SBW Strongbow Exploration Inc

Strongbow Exploration Inc. (TSX VENTURE:SBW) is pleased to provide an update on
exploration activities at its wholly owned Snowbird Nickel project in northern
Saskatchewan and southern Northwest Territories. Highlight results from the 2008
program include:


- A new zone of nickel-copper sulphide mineralization has been discovered in the
Nickel Lake area, northern Saskatchewan where drill hole NL08-01 has returned
0.80 m grading 1.89% Ni, 0.96% Cu and 0.111% Co; 


- Exploration drilling at Dumas Lake, SK has confirmed the presence of Ni-Cu
sulphide mineralization including 0.55 m grading 0.81% Ni, 0.47% Cu, and 0.039%
Co in drill hole DS08-03;


- The discovery of several mineralized mafic to ultramafic intrusions in the
Heel area, SK. 


Ken Armstrong, President and CEO of Strongbow, stated, "Nickel Lake is located
only 35 km north of the community of Stony Rapids, and this new discovery brings
the Company closer to its goal of identifying nickel-copper sulphide deposits
close to transportation infrastructure in northern Saskatchewan as a compliment
to ongoing exploration work at the Nickel King project located approximately 100
km to the northeast of Nickel Lake. The Nickel Lake discovery also confirms
Strongbow's exploration thesis that the Snowbird Tectonic Zone represents a
significant underexplored geologic area within Canada that has the potential to
host multiple magmatic nickel sulphide deposits. The identification of a number
of previously unrecognized mafic to ultramafic intrusions, some of which are
mineralized, in the Heel, Reeve Lake, Five Mile and Opescal Lake areas, provides
further evidence that additional discoveries are possible with continued,
careful exploration work." 


During July 2008, Strongbow completed a six hole (774 m) drilling program in the
Nickel Lake and Dumas Lake areas, approximately 30 to 40 km north of Stony
Rapids. At Nickel Lake, drill hole NL08-01 (102 m) tested a 600 m long
electromagnetic/magnetic anomaly located beneath overburden adjacent to and
along strike from several highly strained norite intrusions. NL08-01, drilled to
the south at a minus 45 degree angle, encountered a 0.80 m zone of semi-massive
sulphides grading 1.89% Ni, 0.96% Cu and 0.111% Co starting at 80.15 m downhole.
Mineralization is hosted by an interpreted paragneiss unit, although further
geochemical and petrographic work is planned to determine if these rocks compare
to mafic intrusions mapped elsewhere in the area. Mineralization encountered in
NL08-01 is not interpreted to represent the down dip extension of mineralized
norite intrusions (grab samples returning from background values to 0.45% Ni)
mapped approximately 150 m south of, and 270 m along strike to the east of the
drill hole. Additional modelling of available geophysical data is underway to
determine if this surface mineralization may represent an untested, sub parallel
drill target.


Approximately 10 km to the east of Nickel Lake, five drill holes tested a series
of geophysical targets over a five kilometre strike length in the Dumas Lake
area. Three of the drill holes encountered nickel sulphide mineralization
associated with a steep to moderately north northwest dipping norite intrusive
that has been discontinuously mapped through the area. Drill hole DS08-01 was
drilled at an angle of -80 degrees along a 130 degree azimuth and remained in
norite from the collar to the end of the hole at 249 m. Disseminated sulphide
mineralization was encountered over a 25 metre section grading 0.15% Ni starting
at 6.0 m downhole. Drill hole DS08-02 was collared approximately 900 m to the
west of DS08-01 and drilled at an angle of minus 85 degrees to the north,
returning a 12.0 m interval grading 0.19% Ni, 0.12% Cu and 0.010% Co starting at
14.5 m downhole. Drill hole DS08-03 was collared approximately 1,300 m southwest
of DS08-02 and returned the most significant mineralization from the Dumas Lake
area including a 4.55 m interval returning 0.27% Ni, 0.20% Cu and 0.012% Co
starting at 36.0 m downhole. The bottom of this interval includes a 0.55 m
section of 10-15% disseminated sulphides grading 0.81% Ni, 0.47% Cu, and 0.039%
Co. The remaining two holes (DS08-04 and -05) tested two targets at the western
end of the Dumas Lake area and did not encounter significant mineralization. As
with the Nickel Lake target, additional geophysical modelling is also planned in
order to refine the Dumas Lake exploration targets.


Outside of the drilling program, regional exploration work on the Snowbird
project consisted of bedrock mapping, prospecting and geochemical surveys of
selected targets with the primary goal being the follow-up of results from
detailed airborne geophysical (VTEM) surveys completed earlier this spring. This
work resulted in the identification of new occurrences of mafic and ultramafic
intrusive rocks in the Heel area, approximately 70 km northeast of Stony Rapids.
The Heel target area covers a series of prospective coincident electromagnetic
and magnetic geophysical anomalies with associated anomalous lake sediment
geochemical results. A series of norite, gabbro and pyroxenite intrusions have
now been mapped in this area, some of which contain 1-3% disseminated sulphide
mineralization and have locally returned anomalous nickel values. In particular,
initial sampling of the Dash, Laura and Island showings has returned from
background values up to 0.15% Ni, 0.46% Ni and 0.10% Ni respectively. Each of
these showings is located adjacent to priority geophysical targets and modelling
is underway to determine if the geophysical anomalies could represent the
subsurface expression of mineralization identified at these showings. In
addition to the Heel area, new occurrences of mafic and ultramafic intrusions
have also been identified in the Opescal Lake, Reeve Lake, and Five Mile areas
during the 2008 program.


Strongbow maintains a 100% interest in approximately 900,000 acres of mineral
claims and permits along a 240 km strike length of the southern SBTZ. Current
exploration of the Snowbird and Nickel King projects is part of Strongbow's
ongoing evaluation of the nickel-copper-PGE potential of the SBTZ. The SBTZ is a
major crustal scale structure and represents an underexplored region of Canada
that is prospective for magmatic sulphide nickel deposits. Strongbow's 2008
exploration programs are conducted under the supervision of David Gale, P.Geo.
(BC), Vice-President of Exploration for Strongbow and a Qualified Person within
the meaning of National Instrument 43-101. 


All samples from the 2008 drilling programs are split with one half of the core
submitted to Acme Analytical Laboratories of Vancouver, BC for analysis. Each
sample is weighed, dried and crushed to better than 70% passing a 2 mm screen. A
split of up to 250g is taken and pulverized to better than 95% passing a 100
micron (150 mesh) screen. The prepared sample is subjected to an aqua regia
digestion and the resulting solution is analyzed by inductively coupled plasma -
mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Samples that return nickel results greater than
5,000 ppm are automatically re-analyzed using a larger sample size and
laboratory inserted ore grade standards to provide optimum precision and
accuracy. Strongbow conducts an internal quality assurance/quality control
program, with the regular insertion of standard, blank and field duplicate
samples into the sample stream.


STRONGBOW EXPLORATION INC.

Kenneth A. Armstrong, President and CEO

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