Saskatoon, SK, October 22, 2012 - (MetalsNews) - JNR Resources Inc. (TSXV:JNN) (the 'Company') announces that at the Annual General Meeting of the shareholders held on Friday October 19, 2012, Richard Kusmirski, Tracy Hurley, Dr. Leslie Beck, Ron Hochstein and David Billard were all re-elected as directors and all proposed resolutions were approved.

Planning is underway for exploration programs in 2013 on a number of the Company's 100% owned projects as well as joint ventures. Key amongst these is the Denison Mines' operated Moore Lake project, where reconnaissance drilling in 2011 intersected significant uranium mineralization in a relatively untested area three kilometres east of the main Maverick zone. The Moore Lake property is host to an impressive inventory of high-priority targets that are in various stages of exploration and remains one of the pre-eminent uranium projects in the Athabasca Basin.

About JNR Resources Inc.

JNR Resources Inc. is a Canada-based junior uranium exploration company with mineral properties in the provinces of Saskatchewan and Newfoundland. JNR is led by a highly experienced management team with proven discovery success in uranium as well as precious and base metal exploration. The Company's primary focus is in the Athabasca Basin, recognized as the most prospective uranium-mining district in the world. JNR controls a 100% interest in six properties in the basin totalling 200,140 hectares and an additional six properties totalling 115,030 hectares in which Denison Mines Corp. has an interest. JNR also holds a 50% interest in the 17,792-hectare South Fork uranium property located in the Cypress Hills area of southwestern Saskatchewan, with joint venture partner Mega Uranium Ltd. In Newfoundland, JNR holds a 73.4% interest (Altius Mineral Corporation 26.6%) in the 6,450-hectare Rocky Brook uranium property and is also in a 50:50 alliance with Altius on its 105,675-hectare Topsails uranium property.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

Rick Kusmirski
President & CEO

For further information contact JNR Resources at 306.382.2211 or 877.567.6463

Website: www.jnrresources.com

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