EDMONTON, ALBERTA -- Northern Tiger Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:NTR) wishes to announce that the Corporation has issued 2,180,000 stock options to directors, officers, consultants and employees with an exercise price of $0.50 per common share and an expiry date of April 1, 2013.

Northern Tiger Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:NTR) is a Canadian-based resource exploration company focused on gold and copper exploration in the rapidly developing Yukon. The company has an impressive portfolio of gold and copper focused projects in the Yukon, including 3Ace (with a new high-grade gold discovery), Sonora Gulch, and five properties prospective for Minto-style high-grade copper mineralization. Through its exploration alliance with Capstone Mining Corp.'s wholly owned subsidiary, Minto Explorations Ltd., Northern Tiger benefits from a wide range of experience, knowledge and capabilities from early exploration to mine production.