Jun. 13, 2011 (Filing Services Canada) -- Trillium North Minerals Ltd. (TNM - TSX Venture),("Trillium") has commenced a six hole, 2000m drill program on its 100% owned, 183 claim unit property, known as West Porcupine. The property is located 40 km. southwest of downtown Timmins. This property covers the western extension of the Destor Fault and associated splay faults and shears, as well as the complete geological section found in Tisdale-Whitney Townships,that host the famous Porcupine Gold Camp. The six mile long property contains iron carbonated basalts of the Tisdale Group, ultramafics and Komatiite Basalts, as well as a large quartz eye porphyry with associated molybdenum mineralization similar to the Pearl lake and Millerton porphyry zones found at the McIntyre and Hollinger gold Mines.
This property contains a gold discovery made in 1994 (hole 94-18) by Hemlo Gold Mines Inc.("Hemlo"), of 43.44 grams/tonne gold over 1.5m (1.267 ounces/tonne gold over 4.9 feet) within 6.52 grams/tonne over 11.9m (0.19 ounces/tonne gold over 39 feet) at a depth of 210m vertically below surface . The assays were performed on 30 gram samples with fire assay method and Atomic Absorption finish. Another hole 95-23, 110m beneath the discovery hole intersected 20.4 g/1.8m (0.6 oz gold /6 ft.).
The aim of the present drill program will be to trace the gold zone to depth and determine the dip, strike and plunge of the gold zone, as well as the true nature of the silicified host rock in which the discovery was made. Follow up of another intercept(hole 94-13) 400m west of hole 94-18, will also be carried out, which intersected 21 g gold / tonne over 1.3 m (0.6 oz/4.1 ft.).
In addition to the silicified zone, other more classic quartz-ankerite veins and shear hosted mineralization are known to occur above and beyond the 94-18 intersection. The variety of gold structures is typical of the Porcupine Camp where over 70 million ounces of gold have been produced. The presence of sheared basalt hosted gold mineralization is typical of the Bell Creek deposit in Hoyle Township on the northeast end of the Porcupine Camp.
The quality control on the drilling and assaying will be supervised by Robert Middleton, P, Eng, who is acting as the qualified person for the Company under the rules of NI 43-101.
Assaying will be done by fire assay FA with an "AA" atomic absorption finish by ALS Chemex, with sample preparations carried out in their facility in Timmins, Ontario and assaying completed in their North Vancouver, B.C., facility.
Trillium also has joint venture agreements in place covering 5 properties in which other parties are working to earn an interest. These include three Pickle Lake Gold properties, two West Shebandowan Gold properties, and the Seagull Nickel-Platinum Property. The Company will update its shareholders on these properties as results become available.
For more information, contact Dr. Elliot Strashin, President, at 416-504-0077 xt 22.
On behalf of the board of directors
"Elliot Strashin"
Dr. Elliot Strashin, President
Forward Looking Statements
All statements other than statements of historical fact, included in this release, including, without limitation, statements regarding potential mineralization and reserves, exploration results, and future plans and objectives of the Company, are forward-looking statements that 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 the Company's expectations are exploration risks detailed herein and from time to time in the filings made by the Company with securities regulators.
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TRILLIUM NORTH MINERALS LTD
500 - 20 Maud St., TORONTO
Ontario, CANADA M5V 2M5
Telephone: (416) 504-0077
Fax: (416) 504-6019
www.trilliumnorth.com
402 - 905 West Pender Street, VANCOUVER
British Columbia, CANADA V6C 1L6
Telephone: (604) 681-1909 Fax: (604) 689-5930
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