NFR Northern Freegold Resources Ltd

Northern Freegold Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:NFR) is pleased to announce that
it has filed the NI 43-101 compliant report supporting the Company's recent
resource increase at its Nucleus deposit. (See PR #10-06, March 5, 2010) The
Nucleus deposit is the most advanced stage exploration target on the road
accessible district scale 198 square kilometer Freegold Mountain Project in the
Yukon Territory. The Deposit is a near surface, bulk tonnage, potentially
open-pittable intrusion related gold deposit which may be part of a much larger
porphyry Cu +/- Au +/- Mo system recognized in the Revenue Zone, directly to the
east. The report may be accessed via the Company's website at
www.northernfreegold.com or on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.


Highlights from Technical Report:

The "Technical Report on the Nucleus Property, Freegold Mountain Project,
Including an Updated Mineral Resource Estimate", with an effective date of April
19, 2010, prepared by GeoVector Management Inc. and Northern Freegold Resources
Ltd.:


- identifies within the Nucleus deposit an inferred mineral resource of 35.8 Mt
of ore at a grade of 0.87 g/t gold for a total of 1.04 million ounces of gold,
at a 0.4 g/t gold cutoff


-- within this resource is a a higher grade zone of 2.2 Mt of ore at a grade of
2.55 g/t for 183,631 ounces of gold, at a 0.4 g/t gold cutoff 


-- which includes 1.5 Mt of ore at a grade of 3.47 g/t for 166,921 ounces of
gold, at a 1.0 g/t gold cutoff


-- or 0.8 Mt of ore at a grade of 5.11 g/t for 137,166 ounces of gold, at a 2.0
g/t gold cutoff


- concludes the Nucleus deposit remains open in all directions and at depth and
that it can potentially be greatly increased with extensional drilling


- recognizes that preliminary gold recovery metallurgical testing completed by G
& T Metallurgical Services Ltd. on separate composite bulk samples indicate
excellent overall gold recovery ranging from 92 to 98% 


Susan Craig, NFR's President & CEO commented, "We are pleased to issue this
updated technical report on the Nucleus Deposit which indicates resource growth
close to 40% in grade and ounces at a higher cutoff. The 2010 program will allow
us to pursue resource growth at Nucleus, and to test potential to define new
resources in other target areas." Ms. Craig adds, "The report recognizes that
the Nucleus deposit may be related to a larger Cu +/- Au +/- Mo system
recognized in the Revenue Zone to the east."


The Nucleus deposit is comparable in both geologic setting and deposit type to
other deposits contained within the Tintina Gold Belt, which extends from Alaska
in the West into the Yukon Territories in the East. Numerous multi-milllion
ounce gold deposits occur in the Tintina Gold Belt including the producing Fort
Knox mine operated by Kinross Gold Corporation and the Pogo mine operated by
Sumitomo Metal Mining in Alaska. Mutli-million ounce development stage projects
include the recently discovered Livengood Project of International Tower Hill
Mines Ltd., also located in Alaska. The White Gold deposit of Underworld
Resources, of which Kinross Gold has acquired is approximately 100 km to the
northwest of the Nucleus deposit. Also in close proximity to the Freegold
Mountain Project area is the producing Minto Mine of Capstone, the Carmacks
Copper Deposit of Western Copper Corporation in its final permitting stage and
the Casino Copper-Gold-Moly Deposit which is has entered into the Yukon
Environmental Assessment Process.


Based on geology, styles of mineralization and structure, the Nucleus deposit is
classified as a low grade, bulk tonnage, intrusive related low sulphidation
epithermal gold deposit. The Deposit may be part of a much larger porphyry Cu
+/- Au +/- Mo system recognized in the Revenue Zone, which is underlain by
several brecciated and mineralized granitic bodies. The Revenue Zone shows
similar geological and mineralogical characteristics to the Casino porphyry Cu
+/- Au +/- Mo +/- Ag deposit, containing 8 million ozs Au, 4.4 billion lbs Cu
and 440 million lbs Mo (www.westerncoppercorp.com). These reserves and resources
have not been verified by the qualified person and the information is not
necessarily indicative of the mineralization at Freegold Mountain.


Mineral resource estimates were carried out by Mr. Joseph Campbell, B.Sc., P.
Geo., President of GeoVector Management Inc. and Dr. Allan Armitage, PhD, P.Geol
(AB), a consulting geologist with GeoVector Management inc. and independent
Qualified Person's as defined by National Instrument 43-101. Dr. Armitage and
Mr. Campbell have acted as the Qualified Persons, as defined in NI 43-101, for
the mineral resource estimate component of the technical report.


Wade Barnes, P. Geo., Senior Geologist with Northern Freegold is a Qualified
Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101, and has reviewed and approved
the technical information in this release.


About Northern Freegold

Northern Freegold is a well financed rapidly advancing Canadian-based precious
metals exploration and development company, which brings local expertise and
strong management to focus on the development of economic mineral resources on
the district-scale Freegold Mountain gold and copper project in the Yukon and
the Burro Creek gold and silver property in Arizona.


Northern Freegold Resources Ltd.

On behalf of the Board of Directors

Susan P. Craig, President & CEO

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

The information in this press release includes certain "forward-looking
statements". All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included
herein including, without limitation, plans for and intentions with respect to
the company's properties, statements regarding intentions with respect to
obligations due for various projects, strategic alternatives, quantity of
resources or reserves, timing of permitting, construction and production and
other milestones, are forward looking statements. Statements concerning Mineral
Reserves and Mineral Resources are also forward-looking statements in that they
reflect an assessment, based on certain assumptions, of the mineralization that
would be encountered and mining results if the project were developed and mined
in the manner described. Forward-looking statements involve various risks and
uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be
accurate, and actual results and future events could differ materially from
those anticipated in such statements. Important factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from NFR's expectations include the uncertainties
involving the need for additional financing to explore and develop properties
and availability of financing in the debt and capital markets; uncertainties
involved in the interpretation of drilling results and geological tests and the
estimation of reserves and resources; the need for cooperation of government
agencies and First Nation groups in the exploration, and development of
properties; and the need to obtain permits and governmental approval. NFR's
forward looking statements reflect the beliefs, opinions and projections of
management on the date the statements are made. NFR assumes no obligation to
update the forward looking statements if management's beliefs, opinions,
projections, or other factors should they change.


Cautionary Note Regarding Reserve and Resource Estimates

This press release has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the
securities laws in effect in Canada, which differ from the requirements of U.S.
securities laws. Unless otherwise indicated, all resource and reserve estimates
included in this press release have been prepared in accordance with National
Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI 43-101") and
the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Classification System. NI 43-101
is a rule developed by the Canadian Securities Administrators which establishes
standards for all public disclosure an issuer makes of scientific and technical
information concerning mineral projects. Canadian standards, including NI
43-101, differ significantly from the requirements of the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), and resource and reserve information
contained herein may not be comparable to similar information disclosed by U.S.
companies. In particular, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the term "resource" does not equate to the term "reserves". Investors should
also understand that "inferred mineral resources" have a great amount of
uncertainty as to their existence and great uncertainty as to their economic and
legal feasibility. It cannot be assumed that all or any part of an "inferred
mineral resource" will ever be upgraded to a higher category. The estimation of
quantities of resources and reserves is complex, based on significant subjective
assumptions and forward-looking information, including assumptions that arise
from the evaluation of geological, geophysical, engineering and economic data
for a given ore body. This data could change over time as a result of numerous
factors, including new information gained from development activities, evolving
production history and a reassessment of the viability of production under
different economic conditions. Changes in data and/or assumptions could cause
reserve estimates to substantially change from period to period. No assurance
can be given that the indicated level of mineral will be produced. Actual
production could differ from expected production and an adverse change in
mineral prices could make a reserve uneconomic to mine. Variations could also
occur in actual ore grades and recovery rates from estimates.

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