TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Oct. 23, 2008) - Noront Resources Ltd. ("Noront") (TSX VENTURE:NOT) reminds shareholders that they have until 10:30 a.m. (Toronto time) on October 24, 2008 to vote their proxies for the upcoming annual and special meeting of shareholders to be held at 10:30 a.m. (Toronto time) on Tuesday October 28, 2008. To ensure that your vote is received in time, Noront recommends that you vote your proxies today by phone, facsimile, or internet as directed on Noront's WHITE form of proxy. If you require assistance in voting your proxy contact Noront's proxy solicitation agent Georgeson, North American toll free 1-866-682-6157 or collect 1-212-806-6859.
Noront is a tier 2 junior resource company on the TSX Venture Exchange, trading symbol NOT, with 129,814,783 shares issued to date.
Investors are invited to visit Noront's IR Hub at www.agoracom.com/IR/Noront where they can post questions and receive answers or review questions and answers already posted by other investors. Alternatively, investors are able to e-mail all questions and correspondence to NOT@agoracom.com where they can also request to be added to the investor e-mail list to receive all future press releases and updated in real time.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
R. Nemis, President and Chief Executive Officer
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Noront Resources Ltd.
(416) 864-1456
(416) 367-5444
Email: info@norontresources.com
Website: www.norontresources.com
