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Noka Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:NX)(FRANKFURT:2NK) ("Noka") is pleased to
announce that the Western Athabasca Syndicate (the "Syndicate") has commenced
its inaugural diamond-drilling program on its flagship Preston Uranium Property
(the "Property") in the southwest Athabasca Basin. Three initial target areas,
out of a growing target base currently standing at fifteen, were selected by the
Syndicate's Technical Committee for immediate drilling based on encouraging
fieldwork results and coincident anomalies from ground gravity, airborne and
ground EM and magnetics (graphitic conductors and structures), radon, soil,
biogeochem, lake sediment, and geological mapping surveys. This drill campaign
represents the first modern-day drill exploration program on the Preston Uranium
Property.


Preston Lake Property Map and Regional Exploration Corridors:

 http://nokaresources.com/images/NX_Regional_Corridors.jpg

Approximately 2,000 metres of drilling by way of 10 to 15 holes with depths of
100 - 250 metres is expected to be completed at the Swoosh, CHA and Fin South
areas during the current campaign. Based on regional data compilation, depth to
the top of the target zone (top of basement rock) is expected to be relatively
shallow, ranging from 25 metres to 75 metres across the three initial target
areas. 


The majority of the work in this drill campaign will be focused on the Swoosh
target where five separate drill pads will test a combination of EM conductors,
complex structures, gravity lows, anomalous geochemistry and elevated radon
values. This target is a high-priority area given the coincident geological,
magnetic, EM, gravity and radon anomalies that are evidence of strong fluid
interaction and potential uranium mineralization as seen at other recent
discoveries in the region. 


Preston Property - Swoosh Target Map:

 http://www.nokaresources.com/images/NX_Swoosh_Drill_Locations.jpg

In addition to the Swoosh target area, the CHA and Fin South drill targets also
represent high-potential exploration prospects given the presence of coincident
anomalies and indicators similar to those seen at the Swoosh target and at other
discovery areas in the Athabasca Basin. Preliminary drilling at both these two
target areas is incorporated into the current design of the drill program.
Management cautions, mineralization present on proximal properties is not
necessarily indicative of mineralization on the Syndicate's Property.  


Noka President, Nav Dhaliwal, stated: "We have reached a huge milestone now that
the drilling is underway on the Syndicated Property. With Alpha Exploration also
well into working on the Carpenter Lake Property, Noka is well positioned going
forward."


The Preston Uranium Property

The 246,643 hectare Preston Uranium Property is the largest individual property
proximal to Fission Uranium Corp.'s Patterson Lake South ("PLS") high-grade
uranium discovery and the recent discovery made by NexGen Energy on the Rook 1
Project (see NexGen's news release dated Feb. 19, 2014). The Syndicate is the
largest land tenure holder in the southwest Athabasca Basin region including
properties strategically situated to the southwest and to the northeast of the
PLS and NexGen discoveries.


Over $2 million dollars in exploration has been carried out to date by the
Syndicate on the Preston property and many priority targets remain for further
follow up with both fieldwork and drill testing. The Syndicate continues to
employ a systematic, proven exploration methodology that has led to numerous
uranium discoveries in the region and throughout the Athabasca Basin. This has
been very effective in identifying numerous high-quality targets at Preston with
similar geological features and exploratory indicators as those at the nearby
PLS and NexGen discoveries as well as other deposits in the Athabasca Basin.


About the Western Athabasca Syndicate:

The Western Athabasca Syndicate is a strategic partnership formed between
Skyharbour, Athabasca Nuclear, Lucky Strike and Noka to explore and develop a
287,130 hectare suite of uranium properties that is the largest land position
along the highly prospective margin of the Western Athabasca Basin controlled by
a single group. Under the terms of the agreement, each of the four companies has
an option to earn 25% of the five uranium properties comprising the Western
Athabasca Syndicate Partnership by making a series of cash payments, share
payments, and incurring their pro-rata amount of the total $6,000,000 in
exploration expenditures over the two-year earn-in term of the agreement. The
properties were acquired for their proximity to the PLS discovery and
interpreted favourable geology for the occurrence of PLS style uranium
mineralization. The bulk of the Syndicate land package is bisected by
all-weather Highway 955 which runs north through the PLS discovery on to the
former Cluff Lake uranium mine. 


The Athabasca Basin of Saskatchewan hosts the world's largest and richest
high-grade uranium deposits which have grades substantially higher than the
world average grade of about 0.1% U3O8. The Patterson Lake area has received
escalating exploration attention and claim acquisition activity as a result of
the new, near surface discoveries made by Fission which includes the recently
reported drill interval of 38.49% U3O8 over 10.5 metres in drill hole PLS14-129.
Consistent high-grade, near surface U3O8 assays from Fission demonstrate the
potential for high-grade uranium mineralization on the geologically prospective
yet underexplored margins of the western side of the Athabasca Basin.


Qualified Person:

Athabasca Nuclear Director, Charles C. (Chuck) Downie, P.Geo., is the Qualified
Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 and has approved the technical
information in this release.


About Noka Resources Inc.:

Noka Resources Inc. is a junior exploration company with a focus on uranium in
the prolific Athabasca Basin, Northern Saskatchewan. Noka's exploration strategy
is focused in relatively underexplored areas of the Athabasca Basin Region,
targeting favourable geology and structure amenable to near surface,
unconformity-style uranium mineralization.


With a total land position of 488,463 hectares, Noka holds one of the largest
geologically prospective land packages in the region through a 100% interest in
the Clearwater (which includes the Carpenter Lake) and Athabasca North group of
properties, as well as a 25% interest in the Western Athabasca Syndicate group
of properties.


For further information, please visit www.nokaresources.com.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Nav Dhaliwal, President and CEO

Neither 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.


This release includes certain statements that may be deemed to be
"forward-looking statements". All statements in this release, other than
statements of historical facts, that address events or developments that
management of the Company expects, are forward-looking statements. Although
management believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking
statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not
guarantees of future performance, and actual results or developments may differ
materially from those in the forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes
no obligation to update these forward-looking statements if management's
beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other factors, should change. Factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking
statements, include market prices, exploration and development successes,
continued availability of capital and financing, and general economic, market or
business conditions. Please see the public filings of the Company at
www.sedar.com for further information.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: 
Noka Resources Inc.
Nav Dhaliwal
President and CEO
(604) 678-5308
nav@nokaresources.com
www.nokaresources.com

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