Strongbow Returns 66.9 g/t Gold at the Shovelnose Property, BC

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – Dec. 2, 2009) - Strongbow Exploration Inc. (TSX VENTURE:SBW) is pleased to report results from a recent exploration program on its wholly owned Shovelnose gold property in southwestern British Columbia. The mineral claims are located near the southern end of the Spences Bridge gold belt, approximately 175 km east of Vancouver and 30 km south of Merritt along the Coquihalla Highway. Exploration activities included approximately 350 m of mechanized trenching in 14 trenches intended to further evaluate the Mik and Line 6 gold showings. Gold mineralization occurs within massive to colloform banded quartz veins and local vein breccia zones, hosted within moderately to strongly altered felsic volcanic rocks.