Bitterroot Resources Ltd.

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Bitterroot's North Brenda property is located 50 kilometres southeast of Merritt in southwestern British Columbia. North Brenda has the potential to host high-grade and bulk-tonnage gold deposits like the neighboring Elk gold deposit, which currently hosts a NI 43-101 compliant resource of 520,000 ounces of gold.

Excavator trenching in 2009 identified narrow, high-grade, gold-bearing veins coincident with a linear magnetic low. The mineralized structure was traced over a 170-metre length within altered granodiorite host rocks, a geological setting similar to the Elk gold deposit.

In October 2010, a 4,000 line-kilometre, high resolution aeromagnetic survey was flown over the recently-expanded 19,750-hectare property. The survey identified several prominent structural targets that coincide with anomalous levels of gold-in-soil (based on a compilation of limited historical data collected by prior operators) suggesting good potential for the discovery of additional gold-bearing systems. Additional surface exploration is planned in the summer of 2011, with the objective of defining drill targets.

The North Brenda property has excellent infrastructure, with logging roads and cut blocks providing access across the relatively gentle topography. In addition, a four-lane highway and major power line cross the southern portion of the North Brenda claims.