NORONT ELECTS MR. LIN LI AND MR. TED BASSETT AS DIRECTORS

Noront Resources Ltd. has elected Lin Li and Ted Bassett to its board of directors.

Mr. Li is vice-president, finance, with Baosteel Resources International Co. Ltd. and holds a senior economist designation from the State Bureau of Metallurgical Industry in China, a doctorate and master of finance from Fudan University, Shanghai, and a bachelor of engineering from the Beijing Agricultural Engineering University.

Mr. Bassett is a professional engineer with over 40 years of experience in mine engineering and project management. Most recently, Mr. Bassett was the project director, Jansen potash project, BHP Billiton. Mr. Bassett has a successful record in the supervision of and construction of large capital projects, including the Olympic dam expansion project, the Goro nickel project, the Voisey's Bay nickel project and the Diavik diamond mine.