TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 01/06/09 -- Northern Superior Resources Inc. ("Northern Superior" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: SUP) today announced the discovery of a new gold showing and several gold-bearing ductile shear zones at the head of the gold grain-in-till dispersal apron in the Big Dam area of the Company's 50%-owned Ti-pa-haa-kaa-ning project in Northwestern Ontario. The new gold showing, discovered from work completed during the summer drill program, consisted of several separate quartz-veins hosted by granodorite that returned 3.34 g/t Au and 8.9 g/t Au, both over 0.34 metres. Additionally, gold-bearing ductile shear zones were intersected during Northern Superior's 2008 Fall drill program. As part of the Fall program, a total of 33 diamond drill holes (6,086 meters) were drilled, 25 holes (3,925 meters) completed over the easternmost, or Ti-pa-haa-kaa-ning (Rowlandson Lake), area of the property and eight (2,161 meters) completed at the head of the gold grain-in-till dispersal apron in the Big Dam area. The drilling in the Ti-pa-haa-kaa-ning area focused on understanding the gold potential and geologic setting associated with the historic gold showings. The eight holes completed at the head of the Big Dam gold-in-till dispersal apron were designed to better understand the source of gold grains associated with the dispersal apron.
Dr. Thomas F. Morris, President and CEO of Northern Superior, commented: "The discovery of the gold showing and intersection of gold-bearing ductile shear zones represent significant and exciting developments in Northern Superior's Ti-pa-haa-kaa-ning gold exploration program. Although the showing and shear zones discovered in the Big Dam area are not the direct source(s) for the gold grains associated with the gold grain-in-till dispersal apron, these ductile shear zones clearly demonstrate that this area has the potential to host a significant gold deposit(s). In an area where little bedrock is exposed, the discovery of a new gold showing and the results from drilling in the Big Dam area were encouraging steps forward in defining the potential source(s) of gold mineralization responsible for the unique and anomalously large gold-in-till dispersal apron (6 km long fertile strike length, up to 15 km long) previously defined in this area (see press release, October 15, 2007)."
Dr. Morris further states: "The exploration program is on track and progressing as planned as we close in on the source of the gold grains through compilation and interpretation of data acquired to date. As for the Ti-pa-haa-kaa-ning (Rowlandson Lake) area, the most recent drill results demonstrated a potential for additional mineralization in this area as all zones are open along strike and down dip."
Drilling in the Ti-pa-haa-kaa-ning (Rowlandson Lake) area, on the eastern end of the property, primarily tested mineralization associated with historical trenches. A series of six holes undercut the main, 1400S, trench that hosted up to 20.67 g/t Au over 1.5 metres in channel samples collected this summer.
