Northern Empire Files Technical Report on Sterling Project-Nevada 709,000 oz Au at 2.23 g/t

Northern Empire Resources Corp.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - May 2, 2017) - Northern Empire Resources Corp. (TSX VENTURE:NM) (the "Company" or "Northern Empire") is pleased to announce filing of the NI 43-101 resource estimate report on the Sterling Property, located in Nye County, Nevada (the "Sterling Property") owned by Sterling Gold Mining Corporation ("SGMC"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Imperial Metals Corporation ("Imperial Metals"). The Company has previously announced entering into a letter of intent with SGMC to acquire the Sterling Project (for further details please refer to the Company's news releases dated February 15, 2017 and April 3, 2017).