JNR Commences 2011 Summer Drilling Program at Snowbird Uranium Project

SASKATOON, Aug. 18, 2011 /CNW/ - JNR Resources Inc. (TSXV:JNN) ('JNR' or the 'Company') is pleased to announce that it has commenced a minimum 1,000-m summer diamond drilling program on the Company's 100% owned Snowbird uranium project, located in the Athabasca Basin of northern Saskatchewan.

The Snowbird property straddles the southern edge of the Athabasca Basin directly along the footwall of the Snowbird tectonic zone, a major transcrustal structural feature that includes the southwest strike extension of the Virgin River shear zone, which hosts Cameco's Centennial Deposit.

The company has identified well defined drill targets at shallow depths that are lithostructurally similar/related to those of the Centennial deposit (Cameco Corporation/Formation Metals Inc.), located approximately 20 km northeast and on strike of the property. At Centennial, a 650-m long mineralized zone with drill intersections of up to 8.78% U₃O₈over 33.9 m has been outlined at approximately 800-m depth (Formation Metals news release May 30, 2011).

Management strongly believes the Snowbird district has the potential to host a significant uranium deposit. The substantial uranium and metal endowment in the Snowbird district, lack of sandstone cover and shallow depth to mineralization allows for efficient and timely exploration of these targets.

JNR's Director of Exploration, Dr. Irvine R. Annesley, P.Geo, is the qualified person responsible for the technical data presented in this release. A glossary of the technical terms included in this release can be found on the Company's website at: [ www.jnrresources.com/s/Glossary.asp ].

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

Rick Kusmirski
President & CEO

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JNR Commences 2011 Summer Drilling Program at Snowbird Uranium Project