Northern Abitibi Wins Explorer of the Year Award in Newfoundland

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Nov. 12, 2010) - Northern Abitibi Mining Corp. (TSX VENTURE: NAI.V) ("Northern Abitibi") is pleased to announce it has been awarded the Prospector/Explorer of the Year Award by the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, Newfoundland Branch.

The award was presented to Dr. Shane Ebert on behalf of Northern Abitibi at the annual Newfoundland and Labrador Mineral Resources Review Conference in St John's, Newfoundland on November 6, 2010. Northern Abitibi earned the award for its role in the discovery and delineation of a new gold deposit at the Viking Project, Newfoundland. Newfoundland based prospector Paul Crocker was a co-winner of the award for his outstanding contributions at the Viking Project and elsewhere in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Northern Abitibi would like to acknowledge and thank the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador for its $100,000 funding contribution under the Junior Exploration Assistance Program. These monies have been put back into the 2010 exploration program and have enabled the company to make significant additional exploration progress at Viking. Final results from the 2010 drill program at Viking will be available for release shortly.

Northern Abitibi

Northern Abitibi's technical team of experienced, professional geologists is committed to assembling and advancing a portfolio of gold and base metal projects from opportunities within Canada, Mexico and the United States. Northern Abitibi is focused on identifying high potential North American projects and exploring and developing them in a responsible and cost-effective manner.

Dr. Shane Ebert, P.Geo., is the Qualified Person responsible for the preparation of this news release.

Shane Ebert, President/Director

Except for the historical and present factual information contained herein, the matters set forth in this news release, including words such as "expects", "projects", "plans", "anticipates" and similar expressions, are forward-looking information that represents management of Northern Abitibi's internal projections, expectations or beliefs concerning, among other things, future operating results and various components thereof or the economic performance of Northern Abitibi. The projections, estimates and beliefs contained in such forward-looking statements necessarily involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which may cause Northern Abitibi's actual performance and financial results in future periods to differ materially from any projections of future performance or results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, those described in Northern Abitibi's filings with the Canadian securities authorities. Accordingly, holders of Northern Abitibi shares and potential investors are cautioned that events or circumstances could cause results to differ materially from those predicted. Northern Abitibi disclaims any responsibility to update these forward-looking statements.

The TSX Venture Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved of the contents of this press release.

Contacts

Shane Ebert
Northern Abitibi Mining Corp.
President/Director
(250) 964-2699

Jean Pierre Jutras
Northern Abitibi Mining Corp.
(403) 233-2636
http://www.naminco.ca