Strongbow Initiates Metallurgical Study of Nickel King

Strongbow Exploration Inc. (TSX VENTURE:SBW) is pleased to announce it has
commissioned a metallurgical study of the Main Zone nickel-copper-cobalt deposit
at its wholly owned Nickel King project, Northwest Territories. The program is
being carried out at SGS Mineral Services in Lakefield, Ontario under the
independent supervision of Mr. Andy Holloway (P.Eng.) of DRA Americas. PEG
Mining Consultants have been contracted to manage the program and additional
guidance will be provided by Dr. Wm. Gord Bacon (P.Eng.), an independent
consulting metallurgical engineer. Final results of the metallurgical study are
expected by July 2009 and will provide Strongbow with initial metallurgical
criteria including estimates of grindability, metal recovery and concentrate
grade.


A recently filed National Instrument 43-101 technical report identified this
metallurgical study as a critical next step in advancing the Nickel King
project. The technical report was completed by PEG Mining Consultants Inc. and
has been filed in support of the first independent NI 43-101 compliant mineral
resource estimate for the Main Zone deposit at Nickel King. At the 0.2% Ni
cut-off base case, the NI 43-101 compliant geological resource model yielded
11.1 Mt grading at 0.40% Ni, 0.10% Cu and 0.018% Co containing 97.7 Mlb of Ni,
23.5 Mlb of Cu and 4.4 Mlb of Co in the indicated category. The total Inferred
Resource is 33.1 Mt grading at 0.36% Ni, 0.09% Cu and 0.017% Co containing 262.4
Mlb of Ni, 63.9 Mlb of Cu and 12.3 Mlb of Co. This mineral resource has an
effective date of February 25, 2009 and was first reported by Strongbow in news
release #09-03, issued the same day. Mineral resources are not mineral reserves
and do not have demonstrated economic viability. This mineral resource estimate
includes inferred resources that are normally considered too speculative
geologically to have economic considerations applied to them that would enable
them to be categorized as mineral reserves. There is also no certainty that the
inferred mineral resource will be converted to the measured and indicated
mineral resource categories through further drilling, or into a mineral reserve
once economic considerations are applied.


The author of the NI 43-101 technical report is Mr. Pierre Desautels (P.Geo.) of
PEG Mining Consultants Inc. Mr. Desautels is the Independent Qualified Person
responsible for the resource estimate and has reviewed this news release.
Details relating to the resource estimate, including data verification and
exploration information for the Nickel King project are included in the NI
43-101 compliant technical report, which is titled 'Technical Report for the
Nickel King, Main Zone Deposit, Northwest Territories' and dated April 10, 2009
as filed on SEDAR.


The Nickel King project is part of Strongbow's ongoing exploration of the
Snowbird Tectonic Zone (SBTZ). The SBTZ is a major crustal scale structure and
represents an underexplored region of Canada that is prospective for magmatic
sulphide nickel deposits. Strongbow maintains a 100% interest in approximately
110,000 hectares of mineral claims, leases and permits along a 240 km strike
length of the southern SBTZ. Outside of Nickel King, a number of priority
exploration targets have been identified, primarily located in Saskatchewan.
Strongbow's exploration programs are conducted under the supervision of David
Gale, P.Geo. (BC), Vice-President of Exploration for Strongbow and a Qualified
Person within the meaning of National Instrument 43-101. 


STRONGBOW EXPLORATION INC.

Kenneth A. Armstrong, President and CEO

Strongbow Exploration (TSXV:SBW)
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