April 28, 2009: North American Gem Inc. (TSX-V symbol: NAG) (the "Company") would like to announce that Silver Fields Resources Inc. (Silver Fields) and WestCan Uranium Corp. (WestCan) have received notification from the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment that the project proposal for exploration on the Old Channel Project located near Tobin Lake, has been approved. The program has identified 18 potential drill sites on Coal Prospecting Permits held by WestCan and 15 potential drill sites on Coal Prospecting Permits (Township 55-07-02) held by North American Gem and optioned to WestCan and Silver Fields (See news from Feb 17, 2009 at http://www.northamericangem.com/newsrelease/2009/158)

Officials from Silver Fields, the acting operator for the project, will be in Nipawin in early May to finalize drill contracts and begin mobilizing the necessary equipment and personnel. It is expected that exploration and drilling could commence in early June, depending on weather and ground conditions.

The technical information in this news release has been prepared in accordance with the Canadian regulatory requirements set out in National Instrument 43-101 and reviewed on behalf of the company by Dr. K. W. Geiger, Ph.D., P.Eng., P.Geo., a director of Silver Fields Resources Inc. and a qualified person.

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North American Gem Inc. (TSX-V symbol: NAG) is a Junior Exploration Company based in Western Canada. The Company's primary goal is to explore for Coal in North America, currently the focus is in Saskatchewan and West Virginia. In addition to Coal exploration, the Company also has interests in Uranium, Copper, Gold, Molybdenum and other base metals in Canada. The Company has advanced the Louise Lake Copper-Gold-Molybdenum-Silver project, located in British Columbia and has produced a NI 43-101 compliant resource estimate (included in its NI 43-101 Technical Report dated July 14, 2006 and updated February 6, 2009, as filed on SEDAR). The Uranium projects include the Whiskey Gap and Western Basin in Alberta, the Mosquito Gulch property in the Northwest Territories and the Ranger Lake Uranium property in Ontario.

On Behalf of the Board of Directors
NORTH AMERICAN GEM INC.
"Charles Desjardins"

Charles Desjardins
President and Director

"Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release."

Cautionary note: This report contains forward looking statements. Resource estimates, unless specifically noted, are considered speculative. Any and all other resource or reserve estimates are historical in nature, and should not be relied upon. By their nature, forward looking statements involve risk and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on factors that will or may occur in the future. Actual results may vary depending upon exploration activities, industry production, commodity demand and pricing, currency exchange rates, and, but not limited to, general economic factors.

Cautionary Note to US investors: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission specifically prohibits the use of certain terms, such as "reserves" unless such figures are based upon actual production or formation tests and can be shown to be economically and legally producible under existing economic and operating conditions.