North American Tungsten Announces Q3 Production of 74,629 mtu's

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 08/10/11 -- North American Tungsten Corporation Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: NTC) (the 'Company' or 'NTC') is pleased to announce that production for the third quarter totaled 74,629 metric tonne units ('mtu's') of WO3, an increase of 71% over the previous quarters production of 43,727 mtu's. Consistent power, higher feed grade and mineral recoveries all added to the substantial production increase.

Production mill feed for the quarter totaled 101,873 tons with an average grade of 1.03%. Mill availability was also a factor running at a rate of 97%.

The market remained strong during the quarter rising to US$461 per mtu of Ammonium Paratungstate ('APT) at June 30, 2011.

Stephen Leahy, CEO, stated, 'We have seen the impact of a lot of our new equipment and upgraded systems and are pleased with the results especially in the mill where recoveries reached 80.4% for the month of June. We still have some catching up to do in underground development but are hopeful that we can speed up the work in that area. We are extremely pleased with the third quarter production essentially meeting our targets. We will continue to work towards our corporate production goals in the quarters to come.'

Production of Copper during the quarter totaled 181,960 lbs in the form of a 21% Cu concentrate an increase of 93,118 lbs over Q2 2011.

Stephen Leahy, CEO, stated, 'That the previously announced Special Committee review has garnered significant interest from several industry leaders and that the process is moving forward.'

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 and Mactung development project make it one of the few tungsten producers with both a producing mine and strategic development asset in the western world. Mactung 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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Contacts:

North American Tungsten Corporation Ltd.

Jason Roy

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Tel: 1-647-780-2837
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