Toronto, Ontario -- January 18, 2012 Ring of Fire Resources Inc. (the "Company") (TSX-V:ROF, FRANKFURT: RG5, OTC.PK:HWKPF) is pleased to announce that it has closed the third tranche of a non brokered private placement of flow-through units (the "FT Units") and common share units ("CS Units"). Additional closings of this private placement (the "December 2011-January 2012 Private Placement") may occur.






