Noront Resources Ltd. provided an update on its development in the Ring of Fire and ongoing exploration activities. Ring of Fire Development- Noront continues to work in concert with the Province of Ontario, the federal government and First Nations to advance Ring of Fire development and establish a joint infrastructure plan for the region. Although progress is being made, this process intersects with discussions between the province and the Matawa Tribal Council at the Regional Framework Table that are taking longer than anticipated and that have the potential to delay the provincial government's stated goal of having shovels in the ground by 2018. The timing for development of the Company's Eagle's Nest Mine is tied to the delivery of the shared access all-season road, as previously stated. To help progress these discussions, Noront is focusing its interactions on the three communities with traditional land use in the area: Marten Falls, Webequie and Neskantaga First Nations. Dialogue and negotiations with Webequie and Marten Falls are progressing well, with both these communities recently sending delegations of senior community members to view site activities. A significant number of the employees involved in the Company's ongoing exploration efforts are from Webequie and Marten Falls; over the past year more than 60% of Noront's exploration staff has come from First Nations communities. Exploration Update- In 2017, Noront will continue exploration of its very substantial property position in the Ring of Fire. The Company's current exploration is focused on the nickel-copper-platinum-palladium deposits along strike from Eagle's Nest and further into the footwall where several prospective geophysical targets have been identified. These targets will be advanced using a combination of shallow Rotary Air Blast (RAB) drilling to confirm favorable host lithologies and deep-seeing EM geophysical surveying to define conductors. The RAB drilling will test twenty-one early-stage geophysical targets. The prospective area for nickel-copper-platinum-palladium deposits on Noront's ground remains substantial. Only approximately 45% of the prospective area has been tested by drilling and/or deep-seeing EM geophysical surveys to date.