SSE Silver Spruce Resources Inc

Silver Spruce Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:SSE)(FRANKFURT:S6Q) is pleased to
provide an update on exploration on the MRT rare earth element (REE) property
located approximately 35 km from Goose Bay along the Trans Labrador Highway
(TLH) and the Central Mineral Belt Joint Venture (CMBJV) Uranium (U) Project,
both in Labrador. Exploration has consisted of regional work (stream sediment
sampling and prospecting) on the MRT REE property and prospecting, trenching,
and diamond drilling (11 holes, 3,376 metres) on the CMBNW Joint Venture (JV)
property. 


MRT - Results have been received for prospecting rock samples and test
geochemical surveys. The highest soil and two of the highest stream sediment
values from a test survey carried out by Ralph Stea, a geochemical consultant
for Great West Minerals Group, as part of due diligence for the Pope's Hill
Joint Venture (PHJV), were located in the western portion of the MRT property
just north of the TLH. These results have not been explained however anomalous
airborne Th radiometric anomalies are located just to the north of the highway
in this area. The rock sample results from the prospecting give a number of
significant REE values over a 2 km2 area to the northeast of the anomalous
stream and soil values and additional prospecting to the northwest of the known
mineralization and to the north, upstream of the anomalous stream value, has
located radioactive samples, possibly indicating Th mineralization related to
the REE mineralization - some analyses remain pending. A total of 60
outcrop/float results have been received giving an average of 1.7% TREE+Y,
including 14 values greater than 1.5% TREE+Y, and 36 less than 0.2% TREE+Y.
Average values in the area are: 2,752 ppm (0.27%) La, 4,969 ppm (0.5%) Ce, 483
ppm Pr, 1,532 ppm (0.15%) Nd, 183 ppm Sm, 10.5 ppm Eu, 110.5 ppm Gd, 12 ppm Tb,
57 ppm Dy, 9.5 ppm Ho, 23 ppm Er, 3 ppm Tm, 16.5 ppm Yb, 2 ppm Lu, and 225 ppm
Y. Average values for sample results greater than 1.5% TREE+Y are: 10,708 ppm
(1.07%) La, 19,166 ppm (1.92%) Ce, 1,851 ppm (0.18%) Pr, 5,806 ppm (0.58%) Nd,
672 ppm Sm, 35 ppm Eu, 398 ppm Gd, 41 ppm Tb, 192 ppm Dy, 31 ppm Ho, 76 ppm Er,
9 ppm Tm, 52 ppm Yb, 7 ppm Lu, and 789 ppm Y. Uranium results from the 60 rock
samples give seven values greater than 500 ppm U, including four greater than
1000 ppm (0.1%) U. The REE and U values are located in different parts of the
property and are not coincident. The samples are selected grab samples, based on
radioactivity using scintillometers and are not representative of the overall
values in the area. 


A total of 68 stream sediments have been taken on the property with all results
pending. A regional soil survey is planned to better define areas for follow up
trenching later this fall.


CMBNW JV - The CMBJV operator, Crosshair Exploration and Mining, is testing for
deeper mineralization on the Two Time uranium zone with 1,642 m of diamond
drilling in 4 holes completed with drilling ongoing. Down hole gamma logging has
confirmed uranium mineralization to a depth of at least 460 m. A second drill is
testing the Firestone Showing, a brecciated hematitic monzogranite, located 7
kilometres to the southeast of the Two Time Zone, which has given uranium values
ranging from 200-900 parts per million (ppm) in trench and float samples. Seven
drill holes, totaling 1,734 m, have been completed with an additional seven
planned. All assays are pending.


Further information on the MRT and CMBJV properties can be found on Silver
Spruce's website at www.silverspruceresources.com. A Technical Report on the
CMBNW Property, prepared for Silver Spruce and Crosshair, dated June 22, 2009 is
filed on SEDAR. The CMBJV Project is a joint venture with Crosshair, whereby
Crosshair retains a 63% ownership and Silver Spruce 37%. SSE is not contributing
to the 2011 exploration program therefore is being diluted with the total
dilution dependent upon the final expenditures on the project.


All rock and stream samples are transported to the Activation Labs preparation
facility in Goose Bay by SSE personnel, then shipped to their laboratory in
Ancaster, ON. for analysis using their 8 REE package for rocks and 1D enhanced
package for streams. The laboratory uses internal standards to check their
analyses and blanks are included in each sample batch. Consultant Ralph Stea's
stream and soil sediment samples were shipped to Great Western Minerals in
Saskatoon, SK. with REE analyses carried out on the -80 size fraction at SRC
Geoanalytical Laboratories, in Saskatoon using a total extraction method
consisting of heating in a mixture of ultrapure HF/HNO3/HClO4 until dry with the
residue dissolved in dilute ultrapure HNO3 and then REE analysis by ICP-MS.


Plan maps of the properties, showing the sample results to date, the airborne Th
radiometric and magnetic data plus pictures showing the area, the showings and
some of the higher grade samples, are shown on the Silver Spruce website at
silverspruceresources.com.


This release has been approved by Peter M. Dimmell, P.Geo., President and CEO of
Silver Spruce Resources Inc., who is a Qualified Person (QP) in NL and ON. as
defined in National Instrument 43-101.


ABOUT SILVER SPRUCE

Silver Spruce is a diversified junior exploration company with a portfolio of
rare earth (Pope's Hill, Pope's Hill JV (with Great West Minerals Group), MRT,
RWM and the Straits), gold silver (Big Easy), and for the longer term, uranium
(CMBJV, Snegamook, Double Mer, Mount Benedict), projects in Newfoundland and
Labrador. With interests in more than 4,000 claims totaling more than 1,000
square kilometers in Labrador, Silver Spruce is one of the largest landholders
in one of the world's premier emerging rare earth and uranium districts.


The company seeks Safe Harbour.

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