Rockland Minerals Corp. (The "Company" or "Rockland"), (TSX VENTURE:RL) reports
that a technical report interpreting the data from a helicopter-borne
Time-Domain Electromagnetic and Magnetic survey (TDEM) on its 100% optioned
Retty Lake Cu-Ni-PGE property near Schefferville, Quebec is now available for
download on the Company's website: www.rocklandminerals.ca. 


The report by Geophysique Camille St-Hilaire Inc. provides new, high-resolution
geophysical data, which has helped the Company outline numerous exploration
targets: http://www.rocklandminerals.ca/Presentation.php. 


The Retty Lake property is on-trend with four known adjacent
copper-nickel-platinum group metals (PGM) lenses known as the "Blue Lake
Deposits" originally outlined by Hollinger North Shore Exploration in the
1950's. The Blue Lake Cu-Ni-Pt-Pd deposits were formed at or near the basal zone
of a fertile ultramafic peridotite sill, where it was intruded above sulfur-rich
metasediments. This favourable horizon runs through the Rockland property in a
northwest trajectory. Quebec government and academic publications state specific
grades and tonnages (non 43-101 compliant) for 4 main massive sulfide lenses at
Blue Lake. In general, each of the 4 massive sulfide lens is reported to contain
about 1 Mt of mineralized material averaging approximately 0.5% Ni, slightly
less than 1% Cu, and just under 1 g/t combined Pt+Pd. While believed to be
accurate, these estimates were made too early to be in accordance with National
Instrument 43-101 standards and should not be relied upon by investors. Rockland
is looking to discover additional lenses on the Retty Lake property. 


The NW Retty Lake area is the number one priority prospect area for Rockland.
Within the NW Retty Lake area three zones stand out in compilations of previous
work since the 1950's: namely, Lac Retty Ouest, Lost Lake and Nancy Lake South.
Select surface sampling compiled from the Quebec government literature and
published in Rockland's qualifying technical report (2010) includes the
following anomalous metal values in surface rock samples collected from
peridotite outcrops and boulders: 




Nancy Lake South 
Butrenchuk (1997) peridotite float samples
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Sample Number       Cu (ppm)    Ni (ppm)    Au (ppb)    Pt (ppb)    Pd (ppb)
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SBB-96-21               1667         893          27          54         204
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SBB-96-21A              1109         583          11          40         162
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SBB-96-21B              1424         913          18          46         175
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SBB-96-21C              1404        1601          41          48         183
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SBB-96-45               3086        1732           8          92         305
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SBB-96-59               2646        1921           7         104         376
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Lost Lake
Pawliuk (2004) Lost Lake (Northwest Retty Area) peridotite sampling
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Sample Number       Cu (ppm)    Ni (ppm)    Au (ppb)    Pt (ppb)    Pd (ppb)
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RY - 001               2,350       1,480           9          46         192
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RY - 002              12,200       1,635           3          53         226
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RY - 003               1,675         906          18          36         135
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RY - 004               1,405         997          14          34         113
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RY - 005               2,470         809           9          29         100
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RY - 006               3,260       2,940         138          31         230
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RY - 007               2,260       1,085           7          70         267
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RY - 048               1,590       1,325          35          84         294
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RY - 049               1,685       2,040           4          65         157
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RY - 050               1,800       2,620           1          44         144
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RY - 051               1,855       2,870          15          51         159
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Lac Retty Ouest
Butrenchuk (1997) Grid Gr-RET-G1, peridotite float samples
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Sample Number       Cu (ppm)    Ni (ppm)    Au (ppb)    Pt (ppb)    Pd (ppb)
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SBB-96-32               1280         754          10          44         157
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SBB-96-34               1891         878          22          45         141
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SBB-96-35               1367         984           3          49         173
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SBB-96-36               1730        1700           4          56         153
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SBB-96-37               1236         849           8          47         151
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The complete historical compilation of interesting Cu-Ni-Pt-Pd values from Retty
Lake sampling with bibliography and maps can be found in the Retty Lake 43-101
Technical Report on the Company's website.


The Company is currently planning its next exploration on Retty Lake and will
release program details soon. 


President, Rav Mlait, states: "The price of copper, platinum and palladium are
very strong which should bode well for Rockland as we continue to uncover the
mineral potential at Retty Lake." 


The survey was flown in August 2010 by Geo Data Solutions, Inc. of Laval, Quebec
over the Rockland Retty Lake claims, consisting of a North block and a South
block, for a total of 1,767 line-kilometres. Rockland is earning a 100% interest
in the property from E.D. Black. The property consists of 210 mineral claims in
the Labrador Trough. 


George F. Sanders, P.Geo, a director of the Company, and the Qualified Person
under National Instrument 43-101 responsible for the technical content of this
news release. 


On behalf of the Board of Directors

Rav Mlait, President and CEO

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