North Country Gold Engages Zone Capital Partners

North Country Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:NCG)(OTCQX:NCGDF) ("North Country" or the
"Company") is pleased to announce that Zone Capital Partners, LLC ("ZCP") has
been hired to provide financial consulting and investor relations services to
the Company. 


ZCP provides investor relations and other consulting services to small and
mid-cap companies. It is based in Dana Point, California and owned by Ira
Miller. Mr. Miller has over 25 years of capital markets and advisory experience,
including providing investor relations services to companies listed on the TSX
Venture Exchange. Other than North Country options that are anticipated to be
granted to ZCP as partial compensation for investor relations services, neither
ZCP nor Mr. Miller has any interest, directly or indirectly, in North Country or
its securities, or any right or intent to acquire such an interest.


ZCP will be paid a monthly fee of $10,000 USD for an initial term of 4 months
and will be granted 500,000 stock options of the Company, exercisable at $0.10
cents per share. The options will vest as to 25% every three months from the
date of the grant and will be exercisable for a period of 5 years. The Agreement
and the grant of options are subject to regulatory approval. 


Three Bluffs Gold Deposit

The Three Bluffs gold project is a structurally controlled lode gold system
hosted within oxide facies iron formation and greywackes. The deposit currently
hosts a resource of 4.30 Mt at 4.91 g/t gold for 683,000 ounces gold (indicated)
and 5.52Mt at 5.43 g/t gold for 965,000 ounces gold (inferred) (See press
release dated April 23, 2013). To date, Three Bluffs has been drill tested along
a strike length of 4.1 kilometres to depths of 500 metres below surface with
gold mineralization persisting to depth where the company has identified
additional mineral potential(i) comprising 4.5 to 7.5 million tonnes grading
between 3.8 g/t and 7.3 g/t gold (see press release date April 23, 2013.
(i)Estimates of the potential quantity and grade of additional mineral
potential' at Three Bluffs are conceptual in nature as there has been
insufficient exploration to define a mineral resource and it is uncertain if
further exploration will result in the target being delineated as a mineral
resource. 


About North Country Gold Corp.

North Country Gold Corp. controls the gold-rich Committee Bay Greenstone Belt
located 180km northeast of the of Agnico Eagle's Meadowbank gold mine in Nunavut
Canada. It is one of the largest under-explored greenstone belts in Canada with
numerous drill-ready high-grade gold targets. The Company holds a 100% interest
in 243,620 acres along the 300km long belt and has identified 5 distinct
exploration centres with numerous high-grade gold drill intercepts. North
Country operations are currently focused on advancement of the Three Bluffs
deposit, which is geologically comparable, with similar grades, type of
mineralization and age, to the Lupin, Meadowbank and Meliadine gold deposit. 


North Country Gold's vision is the build the company into a long term junior to
mid-tier gold producer through disciplined exploration and development of high
quality gold assets in stable safe mining jurisdictions.


North Country Gold Corp. maintains an extensive quality control program in the
preparation, shipping and checking of all samples from the property. The content
of this news release and the Company's technical disclosure has been reviewed
and approved by Peter Kleespies, M.Sc., P.Geol., who is the Qualified Person as
defined by NI 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects. A detailed
description of North Country Gold Corp.'s QA/QC program is provided on the
Company's website at www.northcountrygold.com.


On behalf of the Board

North Country Gold. 

John Williamson

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that
term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts
responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.


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


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: 
North Country Gold Corp.
Brian Budd
President & Director
604-697-2861
[e-mail]
www.northcountrygold.com