Northern Empire Completes Payment for El Reventon Project, Mexico

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - May 22, 2015) - Northern Empire Resources Corp. (TSX VENTURE:NM) (the "Company" or "Northern Empire") today announced that pursuant to receiving TSX Venture Exchange approval on its Assignment Agreement with Northair Silver Corp. ("Northair") and its wholly owned Mexican subsidiary to acquire certain mineral claims in the Mexican State of Durango, referred to as the El Reventon silver project (See news release dated December 22, 2014), it has completed payment to Northair consisting of a cash payment of C$10,000 and the issuance of 200,000 common shares (the "Shares") in the capital of the Company.

The Shares are subject to a four-month hold period expiring on September 23, 2015, in addition to such other restrictions as may apply under applicable securities laws in jurisdictions outside of Canada.

About El Reventon

The El Reventon silver project, is located in Durango State, Mexico and is comprised of three contiguous mineral concessions with a combined area of 3436 hectares. El Reventon is road accessible, approximately 170 kilometres northwest of the capital city of Durango.

Results announced from previous exploration work revealed the presence of a number of high grade silver-lead-zinc vein systems as well as the potential for other bulk tonnage deposits.

Multiple targets warrant testing within the El Reventon Project, including the Reventon Breccia, where drill results announced in 2007 and 2008 included: 155.4 metres of 71.3 g/t silver, 0.46% lead and 0.61% zinc from hole RC-08-08; and 22.9 metres of 287 g/t silver, 1.39% lead and 3.48% zinc from hole RC-08-13. See Northair's SEDAR profile to review releases dated June 25, 2008, October 31, 2012, and September 16, 2013.

For more information on El Reventon, a project summary with accompanying figures are posted on the Company's website at www.northernemp.com.

About Northern Empire

Northern Empire is a newly formed company which follows the "Project Generator" business model to take advantage of the depressed market conditions in the resource sector to acquire low acquisition and low holding cost properties with significant exploration potential.

A Project Generator identifies, acquires, and performs early stage exploration on compelling exploration targets before finding project partners to bear the financial risk associated with advanced exploration.