Noront Resources Comments on Freewest Alternative Transaction

TORONTO, November 23 -

    Symbol: NOT:TSX-V
    Shares Outstanding: 163,631,957
    Fully Diluted: 173,461,957

Noront Resources Intersects High Grade Platinum, Drilling Now Confirms Continuity at Eagle's Nest

TORONTO, November 19 - Symbol: NOT:TSX-V

Clarification of Noront Resources Intersects High Grade Platinum, Drilling now Confirms Continuity at Eagle's Nest

TORONTO, November 19 - Noront Resources Ltd. ("Noront" or the "Company") (TSX Venture: NOT) is
pleased to report newly obtained assay results of completed drill holes
from the Company's Eagle's Nest deposit at the McFauld's Lake Property
located within the Ring of Fire mineral district. The results are from the
ongoing drilling, which continues to expand and define the extents of the
mineralization at Eagle's Nest.

Noront Resources Corrects Misleading Statements Made by Freewest Resources

TORONTO, November 18 - Symbol: NOT:TSX-V

Noront and Freewest Reach Agreement on Shareholders Rights Plan - Freewest Waives Application of the Plan to Noront's Offer

TORONTO, November 12 -

    Symbol:              NOT:TSX-V
    Shares Outstanding:  163,631,957
    Fully Diluted:       173,461,957

Attention Freewest Shareholders: Receive Full and Fair Value for Your Freewest Shares by Tendering to the Noront Offer Today

TORONTO, November 10 -

     Symbol: NOT:TSX-V
     Shares Outstanding:  163,781,957
     Fully Diluted:       173,461,957

Noront Responds to Freewest’s Failure to Provide Shareholders With the Facts

TORONTO -

- Symbol: NOT:TSX-V - Shares Outstanding: 163,781,957 - Fully Diluted: 173,461,957

Noront Resources to Present at key Retail and Industry Conferences

TORONTO -

Symbol: NOT:TSX-V Shares Outstanding: 163,631,957 Fully Diluted: 173,461,957

Noront Resources Reports Exploration Update at McFauld’s Lake Project, James Bay Lowlands

TORONTO, Canada -

Symbol: NOT:TSX-V Shares Outstanding: 163,631,957 Fully Diluted: 173,461,957

Noront Resources Awards Infrastructure and Transportation Study to SNC-Lavalin

TORONTO -

Symbol: NOT:TSX-V Shares Outstanding: 163,631,957 Fully Diluted: 173,461,957

Noront Offer for Freewest Continues to Represent Full and Fair Value

TORONTO -

Symbol: NOT:TSX-V Shares Outstanding: 163,631,957 Fully Diluted: 173,461,957

Noront Resources Identifies Distinct Gold Zone at McFaulds Lake Property

TORONTO -

Symbol: NOT:TSX-V Shares Outstanding: 163,631,957 Fully Diluted: 173,461,957

Noront Resources Ltd. Reports Updated Assays for Eagle’s Nest Deposit at McFaulds Lake

TORONTO, Canada - Noront Resources Ltd. (”Noront” or the “Company”) (TSX Venture: NOT) is pleased to report updated assay results, which now include platinum and palladium assays, which were incomplete from the press release issued October 15, 2009. The updated assays are from the Company’s Eagle’s Nest deposit at the McFaulds Lake Property located within the Ring of Fire mineral district in the James Bay Lowlands. The results are from the ongoing drilling targeted at extending the limits of 1B and 1C lenses discovered in August 2009. Drilling to date suggests that the Eagle 1B and 1C lenses may be a single unit with a current defined vertical length of over 700 metres.

Noront Resources Ltd. Reports Increases at Eagle’s Nest Deposit at McFaulds Lake

TORONTO -

Symbol: NOT:TSX-V Shares Outstanding: 163,631,957 Fully Diluted: 173,461,957

Noront Resources Announces Historic Formation of First Nations Advisory Council

TORONTO - Noront Resources Ltd. (”Noront” or the “Company”) (TSX Venture: NOT) The Company is pleased to announce that it has formed a historic First Nations Advisory Council to guide the Company in establishing exemplary relationships with the local First Nations Communities in the Ring of Fire, in the James Bay Lowlands, where the Company’s primary assets, including the Eagle’s Nest and the Blackbird Deposits, are located.

Noront Resources Formally Commences Bid for Freewest Resources

TORONTO - Noront Resources Ltd. (”Noront” or the “Company”) (TSX Venture: NOT) announced today that it has formally commenced a share exchange take-over bid (the “Take-Over Bid”) for Freewest Resources Canada Inc. (”Freewest”, TSX-V:FWR) to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares (the “Common Shares”) of Freewest (the “Offer”).

Noront Resources Announces Change Of Venue for Upcoming Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders on October 15, 2009

TORONTO -

Symbol: NOT:TSX-V Shares Outstanding: 163,631,957 Fully Diluted: 173,461,957

Noront Resources Notification of Annual and Special Meeting

TORONTO -

Symbol: NOT:TSX-V Shares Outstanding: 163,631,957 Fully Diluted: 173,461,957

Noront Resources Appoints Chief Operating Officer

TORONTO -

Symbol: NOT:TSX-V Shares Outstanding: 163,631,957 Fully Diluted: 173,461,957

Noront Resources Announces Take-Over Bid for Freewest Resources

TORONTO -

- Noront’s Offer of one (1) Noront share for four (4) Freewest shares represents an implied offer price of C$0.3975 per share and a 51% premium to Freewest Resources’ 30-day volume-weighted average price (”VWAP”). - The transaction allows all shareholders to benefit from Noront’s high-grade nickel, copper, PGM Eagle’s Nest discovery, while simultaneously consolidating the chromite discoveries made by both companies. - Noront’s established, well-funded development team is mandated to aggressively explore and develop the Ring of Fire. Symbol: NOT:TSX-V Shares Outstanding: 163,631,957 Fully Diluted: 173,461,957

Noront Resources and Marten Falls First Nation Enter Negotiations for Exploration Agreement and Partnerships

TORONTO -

Symbol: NOT:TSX-V Shares Outstanding: 163,631,957 Fully Diluted: 173,461,957

Noront Resources Announces Eagle’s Nest Assay Results at McFauld’s Lake Project, James Bay Lowlands

TORONTO - Noront Resources Ltd. (”Noront” or the”Company”) (TSX Venture: NOT) is pleased to report newly obtained assay results of completed drill holes from the Company’s Eagle’s Nest deposit at the McFauld’s Lake Property located within the Ring of Fire mineral district. The Eagle’s Nest deposit currently includes the original Eagle 1 deposit now known as the Eagle 1Aas well as the 1B and 1C lenses recently discovered beneath Eagle 1A.

Noront Resources Reports Final Assays on Blackbird Chromite Deposit, McFauld’s Lake

TORONTO -

Symbol: NOT:TSX-V Shares Outstanding: 163,631,957 Fully Diluted: 173,461,957

Noront Resources Appoints Alex Davidson, Director

TORONTO - Noront Resources Ltd. (”Noront” or the “Company”) (TSX Venture: NOT) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Alex Davidson to the Board of Directors of Noront Resources, effective August 4, 2009.

Noront Resources Reports CDN$20 Million Financing Fully Subscribed

TORONTO -

/THIS PRESS RELEASE IS INTENDED FOR DISTRIBUTION IN CANADA ONLY AND IS NOT INTENDED FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES/ Symbol: NOT:TSX-V Shares Outstanding: 154,578,457 Fully Diluted: 161,033,457

Noront Resources Announces CAD $20 Million Equity Financing

TORONTO -

Symbol: NOT:TSX-V Shares Outstanding: 154,578,457 Fully Diluted: 161,033,457

Noront Resources Identifies Two New Lenses of Resource Grade Mineralization at Eagle One, McFauld’s Lake

TORONTO, Canada -

Symbol: NOT:TSX-V Shares Outstanding: 154,578,457 Fully Diluted: 164,098,457

Noront Resources Reports Thunderbird Vanadium Assay Results

TORONTO -

Symbol: NOT:TSX-V Shares Outstanding: 154,578,457 Fully Diluted: 164,098,457

Noront Resources Provides Corporate Update

TORONTO -

Symbol: NOT:TSX-V Shares Outstanding: 154,578,457 Fully Diluted: 164,098,457

Noront Resources Announces Windfall Lake Acquisition Option Agreement

TORONTO -

Symbol: NOT:TSX-V Shares Outstanding: 154,578,457 Fully Diluted: 164,098,457

Noront Resources Announces No Material Change

TORONTO - Noront Resources Ltd. (”Noront” or the “Company”) (TSX Venture: NOT) announced today that there are no corporate developments or undisclosed material changes involving the Corporation to account for its recent rise in stock price. Noront released an Exploration Update on June 29, 2009 www.norontresources.com/News/Release/147 outlining the current status on drilling at its Eagle One high-grade nickel, copper, PGM discovery. As discussed in that press release, all outstanding assays on Eagle One are pending and will be released when compiled.