Highlights of the current drilling include:

Drill plan maps are posted on the Ridgemont website at: http://www.ridgemontiron.com/index.php/projects.

To date, Ridgemont has completed approximately 4,200 metres of the initial 5,000 metres planned for Lac Virot this season. However, acting on the strong results acquired to date, the Company applied for, and has been granted, an Exploration Permit from the Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Natural Resources, for an additional 9,000 metres of drilling. To facilitate the timely execution of this additional 9,000 metre program, a third drill rig is being mobilized to site.

True widths of the reported intercepts above vary depending on the angle of the individual drill holes and are estimated to be between 90% and 100% of the core interval as reported. All samples were prepared from sawn HQ-sized half-core sections on-site in Labrador. Split drill core samples have been sent to independent contractor SGS Minerals Services in Lakefield, ON for analysis; results are pending.

The reader is cautioned that visible iron mineralization does not necessarily equate to significant concentrations of iron and there is no assurance that the assay results of the samples from these drill holes will yield significant iron grades.

The Lac Virot Iron Project is comprised of approximately 114 square kilometres of map staked mineral licenses located in the southern Labrador Trough, Canada’s foremost iron ore mining region. Four major mines (Mont-Wright, Carol Lake, Scully and Bloom Lake) are located within 20 km of the project.

Further information on the Lac Virot Project can be found in the National Instrument (NI) 43-101 Technical Report titled “Technical Report on the Lac Virot Iron Ore Property, Labrador West, Newfoundland & Labrador” dated March 25, 2012 and filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

About Ridgemont

Ridgemont is a Canadian exploration company looking to acquire, explore and develop iron ore mineral properties. Ridgemont has an option to acquire a 100% interest in the Lac Virot Iron Project located in the southern Labrador Trough and holds a 100% interest in the Maguse River Iron Project located in Nunavut. Ridgemont continues to hold an option to acquire up to 75% interest in the Redford Iron Project, comprised of 26 claims covering 10,821 hectares and located 22 kilometres northeast of Ucluelet, in the Alberni Mining Division, Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

Edward Lyons, P.Geo., the VP Exploration for Ridgemont and a Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101, has reviewed and approved the technical information contained in this news release. Data verification was carried out based on visual inspection of the drill core.

RIDGEMONT IRON ORE CORP.

On behalf of the Board

Mark J. Morabito, Executive Chairman

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