VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 25, 2013) - NGEx Resources Inc. (News - Market indicators) ("NGEx" or the "Company") is pleased to report initial results from this season's drilling at the Josemaria copper-gold porphyry project located in San Juan Province, Argentina. The results published here extend the high grade chalcocite zone intersected last season by 100 metres to the north and are the first three of fourteen holes drilled to test the possible extension of the high grade zone (see attached map: http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/862104map.pdf). The results of the remaining eleven holes which step out another 600 metres to the north of the holes published today are pending receipt of assays.

The highlights of the holes released today include JMDH61 which intersected 230.5 metres at 0.62% copper and 0.24 g/t gold and JMDH62 which intersected 160.5 metres at 0.53% copper and 0.19 g/t gold. Both holes are on a section line 100 metres north of high grade hole JMDH50 drilled last year. The third drill hole released today, JMDH60, was collared 100 metres to the east of JMDH50.

A total of 7,300 metres in 14 holes have been completed to date. Assays from the first three of these holes have now been received and are reported here. The focus of this season's drill program has been to try to expand the currently defined resource to the north of two high-grade intersections drilled at the end of the 2011/2012 field season in holes JMDH49 and JMDH50 (see attached map). These holes intersected a previously unknown zone of high-grade chalcocite mineralization at the northern edge of the drill pattern (see May 23, 2012 and July 16, 2012 News Releases). 

Wojtek Wodzicki, President and CEO of NGEX commented, "Today's results are very positive and expand a zone of high grade chalcocite mineralization that could if further extended have a significant impact on the existing resource and the project. The high grade zone remains open in several directions and we continue an aggressive program of step out drilling to test this potential."

Assays are pending for an additional 11 holes which were drilled over an area extending up to 600 metres to the north of JMDH61 and 62. Assay turnaround time from Josemaria is typically up to 2 months due to logistical issues in getting the samples to the lab, combined with longer turnaround from the lab during the busy South American summer exploration season. Drilling at Josemaria is expected to continue until early April and continues to test the northern high grade zone as well as possible extensions of mineralization to the south of the current resource. The results of this program are expected to contribute to an updated resource estimate which we expect to produce during the third quarter.

Collar coordinates and drill hole orientations for the holes in this news release are shown below:

At a 0.30% copper equivalent cutoff grade, Josemaria has a current Indicated Resource of 656 million tonnes at 0.36% copper and 0.26 g/t gold and an additional Inferred Resource of 326 million tonnes at 0.33% copper and 0.19 g/t gold⁽ⁱ⁾. 

Elsewhere in the Vicuna area, drilling continues at the Los Helados project, located 12 kilometres to the northwest of Josemaria. To date, approximately 30,000 metres of drilling have been completed at Los Helados this season, and the results will be incorporated into an updated resource estimate that is expected to be completed during the third quarter of 2013. Drilling at Los Helados is expected to continue until early April when it will stop for the Southern Hemisphere winter. At Filo del Sol four holes totalling 820 metres were completed this season. Results are pending.

About NGEX

NGEX is a Canadian mineral exploration company with exploration projects in Chile, Argentina, and Canada. The Company's shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "NGQ". The Company's focus is on advancing its Vicuna Project which includes several large copper-gold systems including the Josemaria, Los Helados, and Filo del Sol projects, located on a contiguous land package that the Company holds in Chile's Region III and adjacent San Juan Province, Argentina. Los Helados and Filo del Sol are part of a joint venture in which the Company holds 60% and Pan Pacific Copper Co., Ltd holds 40%. Josemaria is part of a joint venture in which the Company holds 60% and Japan Oil, Gas, and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) owns 40%. In addition to the Vicuna Project the Company holds an extensive portfolio of 100% owned early stage exploration projects located in Chile and Argentina. It also owns a 100% interest in the GJ copper and gold project located in British Columbia Canada. The GJ project is optioned to Teck Resources who are earning up to a 75% interest.

On behalf of the Board,

Wojtek Wodzicki, President and CEO

Qualified Person and Assay Protocols

Mr. Bob Carmichael, B.A.Sc, P.Eng., is the Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101. Mr. Carmichael is Vice President, Exploration for the Company and has reviewed and approved the technical information contained in this news release. The Quality Control/Quality Assurance (QA/QC) program on the Josemaria Project is under the management of Diego Charchaflie MSc., P.Geo (BC), a Qualified Person pursuant to NI 43-101. 

The drill core was logged, sawed, and half cores were sampled in their entirety in two meter intervals or intervals corresponding to geologic breaks determined by Company personnel. Samples were shipped to Acme Labs in Mendoza, Argentina and pulps were forwarded to the ACME lab in Santiago, Chile. Samples were crushed, split and 500g was pulverized to 85% passing 200 mesh. Gold analyses were by fire assay fusion with AAS finish on a 30g sample. Copper was analyzed by AAS using a 4 acid digestion and samples were also analyzed for a suite of 36 elements with ICP-ES. Copper and gold standards as well as blanks and duplicates (field, preparation and analysis) were randomly inserted into the sampling sequence for Quality Control. On average, 9% of the submitted samples correspond to Quality Control samples.

(i) Technical Report: Updated Mineral Resource Estimate for the Josemaria Property, San Juan Province Argentina, dated February 22, 2013 filed under the Company's profile on www.sedar.com and on the Company's website.

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