Copper North files consolidated financial statements and Annual Information Form for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011

VANCOUVER, April 23, 2012 /CNW/ - Copper North Mining Corp. ("Copper North" or the "Company") (TSX.V: COL) today announces that it has filed its audited consolidated financial statements ("Financial Statements"), Management Discussion and Analysis ("MD&A"), and Annual Information Form ("AIF") for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011. The reports cover the period from the Company's incorporation on August 3, 2011 to December 31, 2011.

As at December 31, 2011, Copper North had a cash balance of $1.88 million and working capital of approximately $1.5 million.

Full reports are available for viewing on the Company's website: AIF; Financial Statements; MD&A. The documents are also available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

About Copper North

Copper North is a Canadian mineral exploration and development company. Copper North's mineral resource assets include the Carmacks Copper Project located in the Yukon, and the high-grade, stratiform-copper Redstone Property, located in the Northwest Territories. Copper North trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol COL. Please visit www.coppernorthmining.com.

On behalf of the Board of Directors:

"Sally L. Eyre"

Dr. Sally L. Eyre
President, CEO and Director

This news release includes certain "forward-looking statements" 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.  In making the forward-looking statements in this release, the Company has applied certain factors and assumptions that the Company believes are reasonable. Forward-looking statements in this release are subject to numerous risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those express or implied in such forward-looking statements. The Company expressly disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise except as otherwise required by applicable securities legislation.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Peter Oates, Manager, Investor Relations

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