TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - April 8, 2008) - Noront Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:NOT) ("Noront") has recently advised Joint Venture partner Hawk Uranium Inc. (TSX VENTURE:HUI) ("Hawk") that Noront has commenced the 2008 Exploration Field Programme on the 50/50 Joint Venture Property in the "Ring of Fire" McFaulds Lake Area, Northeastern Ontario.

Noront has further advised Hawk that it has completed in excess of 345 line kilometers of helicopter borne AEROTEM2 and Magnetic Geophysical Surveys by Aeroquest International Ltd at 100m line spacing over the JV Property and have received preliminary interpretation from Scott Hogg & Associates Ltd. of Toronto, Ontario.

A linecutting program covering in excess of 132 kilometers, has been initiated over a number of Priority 1 Geophysical Targets. This will be followed by a number of ground geophysical surveys including HLEM - Max-Min, ground magnetics & VLF, as a first pass, followed by gravity and TDEM (time domain electromagnetic) surveys to better refine the airborne geophysical anomalies to depth.

It is anticipated that once the geophysical surveys are completed, a diamond drilling program will be recommended utilizing one of the three recently acquired drill rigs owned and operated by Orbit Forages of Val d'Or, Quebec, on assignment at the Noront "Ring of Fire" project.

Vance White of Hawk states "Hawk is very pleased that Noront has selected our property from amongst the other Joint Venture properties, to kick of the 2008 exploration season in the Ring of Fire. There are very similar geophysical signatures to some of Noront's known showings in the area.

Comments in this press release have been completed under the supervision of Noront's senior management including Neil Novak P.Geo., a director and Vice President-Exploration and John Harvey P.Eng. Executive Vice President of Noront, being Qualified Persons under Canadian Securities guidelines.

Noront is a tier 2 junior resource company on the TSX Venture Exchange, trading symbol NOT, with 125,573,082 shares issued to date.

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ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

R. Nemis, President and Chief Executive Officer