TORONTO, Canada - Noront Resources Ltd. ("Noront" or the "Company") (TSX Venture: NOT) is pleased to report updated assay results, which now include platinum and palladium assays, which were incomplete from the press release issued October 15, 2009. The updated assays are from the Company's Eagle's Nest deposit at the McFaulds Lake Property located within the Ring of Fire mineral district in the James Bay Lowlands. The results are from the ongoing drilling targeted at extending the limits of 1B and 1C lenses discovered in August 2009. Drilling to date suggests that the Eagle 1B and 1C lenses may be a single unit with a current defined vertical length of over 700 metres.

LONDON - A web-based way to check worrying symptoms, an NHS trust that has transformed the information provided to managers and a national initiative to enable patient records to be transferred electronically from GP to GP are among the winners of the E-Health Insider Awards in association with BT.

ARUSHA, Tanzania - - Scientists from Africa and Europe selected for their unconventional projects to accelerate the eradication of malaria, HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis and other infectious diseases

CHICAGO - Northern Trust Corporation (Nasdaq: NTRS) announced today that Robert W. Lane, chairman of the board of Deere & Company, has been elected to its board of directors, effective Nov. 1, 2009.

LONDON - The 2009 Frost & Sullivan European Digestive Health Ingredients Promising Ingredient of the Year Award is presented to Solvay S.A. (Solvay) for SOLACTIS(TM), an innovative prebiotic ingredient in the European digestive health ingredients market. The improved performance of SOLACTIS(TM) offers significant added value for new yoghurts, biscuits, beverages and similar products.