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Prophecy and Northern Platinum Ltd. Sign Definitive Agreement, Northern Shareholder Meeting Set For September 3

Vancouver, British Columbia, July 16, 2010: Prophecy Resource Corp. ("Prophecy") (TSX-V:PCY, OTC: PRPCF, Frankfurt: 1P2) and Northern Platinum Ltd ("Northern") (TSX-V: NTH) (together, the "Companies") are pleased to announce that they have signed a definitive agreement (the "Arrangement Agreement") in connection with the business combination (the "Transaction") announced in their joint news release dated June 15, 2010. Prophecy has agreed to issue 0.5 common shares and 0.1 warrants (an "Arrangement Warrant") for each common share of Northern Platinum. Each whole Arrangement Warrant will entitle the holder to acquire one additional common share of Prophecy at an exercise price of $0.80 that will expire 18 months following the Transaction closing date.

The Transaction

The Transaction will be effected by way of court approved statutory plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) involving Prophecy, Northern and its securityholders. Northern will amalgamate with a wholly owned subsidiary of Prophecy and all of the securityholders of Northern will exchange their Northern securities for securities of Prophecy (the "Securities Exchange").

In order to make the Transaction efficient from a taxation perspective, pursuant to the Arrangement, Northern will issue to all of its shareholders, an option to acquire 0.20 of a Northern share at a price of $0.40 per share for a period of 18 months (a "Northern Arrangement Option") and each Northern Arrangement Option will be exchanged for an Arrangement Warrant.   

The Securities Exchange will be conducted such that for each one share of Northern held, a Northern shareholder will receive 0.50 of a common share of Prophecy and 0.1 of an Arrangement Warrant.  Holders of convertible securities of Northern will receive convertible securities of Prophecy such that each former Northern security will be exchanged for a Prophecy security, exercisable for that number of Prophecy shares that is equal to the number of Northern Shares that would otherwise have been issuable thereunder multiplied by 0.50 with the exercise price of such Prophecy convertible security being adjusted to equal the exercise price of the applicable Northern convertible security divided by 0.50.

As a result of the Transaction, the Northern securityholders will become Prophecy securityholders, Northern will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Prophecy and Northern will apply for voluntary delisting of its common shares from the TSX Venture Exchange. Following the Transaction, Prophecy will have a total of approximately 121,173,794 shares issued and outstanding, as well as options and warrants entitling holders to purchase approximately 37,310,490 common shares.

Prophecy formed a special committee comprised of two independent directors, the mandate of which was to consider the fairness of the Transaction and the Arrangement. Northern retained M Partners Inc. to act as its financial advisor to consider the fairness of the Arrangement to the shareholders of Northern from a financial point of view.

In addition, as at the date hereof, certain shareholders of Northern who hold an aggregate of 11 million common shares and 5 million warrants, representing approximately 43% of Northern’s common shares on a fully diluted basis, have signed support agreements pursuant to which they have agreed to vote all of the Northern shares beneficially owned by them in favour of the Transaction.

Required Approvals

The Transaction is subject to customary conditions, including receipt of regulatory, shareholder and court approvals.

Northern has scheduled an annual and special meeting of its shareholders to be held on September 3, 2010 at which it will seek the shareholder approvals required in connection with the Transaction. It is anticipated that materials for such meeting will be mailed to Northern shareholders on or about August 6, 2010. Subject to satisfaction of all conditions, completion of the Transaction is expected to occur on or before September 10, 2010.

For further information, please contact John Lee, Co-Chairman and CEO of Prophecy, at +1.800.851.1528 or Mel de Quadros, President and CEO, at 604.669.2066.

On Behalf Of The Board Of Directors Of:

Prophecy Resource Corp.
Co-Chairman and CEO
Telephone 1.800.851-1528
Email: [email protected]

Northern Platinum Limited
President and CEO
Mel De Quadros
Telephone 604.669.2066
Email: [email protected]

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