Northwestern Mineral Ventures, Inc. (fka NWTMF)

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Northwestern extends airborne survey to cover second uranium property in Niger

May 23, 2006 09:00:31 (ET)


TORONTO, May 23, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Northwestern Mineral Ventures Inc. (NWTMF, Trade) is pleased to announce the expansion of its comprehensive fixed-wing airborne geophysical survey in Niger to also cover its Irhazer uranium concession.

"The expansion of Northwestern's airborne program underscores management's commitment to an aggressive development program and our significant forward momentum in Niger following the recent completion of our C$17.9-million financing," said Kabir Ahmed, Chairman and CEO of Northwestern Mineral Ventures. "Once the airborne survey is complete, we intend to advance quickly with mapping, prospecting, a ground geophysics program and soil sampling. We expect to use the resulting data in combination with previous exploration results to delineate high-priority areas for uranium drill testing."

The airborne survey over Irhazer will cover a total of nearly 12,000 line kilometers and is being flown at a line spacing of 200 meters and sensor clearance of 80 meters. It will acquire radiometric and magnetometric data that will be used to indicate the presence of potential uranium-bearing mineralization, as well as underlying structures that may be associated with uranium. The survey is being conducted by Fugro Airborne Surveys of South Africa.

The fly-over portion of the program covering the In Gall concession has been completed. Northwestern will use the initial findings to refine the survey parameters and further optimize data collection over Irhazer.

In Gall and Irhazer cover 988,000 acres (4,000 square kilometers) of highly prospective land within the same stratigraphy as two operating uranium mines that together provide almost 10% of worldwide production. Niger currently ranks as one of the world's top producers of uranium.

ABOUT NORTHWESTERN:

Northwestern Mineral Ventures (www.northwestmineral.com) is an international natural resource exploration company with an experienced management team. The company is focused on properties in Niger, Canada and the United States with potential uranium targets. Northwestern also has a precious and base metal property in Mexico. Northwestern is listed on the NASD Bulletin Board under the symbol "NWTMF" and the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "NWT."

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responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.

This news release includes certain "forward looking statements" within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Without limitation, statements regarding potential mineralization and resources, exploration results, and future plans and objectives of the Company are forward looking statements that involve various degrees of risk. The following are important factors that could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward looking statements: changes in the world wide price of mineral commodities, general market conditions, risks inherent in mineral exploration, risks associated with development, construction and mining operations, the uncertainty of future profitability and the uncertainty of access to additional capital.

SOURCE Northwestern Mineral Ventures Inc.


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