Northquest Ltd. Files Technical Report for Pistol Bay Project in Nunavut, Canada

TORONTO, CANADA--(Marketwired - April 14, 2016) - Northquest Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:NQ)(FRANKFURT:N3Q) ("Northquest" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that it has filed on SEDAR a technical report titled "Technical Report on the Pistol Bay Project, Eastern Nunavut Territory, Canada" in respect of the Company's Pistol Bay project in eastern Nunavut, Canada (the "Technical Report"). The Technical Report was authored by Roscoe Postle Associates Inc., and has an effective date of March 31, 2016. The Technical Report can be viewed under the Company's issuer profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

Additional information relating to the Pistol Bay Project can be found in the Company's publicly-filed documents under the Company's issuer profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

About Northquest

Northquest is a mineral exploration company focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of properties for the mining of gold and other minerals. For further information please visit www.northquest.biz.

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