North Country Gold Corp. extends high-grade gold trend at Three Bluffs and Three Bluffs West to depth and along strike

North Country Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:NCG) (NCG or the “Company”) announces the third tranche of results from the 2011 drill program at the Three Bluffs Gold Project in the Committee Bay Greenstone Belt located northeast of Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada. Drilling has intersected high grade gold to depth and along strike, west of the current resource area at the Three Bluffs and Three Bluffs West zones, increasing the strike length of the core Three Bluffs zones to over 1300 metres. Drilling has also confirmed the presence of mineralization over an additional 700 metres of strike between the Three Bluffs West and Antler zones.

“The presence of significant gold grade intercepts at depth and along strike of Three Bluffs and Three Bluffs West area continue to confirm the significant resource potential along the Walker Lake Trend,” said John Williamson, President and CEO of North Country Gold Corp. “We are beginning to see a trend of increasing grades and thicknesses to depth as we continue to explore the area west of our current Three Bluffs resource. Additionally, the confirmation of mineralization in the Three Bluffs – Antler gap opens up further resource opportunities as we continue to explore this area to depth,” added Mr. Williamson.