northern vertex mining corp (NEE) Snapshot

Northern Vertex Mining Corp. announced the appointment of Mr. Gordon D. Ulrich, as an independent member of the Board of Directors. With over 40 years' senior level experience in all facets of mine development, operations and executive leadership, Mr. Ulrich's distinguished career includes a period as President and Chief Executive Officer of Luscar Ltd. from 1990-2001. Ulrich has also been an independent director of a number of resource companies including: Farallon Mining Ltd., Blue Note Mining Inc., Forest Gate Resources Inc. and Messina Minerals Inc. He is an active community member, having served on a number of not for profit organizations. Currently, he is a member of the board of the Alberta Electric System Operator and serves on the Advisory Committee for Alternative Capital Financing reporting to the Treasury Board, Province of Alberta.

Northern Vertex Mining Corp. announced the results of a preliminary economic assessment ("PEA") for its Moss Mine Gold-Silver Project, Mohave County Arizona, USA. The PEA is based on the recently announced updated resource estimate and is contained in a N1 43-101 (Disclosure Standards for Mineral Projects) compliant technical report co-authored by CDM Smith Inc. ("CDM") and Metal Mining Consultants Inc. ("MMC") dated March 13, 2013 (the "Technical Report"). Northern Vertex has the right to earn a 70% interest in the Moss Gold-Silver Property from Patriot Gold Corp. by spending $8 million and preparing a feasibility study. The Company has spent $5.6 million to date. Subsequent to the Northern Vertex earn-in, funding of the project by the participants will be on a 70:30 proportional basis. Preliminary Economic Assessment Highlights: This PEA evaluates the economics of open pit mining and heap leach processing for the Moss Mine Gold-Silver Project. Pilot Plant - Phase I, Designed to in-field test the economic and technical viability of heap leach processing; Includes pilot-scale open pit mining and heap leach processing of an aggregate of approximately 90,000 tonnes of mineralized rock; All activities would be confined to patented property; Low strip ratio 0.79:1; Mined zone approximately 500 feet in length; Both higher grade and lower grade material will be tested in Pilot Plant - Phase I; Production rate of 1,000 tonnes of mineralized rock /day; Mining and processing activities to be performed by contractors Operations - Phase II, Will proceed upon determination of successful results from Pilot Plant - Phase I, Would include mining and processing of approximately 6.13 million tonnes of mineralized rock, Open pit mining methods and heap leach processing; Low strip ratio 1.6:1; All activities would be confined to patented property; Pit depth ranges from 30 feet to 575 feet; Production and processing activities are expected to be 5,000 tonnes of mineralized rock /day; Mining activities to be performed by contractors and processing activities to be performed by Northern Vertex.

Northern Vertex Mining Corp. announces the updated the company's Moss Mine Gold-Silver Project resource estimate. The new resource estimate for the Moss Mine Gold-Silver Project includes: 12,611,000 tonnes of Measured Resources with an average grade of 0.85 grams/tonne Au an 9.10 grams/tonne Ag, or 1.03 grams/tonne gold equivalent. 9,978,000 tonnes of Indicated Resources with an average grade of 0.60 grams/tonne Au an 6.68 grams/tonne Ag, or 0.73 grams/tonne AuEq. 22,589,000 tonnes of Measured and Indicated Resources with an average grade of 0.7 grams/tonne Au and 8.03 grams/tonne Ag, or 0.90 grams/tonne AuEq. 3,957,000 tonnes of Inferred Resources with an average grade of 0.57 grams/tonne Au an 6.65 grams/tonne Ag, or 0.64 grams/tonne AuEq. The new NI 43-101 Mineral Resource Estimate includes 418,760 AuEq oz of Measured Resources with average grade of 1.03 grams/tonne AuEq, 234,840 AuEq oz of Indicated Resources with an average grade of 0.73 grams/tonne AuEq and 82,020 AuEq oz of Inferred Resources with average grade at 0.64 grams/onne AuEq.