Redhill acquires Petroleum and Natural Gas Leases Re

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High North Resources-Mou Signed on 1,792 Hectares of Oil and Gas Leases

CALGARY, ALBERTA -- (Marketwired - Dec. 20, 2013) - High North Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:HN) (the "Company" or "High North") wishes to announce that it has signed a binding memorandum of understanding (the "MOU") to acquire a 100% interest in a total of 7 crown petroleum and natural gas leases (the "Leases") with Redhill Resources Corp. ("Redhill"). Redhill acquired the petroleum and natural gas leases in the Government of Alberta's December 18, 2013 public offering of Crown land rights (the "Auction"). Total consideration for the accepted offers was $1,961,647 (the "Bid Amount"). The leases total 1,792 hectares and are located in north western Alberta.

Under the terms of the MOU, Redhill has granted High North the option (the "Option") to purchase the Leases within 4 months of the Auction by paying to Redhill the Bid Amount plus a premium of 10%. If the Option is extended to 6 months and exercised between 4 and 6 months from the date of the Auction, High North will, be required to subject to regulatory approval, issue to the Company 1,000,000 share purchase warrants entitling the Company to purchase 1,000,000 common shares of High North at a price of $0.60 per share, for a period of 1 year. Redhill will retain a 2.5% gross overriding royalty in any production from the Leases if the Option is exercised. The Option and any issuance of securities by High North may be conditional upon the approval of the TSX-Venture Exchange. Under the terms of the MOU, High North is to provide Redhill with draft confidentiality, option and gross overriding royalty agreements for review.


Operations Update:

The Company is in the process of acquiring surface equipment in order to continue testing the 16-2 and 9-2 Montney oil wells. The Company's third well 9-26, has had production casing run and will be fracked during the first week of January.


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The TSX Venture Exchange Inc. has in no way passed upon the merits of the proposed transaction and has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this press release.



Contact:

High North Resources Ltd.
Mr. Colin Soares. President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director
(403) 463-7393
csoares@highnorthresources.com

High North Resources Ltd.
Investor Relations
(604) 687-1779
www.highnorthresources.com