VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - July 26, 2012) - NGEx Resources Inc. (News - Market indicators) ("NGEx" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the final assay results from the recently completed 2012 exploration program at the Company's Los Helados copper-gold porphyry project located in Region III of Chile. The drill program comprised 26 diamond drill holes totaling 22,143 metres. Assay results from the first 7 holes of the program were released on April 27, 2012 and results from an additional 8 holes were released on July 5, 2012. Results from the final 10 holes are included in this release. One hole (LHDH16A) was abandoned at a depth of 285 metres and no samples were taken from it. The Los Helados drill program finished for the season in late May and is expected to resume early in the fourth quarter of 2012. Los Helados is one of 3 advanced exploration-stage copper-gold projects located on a contiguous land package that the Company holds in Chile's Region 3 and adjacent San Juan Province, Argentina.

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Highlights from the results reported today include: LHDH19A with 1,014 metres of 0.55% CuEq (0.43% Cu and 0.17 gpt Au), including 256 metres @ 0.74% CuEq (0.64% Cu and 0.15 gpt Au); and LHDH42 with 816 metres of 0.52% CuEq (0.34% Cu and 0.26 gpt Au) including 194 metres @ 0.77% CuEq (0.41% Cu and 0.53 gpt Au).

These new drill holes have expanded the Los Helados deposit to the north, southeast and east and have partially limited it to the west. Four holes in this release were terminated due to depth capacity of the drills and six of the holes (LHDH37, LHDH42, LHDH43, LHDH44, LHDH45 and LHDH46) were stopped early due to the onset of severe winter weather conditions at site and will be completed during the next drill program. All holes in this release ended in mineralization.

Wojtek Wodzicki, President and CEO of the Company, commented, "We are very pleased with the results from this year's drill program at Los Helados. Based on the drilling to date Los Helados has the potential to be a very significant copper-gold deposit. The location of Los Helados in an emerging mining district, 10 kilometres from the $3 billion Caserones copper project currently in construction enhances the development potential of Los Helados. The fact that it is located in Chile, one of the most stable and mining-friendly countries in the world strongly enhances the value of any resource that we are able to develop. The drilling completed this year has significantly extended the mineralization both laterally and to depth. To date we have drilled a total of 39,747 metres at Los Helados which provides a good database for the initial resource estimate that we plan to prepare over the next few months. As of the end of this drill program the mineralization remains open in several directions including at depth and there is potential to further expand the mineralization through future drill programs. Along with previously released results from Los Helados as well as our nearby Filo del Sol and Josemaria projects, the results released today support our view that the Company's land package has the potential to host a very significant new copper-gold district with multiple deposits within a 15 kilometre radius. We feel that these projects offer our investors exposure to an emerging deposit cluster that continues to deliver outstanding exploration results and has the potential to rank among the most significant in this prolific copper-gold belt."

Intersections from the 10 holes released today are given below.

Hole LHDH19A was terminated at a depth of 752 metres in the 2010/2011 season due to drill rig capacity. It ended in strong mineralization and was extended to a depth of 1028 metres during the current program, ending again due to drill rig capacity. The hole ended in 0.24% Cu and 0.05 g/t Au. Correlation with hole LHDH27 located 65 metres to the north suggests that mineralization could continue beyond the bottom of the current hole. The intersection in this hole includes a lower-grade section of intramineral dyke (112m from 554m to 666m @ 0.27% Cu and 0.08 g/t Au). These dykes are interpreted to be steeply dipping, which implies that the true width may be substantially less than the drilled width, resulting in a disproportionate dilution of the main mineralized breccia interval. The mineralization remains open to the south of LHDH19A.

Hole LHDH46 intersected the mineralization between 150 and 175 metres west of hole LHDH19A and was stopped in strong mineralization (0.68% Cu and 0.13 g/t Au) at a depth of 764 metres at the end of the season. This hole will be continued in the upcoming drill season, and based on the results from nearby holes LHDH19A and LHDH34 is expected to intersect additional mineralization below the current bottom of the hole. The mineralization remains open to the south of LHDH46.

Hole LHDH37 was drilled on the same east-west line as LHDH19A and LHDH46 and ended 200 metres to the west of LHDH34. The hole encountered altered and weakly mineralized granite over its entire 828 metre length, and is planned to be continued during the next drill campaign in order to test for a western extension to the deeper high-grade zone intersected in hole LHDH34.

Holes LHDH32 and LHDH45 were also drilled along the western margin of the mineralized zone, 300 and 190 metres north of LHDH37 respectively. LHDH45 intersected altered and mineralized granite throughout its 641 metre length. LHDH32 intersected the same unit down to a depth of 680 metres before continuing in mineralized breccia to its end at 920.2 metres. Together with LHDH37, these holes are the most westerly holes drilled to date. The intersections of weakly mineralized granite in these western drill holes may either represent the western boundary of the mineralization or alternatively a screen of granite wallrock between breccia bodies. The breccia intersection in the lower portion of hole LHDH32 suggests that the breccia may be present to the west of these holes, however, additional drilling is required to determine if this is the case.

Hole LHDH42 is the most southeasterly hole drilled into the deposit, and was stopped in good mineralization (0.80% Cu and 0.53 g/t Au) at a depth of 848.4 metres due to the onset of winter weather. This hole will be deepened next season. LHDH42 includes a high-grade gold section near the top which is consistent with other holes in this part of the deposit. The mineralization remains open to the east and south of this hole, and below it.

Hole LHDH39 is one of the most easterly holes into the deposit, mineralization remains open to the east of this location. 

Hole LHDH41 is the most northwesterly hole drilled into the deposit, intersecting mineralization 900 metres to the northwest of hole LHDH42 described above. Mineralization remains open to the north and west of this hole.

Holes LHDH43 and LHDH44 were both stopped in mineralization, above their target depth due to the end of the drill season and will be continued during the next drill campaign. Both ended in good mineralization (0.35% Cu and 0.12 g/t Au in LHDH43; 0.61% Cu and 0.17 g/t Au in LHDH44). LHDH43 was a step-out hole 100 metres to the north of LHDH30 and mineralization remains open to the north and west of here. LHDH44 was an infill hole between holes LHDH33 and LHDH40.

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

Los Helados is one of several large copper-gold systems including the Company's Josemaria and Filo del Sol projects, located on a contiguous land package that the Company holds in Chile's Region 3 and adjacent San Juan Province Argentina. Los Helados, Josemaria, and Filo del Sol are all part of a joint venture in which the Company holds 60% and JOGMEC (Japan, Oil, Gas, and Metals National Corporation) holds 40%. Each party funds its pro-rata share of expenditures.

On behalf of the board

Wojtek Wodzicki, President and CEO

Qualified Person and Assay Methods

The drill core was logged, sawed, and half cores were sampled in their entirety in two meter intervals at the Company's core processing facility located in Copiapo, Chile. Samples were shipped to Acme Analytical Laboratories sample preparation facility also in Copiapo, 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.

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 Los Helados Project is under the management of Diego Charchaflie MSc., P.Geo (BC), a Qualified Person pursuant to NI 43-101.

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This news release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation, concerning the business, operations and financial performance and condition of NGEx Resources Inc. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to the estimation of commodity prices, mineral reserves and resources, the realization of mineral reserve estimates, capital expenditures, costs and timing of the development of new deposits, the success of exploration activities, permitting time lines, currency exchange rate fluctuations, requirements for additional capital, government regulation of mining activities, environmental risks, unanticipated reclamation expenses, title disputes or claims and limitations on insurance coverage. Generally, these forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved" or the negative connotations thereof. All such forward-looking statements are based on the opinions and estimates of the relevant management as of the date such statements are made and are subject to important risk factors and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company's ability to control or predict.

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