North American Tungsten Announces a Decision to Re-Start Production at the Cantung Mine

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 07/26/10 -- The North American Tungsten Corporation Ltd. (the 'Company' or 'NTC') (TSX VENTURE: NTC) will re-start production at its 100% owned Cantung tungsten mine in the Northwest Territories, the Company announced today.

The Board has approved this comprehensive re-start plan based upon the recovery in the world tungsten prices, an upgraded operational plan and a financing plan developed to support the re-start of operations at the CanTung mine.

The tungsten market has rebounded from the low of US$185 per metric tonne unit ('MTU') of APT realized during the economic crisis to a current price of US$240 per MTU of APT. Constrained supply, low customer inventory levels, and renewed demand have all contributed to this significant, price increase over the past 8 months.

The Company used the recent suspension of production at Cantung to review, revise and upgrade operational systems in the mine and mill. The Company is confident that this effort will enhance operational efficiency and reduce direct costs.

NTC's CEO Stephen Leahy commented, 'During this period while Cantung was under care and maintenance, our Tungsten Team worked diligently to identify operational improvements that would support restart of the mine. I am heartened by our employees' commitment and proud that their efforts have resulted in this new operational plan.'

The Company has successfully negotiated off-take agreements with several customers that will guarantee sales for a high proportion of its planned output. Mr. Leahy noted, 'Management is pleased with the terms we concluded, including advance payments and increased length for each of the individual agreements. The Company is confident that it has sufficient financing available to meet all its restart obligations.'

The process of restarting the CanTung Mine is commencing now. The first full month of production will be October of this year.

Upon commencement of production, North American Tungsten Corporation will once again assume its position as the Western World's largest mine supplier of tungsten concentrates.

ABOUT NORTH AMERICAN TUNGSTEN CORPORATION LTD.

The Company is a publicly listed Tier 1 Junior Resource Company engaged primarily in the operation, development, and acquisition of tungsten and other related mineral properties in Canada. The Company's 100% owned CanTung Mine is the western world's largest Tungsten concentrate producer and its 100% owned MacTung deposit is one of the world's largest known undeveloped high grade tungsten-skarn deposits.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Stephen M. Leahy, Chairman & CEO

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