North Country Gold Corp. Receives Regulatory Approvals to Significantly Increase Exploration Activities, Upgrade Camp Facilit...

North Country Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:NCG) (NCG or the "Company") is pleased to
report that the Company has successfully obtained the regulatory instruments
necessary to significantly advance the exploration program, including upgrades
to the existing Hayes Camp, the airstrip, and construction of a 10km all weather
road from Hayes Camp to the Three Bluffs Deposit.


NCG has received the necessary land and quarry leases, permits and licenses from
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Nunavut Water Board, and Kitikmeot Inuit
Association (Kit.I.A.). NCG's upgrades will increase the capacity of Hayes Camp
up to 100 people, and allow for larger aircraft to land and supply the program
in all-weather conditions. Camp upgrades will include building a new work area
(shop, office and core processing facilities, as well as core and fuel storage),
new sleep facilities, commercial kitchen and washrooms, a new incinerator, waste
water treatment system and generators. In addition, NCG will build a ten (10)
kilometre all weather road from Hayes Camp to the Three Bluffs deposit to allow
for safer and more efficient transport of personnel and goods to and from the
deposit. All upgrades and new infrastructure focus on minimizing the
environmental impacts of our work while improving the health and safety of all
those working at the site. These upgrades will have an immensely positive impact
on all future exploration at both the Three Bluffs Deposit and the entire
Committee Bay Belt.


"We are very pleased with the prompt issuance of the permits and licenses from
the Government of Nunavut, INAC and the Kit.I.A.," stated John Williamson,
President and CEO. "With the continued strong support, NCG looks forward to
progressing the Three Bluffs Deposit towards development and providing
opportunities to local communities."


The Three Bluffs NI 43-101 Gold Project currently hosts an indicated resource of
508,000 ounces (2,700,000 tonnes at 5.85 g/t Au) and an additional inferred
resource of 244,000 ounces (1,270,000 tonnes at 5.98 g/t Au). The Three Bluffs
deposit remains open to the west and to depth. The deposit occurs at the eastern
end of a package of auriferous iron formation bearing supracrustral rocks
(Walker Lake Trend) that has been traced at least five kilometres to the west.
In 2011, North Country Gold mounted its largest exploration program to date at
the Three Bluffs high-grade gold deposit in Nunavut, Canada. The Company spent
$25 million on an extensive drill program along the Walker Lake Trend and
significantly expanded project access and camp infrastructure. A comprehensive
drill program of 7 rigs in operation completed 30,000 metres of drilling on
numerous targets along the trend. The Company is focused on delivering a
substantially updated resource estimate in Q1, 2012. North Country Gold's 2012
program will be equally aggressive, with the potential for 8 to 10 drill rigs
targeting over 40,000 metres.


North Country Gold Corp. controls one of the largest under-explored greenstone
belts within Canada, and has numerous drill ready high grade gold targets, in
addition to those at Three Bluffs. The gold-rich Committee Bay Greenstone Belt
is located approximately 300 kilometres north of Baker Lake within Nunavut
Territory, Canada. North Country Gold Corp. is the 100% beneficial owner of the
mineral rights to approximately 557,323 acres (225,569 hectares) of land
comprising 216 active mineral claims and 14 mineral leases.  


North Country Gold Corp. maintains an extensive quality control program in the
preparation, shipping and checking of all samples from the property. The program
is supervised by Peter Kleespies, M.Sc., P. Geol., who is the Qualified Person
as defined by NI 43-101. A detailed description of North Country Gold Corp.'s
QA/QC program is provided on the Company's website at www.northcountrygold.com.


North Country Gold Corp. is a member of the Discovery Group of companies, for
more information on the group visit www.discoveryexp.com.


On behalf of the Board

North Country Gold.

John Williamson

This release includes certain statements that may be deemed "forward-looking
statements". All statements in this release, other than statements of historical
facts, that address exploration drilling, exploitation activities and events or
developments that the company expects are forward looking statements. Although
the company believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking
statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not
guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ
materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking
statements include market prices, exploitation and exploration successes,
continuity of mineralization, uncertainties related to the ability to obtain
necessary permits, licenses and title and delays due to third party opposition,
changes in government policies regarding mining and natural resource exploration
and exploitation, and continued availability of capital and financing, and
general economic, market or business conditions. Investors are cautioned that
any such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results
or developments may differ materially from those projected in the
forward-looking statements. For more information on the Company, investors
should review the Company's continuous disclosure filings that are available at
www.sedar.com.