Toronto, Ontario -- April 19, 2012, Noble Mineral Exploration Inc. (the "Company") (TSX-V:NOB, FRANKFURT:NB7, OTC.PK:NLPXF) is pleased to announce that it has closed the first tranche of a private placement of its common shares ("Common Shares") previously announced in its press release of April 16, 2012. The Company has raised gross proceeds of $750,000 in this first tranche closing through the sale of a total of 7,500,000 Common Shares at a price of $0.10 per share.






