North American Gem Inc. Adds Extensive Experience to its Advisory Board

North American Gem Inc. (NAG) (TSX VENTURE:NAG) is pleased to announce the
appointment of Mr. William J. Grable to the Advisory Board. Mr. Grable brings 35
years of experience in every aspect of the Coal, Limestone, and Sand mining
industries to NAG.


Mr. Grable's experience will help expedite the permitting process as well as
provide invaluable insight as NAG continues to increase its mining operations in
the State of Kentucky. He is the former Commissioner of the Department for
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, under Governor Wilkinson. He also
served 8 years as an advisor on energy to Governor Patton during his appointment
as Executive Director of the Kentucky Coal Council and has advised the U.S.
Department of Energy as a member of the Southern States Energy Board when
attending the Southern Governors' Association.


"Adding the expertise of Mr. William J. Grable to our advisory board is a major
step in advancing our mining operations in the State of Kentucky," stated
Charles Desjardins, President of North American Gem Inc. "With the combined
experience of recently announced Ms. Deborah Moses and Mr. William J. Grable I
believe that we have the right team in place to be a long term coal producer."


Other notable achievements for Mr. William J. Grable are:

-Assisted in forming Kentucky's Energy Plan.

-Managed the Kentucky Coal Council's education program.

-Assisted coal companies in marketing solutions and advised in matters involving
federal and state government agencies.


-Aided in conversion of Kentucky Universities and state facilities to clean coal
technologies.


-Involved in drafting environmental regulations that improve Mining Safety such
as pre-mining degasification.


-Worked on Carbon Sequestration.

-Worked to create fair and competitive pricing standards throughout the coal
industry.


NAG would also like to announces that pursuant to its stock option plan, the
Company has granted incentive stock options to its directors, officers,
consultants, and employees to purchase in the total of 700,000 common shares in
the capital stock of the company, subject to regulatory approval, exercisable
for a period of five years, at a price of $0.13 per share.


North American Gem Inc. (TSX VENTURE:NAG) is a Junior Exploration Company based
in Western Canada. The Company's primary goal is to explore for Coal in North
America, currently the focus is in Kentucky, Saskatchewan, and West Virginia. In
addition to Coal exploration, the Company also has interests in Uranium, Copper,
Gold, Molybdenum and other base metals in Canada.


For additional information please visit www.northamericangem.com.

On Behalf of the Board of Directors

NORTH AMERICAN GEM INC.

Charles Desjardins, President and Director

Cautionary note:

This report contains forward looking statements. Resource estimates, unless
specifically noted, are considered speculative. Any and all other resource or
reserve estimates are historical in nature, and should not be relied upon. The
production rate and mine-life projections have been made without support of a
feasibility study, there is no certainty the proposed operations will be
economically viable. By their nature, forward looking statements involve risk
and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on factors that will
or may occur in the future. Actual results may vary depending upon exploration
activities, industry production, commodity demand and pricing, currency exchange
rates, and, but not limited to, general economic factors. Cautionary Note to US
investors: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission specifically prohibits
the use of certain terms, such as "reserves" unless such figures are based upon
actual production or formation tests and can be shown to be economically and
legally producible under existing economic and operating conditions.