TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - June 19, 2015) - Noront Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: NOT) ("Noront") announced today that Stephen (Steve) Flewelling P.Eng., has joined the company as Senior Vice President, Mining & Projects.

Steve is a senior mining executive with more than 30 years of experience in exploration, feasibility planning, project development, construction and operations. He has worked domestically and abroad in a variety of roles and across multiple commodities.

"We are extremely pleased to have Steve join our team," said Alan Coutts, President and CEO Noront Resources. "His depth of knowledge and breadth of experience in project development will be a tremendous asset as we move forward with our Eagle's Nest Mine and other projects in the Ring of Fire."

Most recently, Steve was Senior Vice President, Projects & Exploration at Glencore/Xstrata Nickel with responsibility for worldwide project development and the company's project pipeline. During this time, he was President of Falcondo, a laterite mining and ferronickel smelting facility in the Dominican Republic.

Steve has held various senior positions at Glencore/Xstrata and its predecessor companies including Vice President, Projects and Engineering; Manager of Mines; and Director of Technical Services. Steve holds an Honours degree in Mining Engineering from Queen's University and has Professional Engineering status in the province of Ontario.

The Company's Board of Directors has granted Steve options to acquire an aggregate of 1,500,000 common shares of Noront with an exercise price of $0.435 per common share, the closing market price on the date of grant June 18, 2015 exercisable for a period of five years. The options were granted pursuant to Noront's stock option plan and are subject to all applicable regulatory and exchange approvals. Performance share units will also be granted in tranches of 500,000 each if, as and when the Company achieves certain development milestones, to a maximum of 1,000,000 performance share units.

About Noront Resources
Noront Resources Ltd. is focused on development of the high-grade Eagle's Nest nickel, copper, platinum and palladium deposit and the high-grade chromite deposits including Blackbird, Black Thor, and Big Daddy, all of which located in the James Bay Lowlands of Ontario in an emerging metals camp known as the Ring of Fire. www.norontresources.com

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