High North Resources Ltd. announced that it commenced drilling its Montney #1 well on Sept. 7, 2013. The Montney formation was cored and detailed analysis is currently underway.

The company said that it is very encouraged by the indication of hydrocarbon in its preliminary analysis. The company said that recent activity in the area surrounding the company's Block H lands has been encouraging. Directly offsetting Block H, 10 Montney horizontal oil wells have been licensed with 4 drilled to date and 2 currently drilling.

Of the 4 horizontals drilled to date, 3 are producing oil with 90 day production rates from 2 of these wells at 486 and 360 BOE per day.