Newcastle Files Technical Report on Its Carscallen Project

Newcastle Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:NCM) is pleased to announce that it has
completed a National Instrument 43-101-compliant technical report on its
120-hectare Carscallen project located west of Timmins, Ontario. The report is
available online at www.sedar.com.


The comprehensive report, prepared by A.C.A. Howe International Limited of
Toronto, recommends additional work on the property, including a GIS
geoscientific compilation of assessment file data pertaining to surrounding
mineral claims, relogging of 2010 and 2011 drill core for the presence of mafic
volcanic units that were previously misidentified, a volcanological / structural
study and, depending on the results of that work, a 2,000 metre follow-up
drilling program.


Newcastle Minerals Ltd. is a Canadian gold exploration company trading on the
TSX Venture Exchange (TSX VENTURE:NCM). The company is advancing its three key
properties: the 11,100-hectare Pickle Lake Property in northwestern Ontario, its
6,898-hectare property located in the Swayze greenstone belt of Ontario near
Trelawney Mining and Exploration Inc.'s Cote Lake deposit, and its 120-hectare
Carscallen Property in the West Timmins area of Ontario.


ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

Michael Romanik, President