Drilling at Croinor intersects 29.30 g/t Au over 5.7 meters including 78.15 g/t Au over 1 meter

	    MONTREAL, Nov. 11 /CNW Telbec/ - Blue Note Mining Inc. (TSXV: BNT) ("Blue
Note") and First Gold Exploration Inc. (TSXV: EFG) ("First Gold") are pleased
to announce results from the last three holes ( CR-10-376 to CR-10-378) of the
seven hole diamond drill program undertaken to test extensions of the
underground Mineral Reserves at the Croinor Gold Project.
	    All three holes encountered mineralized lenses containing significant
gold grades and widths, clearly demonstrating the potential to extend the
current resources and reserves of the Project.  This mineral resource would
require minimal capital cost and development to be added to the mining plan
presented in the Technical Report and Pre-Feasibility Study for the Croinor
Project released on Sedar on August 27, 2010.
	    Hole CR-10-376 returned values as high as 78.15 g/t Au over 1 meter.
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| Hole No |Section|Dip|From (m)|To (m)|Length (m)|True width (m)|g/t Au|
|_________|_______|___|________|______|__________|______________|______|
|CR-10-376|  320W |-54|  226.1 |232.3 |     6.2  |        6.2   | 5.75 |
|_________|_______|___|________|______|__________|______________|______|
|includes |       |   |  226.1 |  227 |     0.9  |        0.9   |10.46 |
|_________|_______|___|________|______|__________|______________|______|
|    and  |       |   |  231.6 |232.3 |     0.7  |        0.7   |36.50 |
|_________|_______|___|________|______|__________|______________|______|
|CR-10-376|       |   |  239.7 |245.4 |     5.7  |        5.7   |29.30 |
|_________|_______|___|________|______|__________|______________|______|
|includes |       |   |  239.7 |240.7 |     1.0  |        1.0   |21.45 |
|_________|_______|___|________|______|__________|______________|______|
|    and  |       |   |  241.7 |242.7 |     1.0  |        1.0   |23.15 |
|_________|_______|___|________|______|__________|______________|______|
|    and  |       |   |  243.7 |244.7 |     1.0  |        1.0   |78.15 |
|_________|_______|___|________|______|__________|______________|______|
|    and  |       |   |  244.7 |245.4 |     0.7  |        0.7   |39.30 |
|_________|_______|___|________|______|__________|______________|______|
|CR-10-376|       |   |  280.6 |281.1 |     0.5  |        0.5   |10.95 |
|_________|_______|___|________|______|__________|______________|______|
|CR-10-377|  410W |-60|   183  |  184 |     1.0  |        1.0   | 1.75 |
|_________|_______|___|________|______|__________|______________|______|
|CR-10-378|   30E |-75|  145.5 |146.0 |     0.5  |        0.5   | 2.58 |
|_________|_______|___|________|______|__________|______________|______|
|    and  |       |   |   152  |153.6 |     1.6  |        1.4   | 1.32 |
|_________|_______|___|________|______|__________|______________|______|

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	    Table 1. Significant gold mineralized intersections from CR-10-376 to
CR-10-378.
	    Hole CR-10-376 was primarily drilled to test the continuity of a
mineralized lens at depth which was previously intersected to the west, south
and east by holes 83-500-504, 83-500-505 and 83-500-506 that had returned 6.5
g/t Au over 8.5m, 4.5 g/t Au over 7.3m and 5.8 g/t Au over 7.5m respectively.
Hole CR-10-376 intersected the lens 40 meters to the north of hole 83-500-505
at a vertical depth of 200m from surface returning 29.3 g/t Au over 5.7m.
Moreover CR-10 376 intersected two other lenses, above and below the main lens
returning values of 10.5 g/t Au over 0.9m, 36.5 g/t Au over 0.7m and 10.95 g/t
Au over 0.5m.
	    Hole CR-10-377 was drilled to test the continuity of two lenses at depth
where previous holes drilled to the west and east intersected significant
values in one of the lenses including 13.7 g/t Au over 0.5m from Hole 420.
Hole CR-10-377 intersected  the lens 30m below and 20m to the north of Hole
420 returning a grade of 1.8 g/t gold over 1m.
	    Hole CR-10-378 was drilled to test the continuity of mineralized quartz
veins observed in hole CR-10-372A. CR-10-378 intersected one of the veins 45
meters below and 40 meters south of historical drill intercepts and returned
2.58 g/t Au over 0.5 meters. CR-10-378 also intersected 1.6 meters grading 1.3
g/t Au in another lens, confirming continuity of the zone beyond CR-10-372A,
which had intersected 7.16 g/t Au over 1.2m.
	    Considering their thickness and dip, the new intersections obtained will
have a positive impact on the already robust project economics.  Zones with
thickness greater than 5.0 m and dip steeper than 450 will be mineable using a
less costly and more productive long-hole mining method instead of the room
and pillar mining method.
	    "We are very pleased with the results of the summer 2010 Croinor
exploration program", stated Leon Methot, Blue Note's Chairman and CEO. "These
results clearly confirm the high probability that the resources of this
deposit could expand considerably with further exploration and definition
drilling within the known resource area and both laterally and beneath the
current resources."
	    A follow up exploration program is now being prepared to commence during
the first quarter of 2011.
	    Borehole IP Survey
	    Preliminary results of a hole-to-hole induced polarization survey
identified chargeability anomalies in the western, eastern and vertical
extension of the Croinor deposit in areas with limited drill hole information
with some extending below 500 meters. The lateral and vertical extension of
the deposit remains open and the geophysical survey confirms the possibility
of mineralization in these areas. The anomalies in the western and the eastern
extensions are located between surface and 300m vertical depth. Potential
mineralized zones located in these areas would be above the bottom of the ramp
planned in the Pre-Feasibility Study. A drilling program to test the
geophysical anomalies is in preparation and will be included in the follow up
exploration program. 
	    The drill program was carried out by Forages M. Rouillier Inc. /M.
Rouillier Drilling Inc. and was supervised by InnovExplo personnel under Carl
Pelletier P.Geo., a qualified and independent person according to NI 43-101.
Gold values were determined by fire assay and AAS, or fire assay and
gravimetric analyses if over 3 g/t, at the ALS Laboratory Group, Minerals
Division laboratory in Val d'Or.
	    Other
	    In other news, Blue Note announces that it has exercised its option to
acquire a 100% undivided interest in the Williams Brook gold property located
in northern New Brunswick for $10,000 in cash and the issuance of 384,615
common shares payable at closing, and final cash payments of $25,000 to be
made on May 3, 2011 and on November 3, 2011. The shares issued to the vendor
are subject to a statutory four-month and one day hold period. The vendor will
retain a 2% net smelter return royalty in the property. No finder's fees were
payable and the transaction is considered to be at arm's length and is subject
to regulatory approval.
	    Blue Note holds a 100% interest in over 400 square kilometers of mineral
claims in the region surrounding the Williams Brook property that are
considered prospective for new gold discoveries. As previously announced, Blue
Note made a gold discovery on its Williams Brook property in late 2008. Drill
hole WB-08-11 returned 2.8 meters assaying 11.2 g/t Au including a half meter
assaying 24.1 g/t Au. The gold mineralization was intersected 15 meters
vertical from surface and was found in quartz veins and heavily quartz-veined
rhyolite. In addition, gold mineralization was found to be associated with
disseminated pyrite in broad alteration zones that grade up to 0.91 grams per
tonne over an estimated true width of 23.3 meters. See Blue Note's press
release of December 10, 2008 for more details.
	    John Martin, P. Eng., President and Chief Operating Officer of Blue Note
Mining Inc., is a Qualified Person as defined under NI 43-101 guidelines and
has reviewed the technical information contained in this press release. Carl
Pelletier, P.Geo. of InnovExplo Inc., a consulting firm based in Val d'Or
(Québec), is a Qualified and Independent person as defined under NI 43-101
guidelines and has also reviewed and approved the technical information of
this press release relating to Croinor.
	    About Blue Note Mining
	    Blue Note Mining is a mineral exploration and mining company
headquartered in Montreal with properties located in known gold regions of
Canada, including the prolific Val-d'Or region of Quebec and northern New
Brunswick. Blue Note's top priority is to develop the Croinor gold property.
	    About First Gold Exploration
	    The goal of the Company is to create shareholder value by acquiring
promising projects that could be advanced to production stage in a short
period of time. This has been achieved with its interest in the Croinor gold
project, and the currently in progress Rare Metal Pivert/Rose property, among
other promising projects in the pipeline including the San Javier silver
property.
	    Forward-Looking Statements
	    This news release contains discussion of items that may constitute
forward-looking statements within the meaning of securities laws that involve
risks and uncertainties. Although the company believes the expectations
reflected in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable
assumptions, it can give no assurances that its expectations will be achieved.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations
include the effects of general economic conditions, actions by government
authorities, uncertainties associated with contract negotiations, additional
financing requirements, market acceptance of the Company's products, technical
uncertainties associated with operating an underground mine and competitive
pressures. These factors and others are more fully discussed in Company
filings with Canadian securities regulatory authorities.
	    "Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider
(as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts
responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release."    





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	    Blue Note shareholders, please contact: Jean Mayer Executive Vice
President (800) 937-3095 x236 jmayer@bluenotemining.ca www.bluenotemining.ca
	    First Gold shareholders, please contact: Jean-Sébastien Lavallée, P.Geo
Interim President and CEO 819-354-5146 jslavallee@consul-teck.com
www.firstgoldexploration.com
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