Black Iron Reports Three Additional Twin Holes With Iron Grades Exceeding 32%

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - July 27, 2011) - Black Iron Inc. ("Black Iron" or the "Company") (TSX:BKI) is pleased to report additional assay results from its recently completed confirmation ("twin hole") and metallurgical diamond drill program at its Shymanivske Iron Ore Project in Ukraine. The Company continues to be encouraged by the results of the drill holes and the intersection of thick iron bands in each hole with grades exceeding 32%. Of note, hole 21707-T intersected 163 meters grading 33.4% iron, including 107 meters grading 34.8% iron.

George Mover, Chief Operating Officer of Black Iron, commented, "Results from the twin hole program continue to validate the historical work completed on Shymanivske. Our twin hole assay results continue to align very well with past drilling logs for the Project, both in terms of iron grade and band length."

The three drill holes (21687-T, 21689-T and 21707-T) were part of twin hole program initiated by the Company on April 5, 2011. The twin hold program was designed to provide drill core suitable for metallurgical test work to establish an optimized process flow sheet for the ongoing scoping study, as well as to verify and confirm the previous drilling and resource work completed on the Project. Please see Press Release dated June 20, 2011 for a summary of previously released results from the twin hole program.

Black Iron has engaged Ukraine-based GeoResources to complete the drill program using modern equipment under the direction of Watts, Griffis and McOuat Limited, Consulting Geologists and Engineers, of Toronto, Canada, who are to ensure all field and laboratory work is conducted in compliance with National Instrument 43-101 standards and best practices guidelines. Mekhanobrchermet (Research Institute of Mineral Processing in Ferrous Metals) has been engaged to complete independent metallurgical test work on the recovered drill core.

Quality Control

Assaying was carried out by MCM Laboratories in Krivoy Rog, Ukraine. The samples are crushed to 70% passing 10 mesh, split to 250 g and pulverized to 95% passing 150 mesh. A 5 g split is analyzed for Fe (total) and Fe (magnetic), P, S and SiO2, using wet chemical analysis method. Routine check assays are performed on sample pulps and rejects as internal QA/QC measures by MCM. MCM is an accredited laboratory by ISO standards in Europe.

The QA/QC samples were inserted by Georesource (local contracting company) as duplicates, blanks and standards and sent to MCM to verify the 2011 assay data. Blanks and standard samples were inserted at a frequency of one every 20 metres. Duplicate samples were inserted at frequency of one every 50 meters. The QA/QC sampling was implemented and guided by WGM (Watts, Griffis and McQuat) as basic requirement on quality of producing data.

About the Company

Black Iron is an iron ore exploration and development company advancing its 100%-owned Shymanivske project located in Krivoy Rog, Ukraine. This project contains a NI 43-101 compliant resource with 345Mt measured and indicated resources grading 32% iron and 469Mt of inferred resources grading 31% iron. The project is surrounded by five other operating mines including ArcelorMittal's iron ore complex. The Company believes that existing infrastructure, including access to power, rail and port facilities, will allow for a quick development timeline to production. Further, the Company holds an exploration permit for the adjacent Zelenivske project which it intends to further explore to determine its potential. Please visit the Company's website at www.blackiron.com or write us at info@blackiron.com for more information.

The technical contents of this press release have been prepared under the supervision of and has been reviewed and approved by Farshid Ghazanfari, P.Geo., Chief Geologist, who is a Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101. For further information, please see the technical report of the Company, which is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

Forward Looking Information

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