this year the primary goal of this drilling campaign at the project is to define a National Instrument 43 - 101 compliant resource for the Blackbird discoveries by completing sufficient drilling at an optimum drill hole spacing to provide both inferred and indicated resources depending on the density of sampling and the domain type (massive vs. disseminated chromite). With the information gleaned from the recent preliminary metallurgical program, Noront will be adjusting the drill spacing to focus on the MC (massive chromite), D3 (highly disseminated chromite) and D2 (moderately disseminated) categories of chromite mineralization. Noront is on budget and schedule to complete the necessary drilling by the late summer of 2009.

A third drill focused on base metals (Ni+Cu), PGE's, exploration, that had been exploring Noront's claims fifteen kilometres to the northeast of Eagle One, in the general area of the AT12 nickel, copper, PGE occurrence and beyond, testing geophysical anomalies has recently been shut down for spring break up. This drill has completed the following work since last report; two additional holes (NOT-2G24 and 2G25) totalling 1095 metres were completed (total of four holes 1947.9 metres were completed by this drill in 2009, assays are pending). This drill has recently been halted for maintenance during the breakup period and will resume after breakup on anomaly drilling.

The fourth drill, exploring an area located approximately 12 kilometres to the southwest of the Eagle One and Blackbird areas completed an additional two holes (NOT-09-146 and NOT-09-150) totalling 456 metres bringing the total number of holes drilled into this area to five totalling 1,360 metres. Assays are pending for these five holes. Drilling in this area has been temporarily suspended for the break up period.

A fifth drill working in the northern portion of the Ring of Fire since mid March on the Winisk Project, located to the Northeast of Webequie First Nation, just east of the Winisk River and approximately 75 kilometres to the northwest of the Eagle One deposit, moved from the Winisk area to the Oval Lake area and completed three holes OL-09-01, 02 and 03 totalling 832.6 metres. Samples of core from this program have been selected and have been delivered for assaying.

Assay Results:

Since the last report of assays (April 14, 2009), Noront has received final assay data for thirteen more of its chromite related holes, as well as additional assay data from hole NOT-08-065 drilled much earlier. Hole NOT-08-065 had been selected for metallurgical work as reported on April 27, 2009 and as such the initial assays for this hole were never previously reported. Assays for chromitite intersections in many other holes are pending, final results of which will be released as they become available. The following table provides assay highlights for the massive chromitite intersections only for those holes where assays have been received since the last press release:

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                           interval   massive
Hole ID    From (m) To (m)    (m)       (m)   Cr2O3%   Cr%    Fe%  Cr:Fe
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NOT-08-065    190.0  205.0   15.0      7.35   29.80   20.39  13.33  1.53
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         and  215.0  216.0    1.0      0.36   35.59   24.30  13.90  1.75
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         and  220.0  221.0    1.0      0.38   22.76   15.60  13.10  1.19
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NOT-09-1G090   70.5   73.7    3.2      3.04   33.13   22.66  14.98  1.51
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NOT-09-1G092  107.4  116.8    9.5      7.00   30.68   20.99  12.88  1.63
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   including  107.4  113.5    6.1      6.05   38.66   26.45  14.44  1.83
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NOT-08-1G093   54.6   71.0   16.4     16.40   40.28   27.55  13.78  2.00
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NOT-09-1G095   44.0   54.0   10.0      8.16   33.59   22.99  12.61  1.82
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         and   61.3   62.6    1.3      1.00   33.26   22.72  12.44  1.83
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         and  179.7  210.0   30.3     27.30   38.52   26.34  13.25  1.99
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   including  179.7  192.5   12.8     12.80   41.26   28.22  12.87  2.19
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  as well as  195.5  210.0   14.5     14.50   39.45   26.98  14.39  1.87
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NOT-09-1G097  169.7  175.9    6.3      5.60   39.95   27.33  12.78  2.14
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NOT-09-1G099   89.5  102.6   13.0      5.64   26.08   17.84  11.40  1.57
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   including   89.5   94.0    4.5      4.22   42.09   28.79  14.13  2.04
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         and  137.0  139.5    2.5      2.40   40.39   27.60  14.82  1.86
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Notes: Drill intercepts are not true width intercepts; all measurements
are in metres.

The intervals sampled and reported include both chromitite and zones of intercalated beds of chromitite and heavily disseminated chromite hosted by talc-altered dunite and peridotite. For a complete set of assayed intervals please refer to the intersection table available on Noront's website by following the link provided below. The cumulative length of the chromitite beds as measured along the core length in each intersection is listed above in the column after total diluted interval length. Whereas most of the intervals listed contain some dilution due to the intercalated disseminated beds, we draw attention to the grade of the chromitite in the massive sub-intervals in holes NOT-08-1G95, 097 and 099, with Cr(2)O(3) at or above 40% and Cr:Fe above 2:1. We also call attention to the fact that the intervals reported in hole NOT-08-065 are the same ones used as the combined sample of intercalated chromitite and silicate interbeds in the metallurgical study published in Noront's press release of April 27, 2009. The combined sample from this interval was successfully beneficiated by simple gravity separation methods to produce a concentrate grading 51.9% Cr(2)O(3) with a Cr:Fe ratio of 2.19.

Additional assay information pertaining to holes NOT-08-1G090 to NOT-09-1G105 (except holes NOT-09-1G101, 102 and 104) is provided on Noront's website. Please follow the link http://norontresources.com/newsItems... al_Table.pdf

Please follow the link to Noront's website for locations of the aforementioned holes, as well as those recently drilled but not yet reported. http://norontresources.com/newsItems... anMap.pdf

Quality Assurance and Quality Control:

All holes drilled are systematically logged and then sampled. Samples are shipped regularly to Actlabs in Thunder Bay, Ontario for sample preparation and initial analysis (TD-ICP) following strict chain of custody procedures. Final chromium and iron analyses were done by instrumental neutron activation (INAA) at the Actlabs facility in Ancaster, Ontario. Neutron activation is a method in which samples are irradiated by neutrons, causing the analyte elements to become radioactive. Counting the radioactivity of each activated isotope in comparison to the activity of a reference material such as Cr wire allows the determination of element concentrations with no matrix effect. For more information on Actlabs analytical procedures please visit Actlabs website at: http://www.actlabs.com

Under Noront's QA/QC program each batch of 35 samples includes one blank, two internationally certified reference materials (ICRM; henceforth referred to as standards), one quarter-sawn field duplicate, a coarse reject duplicate, and a pulp duplicate. These procedures are conducted in addition to Actlabs' standard practise of further inserting one Cr standard within each reactor bundle of 11 samples. The pass/fail criteria for the new Cr standard and for the standards inserted by Actlabs are the same as for the Cu, Ni, Au, Pd and Pt standards previously reported. In particular, if measured concentrations in standards differ from accepted values by more than two standard deviations of the method as determined by numerous INAA repeats on the standards at Actlabs, the entire batch fails and is re-analysed. The standard deviation for 30 repeat measurements of the ICRM SARM 9 by INAA at Actlabs was 1.2% Cr2O3, giving a coefficient of variation of 2.6% and therefore a nominal precision of 5.2% (taken as twice the standard deviation). Precision of pulp splits within reactor batches as determined by the Thompson-Howarth method is 1.7%; between reactor batches it is 5%, matching very closely the apparent precision of 5.2% from replicate analyses of standards. Duplicates and standards are also monitored over periods of months to detect and correct, if necessary, any drift bias or changes in precision that might appear through time. All QA/QC procedures and checks are carried out by Tracy Armstrong, PGeo, of P&E Mining Consultants Inc, who acts as the Qualified Person for Noront on matters pertaining to assays. Currently reported data were all obtained by INAA.

Additional quality control measures have been recently adopted for Cr and Fe including the blind insertion of a certified reference material SARM 8, purchased from Mintek in South Africa, and a change from INAA to fusion X-ray fluorescence (XRF) to analyse chromite samples. For fusion XRF assays the samples are melted with borate fluxes and quenched to a glass bead, which is then irradiated with X-rays. The secondary X-ray emissions are counted and used, with reference to several calibrants, to determine the whole rock composition including the analytes and all other major oxide components of the rock. The additional compositional data would be of interest to buyers of any potential ore from the Blackbird deposits. The results of these new assays are still pending.

This press release has been reviewed and approved for dissemination by Noront's senior management including Chief Geologist Jim Mungall Ph.D., P.Geo. Exploration Manager Jim Atkinson M.Sc., P.Geo., and Chief Operating Officer John Harvey P.Eng. all being Qualified Persons under Canadian Securities guidelines.

                                    ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

                                    "Paul A. Parisotto and Joe Hamilton"
                                            Co-Chief Executive Officers

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation, including predictions, projections and forecasts. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements that address activities, events or developments that the Company expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future, including such things as future business strategy, competitive strengths, goals, expansion, growth of the Company's businesses, operations, plans and with respect to exploration results, the timing and success of exploration activities generally, permitting time lines, government regulation of exploration and mining operations, environmental risks, title disputes or claims, limitations on insurance coverage, timing and possible outcome of any pending litigation and timing and results of future resource estimates or future economic studies.

Often, but not always, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "plans", "planning", "planned", "expects" or "looking forward", "does not expect", "continues", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "potential", "anticipates", "does not anticipate", or "belief", or describes a "goal", or variation of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved.

Forward-looking statements are based on a number of material factors and assumptions, including, the result of drilling and exploration activities, that contracted parties provide goods and/or services on the agreed timeframes, that equipment necessary for exploration is available as scheduled and does not incur unforeseen break downs, that no labour shortages or delays are incurred, that plant and equipment function as specified, that no unusual geological or technical problems occur, and that laboratory and other related services are available and perform as contracted. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, future events, conditions, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, prediction, projection, forecast, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, the interpretation and actual results of current exploration activities; changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined; future prices of gold; possible variations in grade or recovery rates; failure of equipment or processes to operate as anticipated; the failure of contracted parties to perform; labour disputes and other risks of the mining industry; delays in obtaining governmental approvals or financing or in the completion of exploration, as well as those factors disclosed in the company's publicly filed documents. Although Noront has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.

The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept
responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

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Symbol: NOT:TSX-V
Shares Outstanding: 154,578,457
Fully Diluted: 161,033,457

TORONTO, April 27 /CNW/ - Noront Resources Ltd. ("Noront" or the "Company") (TSX Venture: NOT) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Gregory R. Rieveley as Chief Financial Officer of the Company.

Mr. Rieveley is a finance executive and Chartered Accountant with 10 years experience in the mining and retail industries.

Mr. Rieveley spent a large part of his career with Harry Winston Diamond Corporation (formerly Aber Diamond Corporation), first as Finance Manager, then left to take on the role of Controller for Dundee Precious Metals before returning to Harry Winston Diamond Corporation as Vice President, Internal Audit and Business Development.

Mr. Rieveley has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia and is a Chartered Accountant.

We welcome Mr. Rieveley and look forward to his contributions and believe that his experience will be a welcome addition to the Noront Resources team.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

"Paul A. Parisotto and Joe Hamilton"
Co-Chief Executive Officers

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation, including predictions, projections and forecasts. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements that address activities, events or developments that the Company expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future, including such things as future business strategy, competitive strengths, goals, expansion, growth of the Company's businesses, operations, plans and with respect to exploration results, the timing and success of exploration activities generally, permitting time lines, government regulation of exploration and mining operations, environmental risks, title disputes or claims, limitations on insurance coverage, timing and possible outcome of any pending litigation and timing and results of future resource estimates or future economic studies.

Often, but not always, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "plans", "planning", "planned", "expects" or "looking forward", "does not expect", "continues", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "potential", "anticipates", "does not anticipate", or "belief", or describes a "goal", or variation of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved.

The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept
responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

%SEDAR: 00003339E

Symbol: NOT:TSX-V
Shares Outstanding: 154,578,457
Fully Diluted: 161,033,457

TORONTO, April 27 /CNW/ - Noront Resources Ltd. ("Noront" or the "Company") (TSX Venture: NOT) is pleased to present the results of preliminary metallurgical studies prepared by SGS Lakefield on chromite mineralization from its Blackbird chromite deposits in the Ring of Fire area of northern Ontario located in the James Bay Lowlands. The studies were undertaken to establish the feasibility of extracting marketable products, not only from the high grade massive chromite beds, but also from lower grade zones diluted by intervening beds of silicate rocks containing disseminated chromite.

                        HIGHLIGHTS of TESTING

-   Massive chromite is amenable to dense media separation (DMS) at (less
    than) 2 mm size fractions. Further testing is planned at the small
    lump and chip size to confirm that direct shipping ores can be
    produced by DMS;
-   Narrow intercalated chromite beds and heavily disseminated chromite
    within ultramafic beds can be combined to produce a high quality
    concentrate using conventional gravity separation;
-   Bench-scale gravity concentration tests provide Cr recoveries of 87%
    on massive chromite, and 80% on a mixture of heavily disseminated
    chromite and intercalated chromite beds;
-   Gravity concentrates grade 51.9 to 53.4% Cr2O3 with Cr:Fe ratios of
    2.2 to 2.4 and SiO2 below 3%, suitable as metallurgical concentrate
    for ferrochrome production;
-   The potential for generation of high value-added products such as
    foundry sands, refractories, or chemical feedstocks by further
    slightly lowering silica contents to below 1% is being investigated
    by continued metallurgical test work.

Mineralization types:

The Blackbird deposit comprises both thick massive beds of chromitite up to several tens of metres thick, and extensive intersections of intercalated chromitite and silicate rocks containing various amounts of disseminated chromite, commonly interbedded on scales of millimetres to metres. The massive chromite beds are of grade and composition comparable to products sold worldwide as direct-shipping lumpy ore (Cr(2)O(3) (greater than) 40%, Cr:Fe (greater than) 1.8). The intercalated material contains narrow beds of the same material that are too narrow to mine separately and therefore would need to be beneficiated in order to recover economically valuable chromite concentrates.

Noront has identified five grade categories of chromite mineralization:
 -  MC is massive chromite ((greater than) 75modal % chromite) occuring
    in beds greater than 4 cm true thickness.
-   D3 includes heavily disseminated chromite ((greater than) 25 modal %
    chromite) hosted by ultramafic silcate rocks.
-   D2 is disseminated chromite ((greater than) 15 modal % chromite).
-   D1 and D are disseminated chromite with greater than or less than 5%
    chromite, respectively. Intercalations of sillicates and chromitite
    beds (less than) 4 cm in true thickness are included in the
    estimation of modal abundance of the disseminated chromite.

Metallurgical study:

We report here the results obtained on two samples chosen to represent the range of medium (D2, D3) to high-grade (MC) mineralization styles present in the Blackbird deposit. Material was obtained by quarter-sawing previously assayed core. One sample (henceforth referred to as massive) comprises 17 m of NQ quarter core continuously sampled through a single bed of massive chromite between 201 and 228 m in drill hole NOT-08-1G017. Another sample (henceforth referred to as intercalated) consists of 15 m of continously sampled NQ quarter core comprising intercalated chromitite beds and heavily disseminated chromite between 190 and 205 m from drill hole NOT-08-065, as well as two one-metre continuous samples of similar NQ quarter core (215 to 216 m and 220 to 221 m) from the same hole. Only 51% of the intercalated chromitite sample consisted of massive beds; the remainder was interbedded D2 and D3 disseminated (32%) and D+D1 disseminated (16%).

Three types of separation were investigated by SGS Lakefield. Results are summarized in Table 1. After stage crushing to -10 mesh the +20 mesh size fraction (+841 / -2000 mm) was treated with heavy liquids (HLS) to simulate the process of dense media separation (DMS). In the intercalated chromitite sample the recovery in the sink fraction at SG of 3.3 was 88.7% of the Cr content of the initial sample, resulting in an upgrading from 35.1% Cr(2)O(3) to 42.1% Cr(2)O(3). No significant change was observed in the grade of the massive chromite during heavy liquid separation.

Magnetic separation was performed after further pulverizing to -48 mesh on the +200 mesh size fraction (+74 / -300 mm). Low intensity magnetic field was used to remove any magnetite present, followed by a high-intensity step to concentrate the chromite. The intercalated chromitite sample was upgraded from 35.1% to 47.1% Cr(2)O(3) in the high-intensity concentrate while achieving a Cr recovery of 78% and reducing SiO(2) contents from 11.4% to 6.32%. The massive chromite sample was upgraded to 50.1% Cr(2)O(3) with Cr recovery of 81.9% in the high-intensity magnetic concentrate. Material lost to fines was not included in the calculation of Cr recoveries; the reported values are taken over the entire size range below 48 mesh.

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                                                                      Cr
         Cr(2)O(3)   Cr     Fe         SiO(2)   MgO Al(2)O(3)   S  reco-
Material       %      %      %  Cr:Fe      %      %      %     (%)  very
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Intercalated
 chromite
 (head)     35.1   24.0   12.0   2.00   11.2   18.8   10.1   0.06    100
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HLS
 concentrate
 (SG
 (greater than)
 3.3)       42.1   28.8   12.7   2.27   8.51   16.0   10.8   0.04   88.7
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high
 magnetic
 flux
 concen-
 trate      47.1   32.2   14.6   2.21   6.32   14.6   10.2   0.01   78.0
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gravity
 concen-
 trate      51.9   35.5   16.2   2.19   2.78   11.6   10.8   0.04   80.7
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Massive
 chromite
 (head)     43.7   29.9   13.4    2.2    7.3   14.5   12.0   0.02    100
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HLS
 concentrate
 (SG
 (greater than)
 3.3)       44.1   30.2   14.0   2.16    7.0   14.7   12.7   0.01   96.5
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high
 magnetic
 flux
 concen-
 trate      50.1   34.3   14.1   2.43    4.6   12.8   12.6   0.01   83.5
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gravity
 concen-
 trate      53.4   36.5   15.2   2.40   2.12   11.3   12.7  1.012   87.6
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Table 1. Head grades and concentrate compositions for two samples of
chromite mineralization.

Gravity separation was done by stage grinding to -70 mesh ((less than) 212 mm) and passing this material over the Wilfley table and the superpanner. The intercalated chromitite sample produced a gravity concentrate grading 51.9% Cr(2)O(3) and 2.78% SiO(2) while providing 80.7% overall Cr recovery. The massive chromite sample produced a gravity concentrate grading 53.4% Cr(2)O(3) and 2.12% SiO(2) while achieving 87.6% Cr recovery.

Discussion of results:

Gravity separation was highly successful, producing material equivalent to high quality metallurgical concentrate at 52% Cr(2)O(3), SiO(2) below 3%, and a Cr:Fe ratio of 2.2 from intercalated chromitite to 2.4 from massive chromite. Continued testwork will be aimed at the production of clean concentrates with SiO(2) below 1% for end-uses such as foundry sands, chemical feedstock, and refractory applications.

The magnetic separation was successful at producing concentrates suitable for pelletizing as a very high quality direct smelter feed in the range from 47 to 50% Cr(2)O(3). However with SiO(2) concentrations in the range 4 - 6% these materials cannot be considered metallurgical concentrates. Ongoing test work is aimed at improving the removal of silica.

The heavy liquid separation was intended to be a diagnostic tool to demonstrate the feasibility of sorting massive chromite from disseminated material using dense media. In this regard it was successful, since the particles being separated in this manner are small rock chips comprising many grains of chromite and gangue. The procedure therefore demonstrates clearly that waste can be separated from potential ore using dense media. However the grain size employed was finer than would normally be used in mine-scale DMS plants and therefore the results should be taken only as encouragement that massive material can be sunk to separate it from finely intercalated and disseminated materials requiring further concentration by magnetic or gravity separation. Further work is planned to determine the DMS recoveries of direct shipping massive chromite ore achievable at the chip (+1 / -6 mm), small lump (+6 / -25 mm), and lump size range (+15 / -80 mm).

The Blackbird deposit contains, in addition to extensive massive beds of chromitite, very large volumes of intercalated thin chromitite beds and weakly to strongly disseminated chromite. The dilulted grades estimated by averaging the intercalated beds appear to be low, and show Cr:Fe ratios that are affected by the presence of iron-rich silicate gangue within the diluted average grades. The present test results demonstrate unequivocally that high grade products can be generated from both kinds of mineralization using conventional low-cost methods of DMS and gravity separation, and show that the Cr(2)O(3) and Cr:Fe content of the extractable chromite is much higher than would be suggested by the diluted values reported over low-grade intersections.

Joseph Hamilton, Co-Chief Executive Officer states that "These metallurgical results are an excellent preliminary start, demonstrating that Noront's chromite discoveries not only have the potential to be world class, but are high grade and of desirable quality, giving Noront the flexibility to produce a range of chromite materials for a wide variety of end-users. We look forward to finalizing our metallurgical testing."

This press release has been reviewed and approved for dissemination by Noront's senior management including John Harvey, P.Eng. Chief Operating Officer, Dr. James Mungall P.Geo., Chief Geologist, and Jim Atkinson, P.Geo. Exploration Manager, all being Qualified Persons under Canadian Securities guidelines.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
"Paul A. Parisotto and Joe Hamilton"
Co-Chief Executive Officers

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation, including predictions, projections and forecasts. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements that address activities, events or developments that the Company expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future, including such things as future business strategy, competitive strengths, goals, expansion, growth of the Company's businesses, operations, plans and with respect to exploration results, the timing and success of exploration activities generally, permitting time lines, government regulation of exploration and mining operations, environmental risks, title disputes or claims, limitations on insurance coverage, timing and possible outcome of any pending litigation and timing and results of future resource estimates or future economic studies.

Often, but not always, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "plans", "planning", "planned", "expects" or "looking forward", "does not expect", "continues", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "potential", "anticipates", "does not anticipate", or "belief", or describes a "goal", or variation of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved.

Forward-looking statements are based on a number of material factors and assumptions, including, the result of drilling and exploration activities, that contracted parties provide goods and/or services on the agreed timeframes, that equipment necessary for exploration is available as scheduled and does not incur unforeseen break downs, that no labour shortages or delays are incurred, that plant and equipment function as specified, that no unusual geological or technical problems occur, and that laboratory and other related services are available and perform as contracted. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, future events, conditions, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, prediction, projection, forecast, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, the interpretation and actual results of current exploration activities; changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined; future prices of gold; possible variations in grade or recovery rates; failure of equipment or processes to operate as anticipated; the failure of contracted parties to perform; labour disputes and other risks of the mining industry; delays in obtaining governmental approvals or financing or in the completion of exploration, as well as those factors disclosed in the company's publicly filed documents. Although Noront has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.

The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept
responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

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Provides chromium drilling update

TORONTO, April 14 /CNW/ - Noront Resources Ltd. ("Noront" or the "Company") (TSX Venture: NOT) is pleased to present an update on its exploration activities in the Ring of Fire area of northern Ontario in the James Bay Lowlands.

HIGHLIGHTS

-   Noront continues an aggressive drill program, exploring the Ring of
    Fire with five drills;
-   Selected drill results for chromite include the following:
    -   Hole NOT-08-1G077 intersects 35.38% Cr2O3 over 16.6 metres
    -   Hole NOT-08-1G082 intersects 43.00% Cr2O3 over 9.0 metres
    -   Hole NOT-08-1G085 intersects 44.02% Cr2O3 over 7.0 metres
    -   Hole NOT-09-1G087 intersects 36.32% Cr2O3 over 10.2 metres
    -   Hole NOT-09-1G089 intersects 42.22% Cr2O3 over 13.9 metres

Drilling Details:

Since recommencing drilling in early January, Noront has continuously employed two diamond drills in the Blackbird chromium (Cr) deposit area. A total of 40 holes were drilled to the end of March (holes NOT-09-1G086 to 1G122 inclusive and 1G124 to 1G126 inclusive), totalling 12,645.9 metres, and drilling continues on this project. The Blackbird Cr project is located approximately two kilometres south of the Eagle One Magmatic Massive Sulphide deposit. As stated February 26, 2009, the primary goal of this drilling campaign at the Cr project is to define a National Instrument 43 - 101 compliant resource for the Blackbird discoveries by completing sufficient drilling at an optimum drill hole spacing to provide both inferred and indicated resources depending on the density of sampling and the domain type (massive vs. disseminated chromite).

In mid to late March, 2009 a third drill was brought onto Noront's 100%-owned Double Eagle property which was previously located on a Noront Joint Venture property in the area. This drill is now working on testing geophysical anomalies on Noront's claims located 15 kilometres to the northeast of Eagle One, in the general area of the AT12 nickel, copper, PGE occurrence and beyond. Two holes were completed in this area (NOT-09-2G22 and NOT-09-2G23) totalling 852.9 metres, and drilling continues. Drilling in this area is challenging due to deep overburden and long water-lines, therefore progress has been slow.

A fourth drill was mobilized to the northern portion of the Ring of Fire in mid March to commence exploration on the Winisk Project, located to the Northeast of Webequie First Nation, east of the Winisk River and approximately 75 kilometres to the northwest of the Eagle One deposit. Five holes have been drilled on this new project (WI-09-01 to WI-09-05) totalling 1,464.7 metres. Drilling continues in this area but results to date have been disappointing.

A fifth drill has been mobilized to explore an area located approximately 12 kilometres to the southwest of the Eagle One and Blackbird areas. To date, this drill has completed three holes (NOT-09-1G123, 127 and 134) totalling 904 metres. Drilling continues in this area, testing geophysical targets for their base and precious metal potential.

Assay Results:

Since the last report of assays (January 14, 2009), Noront has received final assay data for 13 of its Cr-related holes, including some that had been drilled in late 2008. Assays for chromitite intersections in many other holes are pending, final results of which will be released as they become available and are of a material nature. The following table provides assay highlights of the drilling to date:

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                               diluted
                                inter-
Hole ID            from    to    val  massive Cr2O3%  Cr%    Fe%   Cr:Fe
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NOT-08-1G077       78.3   89.3   10.9    7.5  35.01  23.96  14.42   1.66
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followed by       136.8  153.3   16.6   15.2  35.38  24.21  11.87   2.04
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NOT-08-1G078       55.8   57.4    1.6    1.6  36.19  24.80  14.60   1.70
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NOT-08-1G081      101.8  109.7    8.0   7.36  32.14  21.99  15.43   1.43
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and               121.4  124.1    2.7   2.53  34.06  23.30  13.49   1.73
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NOT-08-1G082       72.5  105.8   33.3   21.5  26.75  18.30  11.96   1.53
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including          90.5   99.5    9.0    9.0  43.00  29.43  14.17   2.08
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NOT-09-1G085       69.9   81.5   11.6   8.45  34.01  23.26  12.05   1.93
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including          74.5   81.5    7.0    7.0  44.02  30.11  14.14   2.13
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NOT-09-1G087       92.9  103.1   10.2   10.2  36.32  24.84  16.05   1.55
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NOT-09-1G089       30.0   43.9   13.9   13.8  42.22  28.87  13.93   2.07
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                           Pt     Pd     Au     TPM
Hole ID             Ni%    g/t    g/t    g/t    g/t
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NOT-08-1G077       0.17   0.16   0.17   0.02   0.35
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followed by        0.12   0.20   0.22   0.07   0.49
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NOT-08-1G078       0.12   0.17   0.08   0.00   0.25
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NOT-08-1G081       0.11   0.12   0.12   0.00   0.25
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and                0.34   0.11   0.12   0.00   0.23
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NOT-08-1G082       0.13   0.10   0.11   0.01   0.22
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including          0.46   0.05   0.33   0.07   0.45
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NOT-09-1G085       0.14   0.11   0.15   0.01   0.27
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including          0.12   0.11   0.11   0.01   0.23
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NOT-09-1G087       0.11   0.17   0.12   0.16   0.44
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NOT-09-1G089       0.13   0.16   0.09   0.00   0.24
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Notes: Drill intercepts are not true width intercepts; all measurements
are in metres.

Additional assay information pertaining to holes NOT-08-1G077 to NOT-09-1G089 is provided on Noront's website. http://www.norontresources.com/prdoc...

Please follow the link to Noront's website for locations of the aforementioned holes, as well as those recently drilled but not yet reported. http://www.norontresources.com/prdoc... EM_.pdf

The intervals reported include both chromitite and zones of intercalated beds of chromitite and heavily disseminated chromite hosted by talc-altered dunite and peridotite. The cumulative length of the chromitite beds as measured along the core length in each intersection is listed in the column after total diluted interval length. Whereas most of the intervals listed contain some dilution due to the intercalated disseminated beds, we draw attention to the grade of the chromitite in the massive sub-intervals in holes NOT-08-1G82, 085 and 089, with Cr2O3 above 42% and Cr:Fe above 2:1.

Quality Assurance and Quality Control Definitions for Noront Resources:

Noront's ongoing review of its entire Cr assay database continues. Hundreds of randomly selected duplicate pulp splits from the entire suite of Cr assays performed for Noront during the past year have been re-analysed by a variety of methods both by Actlabs and at alternate labs (Becquerel and SGS Lakefield). No material discrepancies have been detected between duplicate analyses and the original values as reported in prior press releases by Noront. When this program is complete the entire results will be made available on Noront's website, unless there is a material discrepancy, whereby those results will be reported via press release.

All holes drilled are being systematically logged and then sampled. Samples are being shipped regularly to Actlabs in Thunder Bay, Ontario for sample preparation and initial analysis (TD-ICP) following strict chain of custody procedures. Final Cr and Fe analyses are being done by instrumental neutron activation (INAA) at the Actlabs facility in Ancaster, Ontario. Neutron activation is a method in which samples are irradiated by neutrons, causing the analyte elements to become radioactive. Counting the radioactivity of each activated isotope in comparison to the activity of a reference material such as Cr wire allows the determination of element concentrations with no matrix effect. For more information on Actlabs analytical procedures please visit Actlabs website at: http://www.actlabs.com.

Under Noront's QA/QC program each batch of 35 samples includes one blank, two internationally certified reference materials (ICRM; henceforth referred to as standards), one quarter-sawn field duplicate, a coarse reject duplicate, and a pulp duplicate. These procedures are conducted in addition to Actlabs' standard practise of further inserting one Cr standard within each reactor bundle of 11 samples. The pass/fail criteria for the new Cr standard and for the standards inserted by Actlabs are the same as for the Cu, Ni, Au, Pd and Pt standards previously reported. In particular, if measured concentrations in standards differ from accepted values by more than two standard deviations of the method as determined by numerous INAA repeats on the standards at Actlabs, the entire batch fails and is re-analysed. The standard deviation for 30 repeat measurements of the ICRM SARM 9 by INAA at Actlabs was 1.2% Cr2O3, giving a coefficient of variation of 2.6% and therefore a nominal precision of 5.2% (taken as twice the standard deviation). Precision of pulp splits within reactor batches as determined by the Thompson-Howarth method is 1.7%; between reactor batches it is 5%, matching very closely the apparent precision of 5.2% from replicate analyses of standards. Duplicates and standards are also monitored over periods of months to detect and correct, if necessary, any drift bias or changes in precision that might appear through time. All QA/QC procedures and checks are reviewed by Tracy Armstrong, P.Geo, of P&E Mining Consultants Inc, who acts as the independent Qualified Person for Noront on matters pertaining to assays.

Additional quality control measures have been recently adopted for Cr and Fe including the blind insertion of a certified reference material SARM 8, purchased from Mintek in South Africa, and a change from INAA to fusion X-ray fluorescence (XRF) to analyse chromite samples. For fusion XRF assays the samples are melted with borate fluxes and quenched to a glass bead, which is then irradiated with X-rays. The secondary X-ray emissions are counted and used, with reference to several calibrants, to determine the whole rock composition including the analytes and all other major oxide components of the rock. The additional compositional data would be of interest to buyers of any potential ore from the Blackbird deposits.

This press release has been reviewed and approved for dissemination by Noront's senior management including John Harvey, P.Eng. Chief Operating Officer of Noront, Dr. Jim Mungall, P.Geo., Noront's Chief Geologist, and Jim Atkinson, P.Geo. Noront's Exploration Manager, all being Qualified Persons under Canadian Securities guidelines.

Noront is a tier two junior resource company on the TSX Venture Exchange, trading symbol NOT, with 153,722,283 shares issued to date.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

"Paul A. Parisotto and Joe Hamilton"
Co-Chief Executive Officers

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation, including predictions, projections and forecasts. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements that address activities, events or developments that the Company expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future, including such things as future business strategy, competitive strengths, goals, expansion, growth of the Company's businesses, operations, plans and with respect to exploration results, the timing and success of exploration activities generally, permitting time lines, government regulation of exploration and mining operations, environmental risks, title disputes or claims, limitations on insurance coverage, timing and possible outcome of any pending litigation and timing and results of future resource estimates or future economic studies.

Often, but not always, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "plans", "planning", "planned", "expects" or "looking forward", "does not expect", "continues", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "potential", "anticipates", "does not anticipate", or "belief", or describes a "goal", or variation of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved.

Forward-looking statements are based on a number of material factors and assumptions, including, the result of drilling and exploration activities, that contracted parties provide goods and/or services on the agreed timeframes, that equipment necessary for exploration is available as scheduled and does not incur unforeseen break downs, that no labour shortages or delays are incurred, that plant and equipment function as specified, that no unusual geological or technical problems occur, and that laboratory and other related services are available and perform as contracted. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, future events, conditions, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, prediction, projection, forecast, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, the interpretation and actual results of current exploration activities; changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined; future prices of gold; possible variations in grade or recovery rates; failure of equipment or processes to operate as anticipated; the failure of contracted parties to perform; labour disputes and other risks of the mining industry; delays in obtaining governmental approvals or financing or in the completion of exploration, as well as those factors disclosed in the company's publicly filed documents. Although Noront has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.

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