The Argo Gold Property is located 10 kilometres west of the south end ofTatlayako Lake, approximately 168 miles northwest of Vancouver. It covers1,292 acres, and includes ten reverted crown grants. The mineralized areaof economic interest covers several square kilometres immediately south ofOttarasko Creek. The strike length is estimated as being at least 3kilometres long, and is up to 300 metres in width. The target prospectsare known as the Langara, the Standard, and the Argo.

On the Langara prospect, government records contained in MINFILE 092N 036show that the typical average assay of chip samples taken across the widthsof veins and adit zones is 6 grams per tonne gold and 70 grams per tonnesilver. BC Assessment Report 16959 also documents that one quartz veingrab sample assayed 26.75 grams per tonne gold and 39.5 grams per tonnesilver. Another grab sample documented in the same report assayed 2.52percent copper, 3.13 percent zinc and 0.33 percent lead, although highvalues of these base metals are reported to be very sporadic.

On the Standard prospect, the mineralization is described in governmentrecords as "massive," with assays of up to 19.2 grams per tonne gold and20.6 grams per tonne silver (MINFILE 092N 037).

Typical samples from the namesake Argo prospect averaged 8 grams per tonnegold, 34 grams per tonne silver, and up to 0.43 percent copper (MINFILE092N 038; Assessment Reports 16959, 17980).

The Argo Gold Property was located, staked, and acquired independently bycompany personnel utilizing MTO and GPS technology.

About North Bay Resources Inc.

North Bay Resources Inc. engages in the acquisition, management, anddevelopment of precious metal and other mining properties. By combiningstate-of-the-art technology with traditional acquisition targeting, thecompany's mission is to build a portfolio of viable mining prospectsthroughout the world and developing them through its subsidiaries andpartners to their full economic potential.

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