JNR/Altius Discover Additional Mineralization at the Sheffield Lake SouthCopper Prospect, Topsails Project, Newfoundland

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SASKATOON, Dec. 14 /CNW/ - JNR Resources Inc. (TSXV:JNN) (the 'Company') is pleased to announce the following update from the Sheffield Lake South copper (Cu) prospect on its Topsails Uranium/Rare Earth Elements/Copper (U-REE-Cu) project in west-central Newfoundland.

The Topsails project is a 50/50 alliance between the Company and Altius Resources Inc. (jointly the 'Companies') that was established to explore for volcanic-hosted uranium deposits in a defined area of west-central Newfoundland near the mining community of Buchans.

The 2010 exploration program, budgeted at approximately $500,000, is nearing completion. This summer's program focused on the Koorae copper-molybdenum-gold-silver (Cu-Mo-Au-Ag) prospect and five other significant areas (Railway U showing, Sheffield Lake South Cu prospect, Long Range Mountain uranium-rare earth elements-yttrium-zirconium (U-REE-Y-Zr) prospects A and B, and Catcher's Pond Cu prospect).

In 2009, reconnaissance prospecting on the Topsails Project resulted in the discovery of disseminated and vein-hosted Cu, Mo, Pb, and Ag mineralization (+/- Zn, U, and REE enrichment) at Sheffield Lake South, with anomalous Pb and Mo values up to 13.9% and 0.55%, respectively. The Cu (+/- Mo, Pb) mineralization (up to 328 ppm) is hosted by granite, and the Mo and Pb mineralization is hosted predominantly by quartz veining within the altered granite. Outcrop and boulder samples from this area are also radiometrically and geochemically anomalous with respect to other metals; returning up to 0.009% U₃O₈, 0.21% total rare earth elements (TREE), 0.09% Y, 2.33% Zr, and 3.3 g/t Ag.

In 2010, extensive prospecting of the Sheffield Lake South area was carried out with 47 rock samples collected. The best mineralization in these samples comprises up to 3.9% Mo, 1.9% Pb, 0.36% Cu, and 95.3 g/t Ag; comparable to and confirming the results returned in 2009. A soil sampling survey was also completed over the main prospect area with 104 soil samples collected. Eighteen of these returned anomalous Au values from 20 to 414 ppb (+/- anomalous Mo, Pb), and adds significantly to the polymetallic prospectivity of this area.

As part of the 2011 Topsails exploration program, the Companies are planning more detailed prospecting and geological mapping, additional soil geochemistry surveys and possibly trenching, to further extend the area of the Sheffield Lake South prospect.

JNR is led by a highly experienced management team with proven discovery success in uranium exploration. In addition to its projects in Newfoundland, the Company has an interest in fourteen properties totalling some 340,197 hectares of highly prospective ground in the renowned Athabasca Basin of northern Saskatchewan.

JNR's Director of Exploration, Dr. Irvine R. Annesley, P.Geo., is the qualified person responsible for the technical data presented in this release. All samples were analysed at the Saskatchewan Research Council Laboratory in Saskatoon, an ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accredited facility. All technical information for the Company's exploration projects is obtained and reported under a formal quality assurance and quality control program, details of which are presented on the Company's website at: www.jnrresources.com/i/pdf/JNR-QAQC.pdf. A glossary of the technical terms included in this release can be found on the Company's website at: www.jnrresources.com/s/Glossary.asp.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

Rick Kusmirski
President & CEO

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JNR Resources at 306.382.2211 or 877.567.6463