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February 10, 2014 - 6:00 AM EST
PROBE MINES

The Company is also pleased to announce that its winter, on-ice drilling program, targeting further expansion of the High-Grade Zone ("HGZ") of the Borden deposit from Section 2000mSE, has commenced. Additionally, a regional geophysical program on Probe's East Limb Project to the East of Borden is currently underway.

High-Grade Zone

Results from the twelve (12) infill drill holes in the HGZ were received and continue to show the remarkable consistency of the zone with significant intersections of thick, high-grade gold mineralization. Within the results, Hole BL14-573 drilled on Section 1850mSE returned what is considered to be the most significant mineralized section observed to date, consisting of a 19.4-metre interval grading 31.6 g/t gold ("Au") within an even broader mineralized envelope of 39 metres averaging 16.3 g/t. The importance of this intersection is further enhanced by its location only 150 metres from Section 2000mSE, the last section drilled on the deposit leading up to the ice drilling expansion program.

Other highlights from the drill results include the discovery of a new gold mineralized interval in the extension of Hole BL13-493, consisting of 3.0 metres grading 14.7 g/t Au; and the expansion of the gold zone in previously reported hole BL13-567 (see News Release dated January 7, 2014) from 13.5 metres averaging 6.6 g/t Au to 44.9 metres averaging 2.5 g/t Au, including 15.3 metres averaging 4.7 g/t Au in Hole BL13-567W on Section 1950mSE.

The following table shows selected drill results for the HGZ. Drilling includes the shallow and deep holes necessary to bracket the gold mineralized structure in order to more accurately define its boundaries. No top-cut was used in calculating the gold intervals. The assay data for Hole BL14-573 can be found on the Company's website at http://www.probemines.com. Although the HGZ mineralization displays remarkable consistency along strike, it is anticipated that any future Resource Estimates will employ a top-cut in their calculation. Depths of the mineralized zones are between 380 and 660 metres vertical depth. All intervals approximate true width. Updated plan and section maps for all holes are also available on the Company's website at http://www.probemines.com.

High-Grade Zone Drill Results
DDH Section From
(m)
To
(m)
Width
(m)
Au
(g/t)
BL13-493* 2000mSE 598.0 601.0 3.0 14.7
BL13-567W** 1950mSE 487.1 532.0 44.9 2.5
including 487.1 502.4 15.3 4.7
including 492.6 502.4 9.8 6.2
also including 525.2 530.8 5.6 4.8
BL13-568 1950mSE 491.0 509.5 18.5 2.8
including 498.5 509.5 11.0 4.4
BL13-568 525.5 538.0 12.5 3.1
BL13-569 1900m SE 470.0 503.0 33.0 2.9
including 488.8 491.0 2.2 18.5
BL13-570 1850mSE 439.0 500.0 61.0 1.1
including 456.3 474.2 17.9 2.3
including 461.0 468.1 7.1 3.2
BL13-571 1850mSE 481.0 521.0 40.0 1.0
BL14-572 1800mSE 480.0 492.2 12.2 4.5
including 488.5 491.0 2.5 12.8
BL14-573*** 1850mSE 458.0 497.0 39.0 16.3
including 465.0 484.4 19.4 31.6
including 476.0 484.4 8.4 66.3
including 480.0 482.0 2.0 238
BL14-574 2000mSE 653.0 662.0 9.0 1.1
BL14-575 1950mSE 559.5 577.2 17.7 2.7
including 564.5 572.8 8.3 3.4
BL14-576 1800mSE 510.0 520.3 10.3 2.3
BL14-577 1850mSE 515.4 538.7 23.3 1.3
including 529.0 538.7 9.7 2.0
* Hole BL13-493 represents an extension of a previously announced hole (see NR dated Jan 7, 2014).
** Hole BL13-567W was a wedge hole drilled from a previously lost hole (BL13-567, see NR dated Jan 7, 2014).
*** No top cut was applied to the assays in Hole BL14-573, however, it is anticipated that any Resource Estimate calculated from this data will employ a top-cut for assay sample results.

On-Ice Drilling Program

The Company has mobilized four (4) diamond drill rigs onto the ice of Borden Lake to commence the expansion drilling program of the HGZ. The drills are targeting the southeast strike extent of the high-grade gold mineralization delineated from Section 1000mSE to Section 2000mSE, and will start drilling on Sections 2100mSE, 2200mSE, 2300mSE and 2400mSE, respectively. The Company is hoping to expand the deposit to at least Section 2600mSE during the Winter Program, which is highly weather dependent. Encouraging results from the most southeasterly sections, 1850mSE to 2000mSE, including the 39-metre interval grading 16.3 g/t Au in hole BL13-573, suggest a strong potential for expansion of the high-grade zone.

Winter Regional Exploration Program

As a result of the discovery of the Borden Gold Deposit, the Company believes there is significant exploration potential in the previously unexplored Borden Lake Belt. Probe is now applying its understanding of the Borden deposit to regional exploration and crews are currently mobilizing to commence a winter ground geophysical program on selected regional targets. The program will consist of Induced Polarization ("IP"), Magnetic and Very Low Frequency ("VLF") geophysical surveys on five separate grids, targeting six priority areas, which returned coincident Airborne, Geological and Soil Geochemical anomalies delineated by the 2013 regional exploration program. The program is designed to delineate drill targets for the 2014 Spring/Summer exploration season. It is expected that the surveys will take between two and three months to complete.

Dr. David Palmer, President and CEO of Probe, comments, "Once again the Borden Deposit has surprised us with even greater results. Hole BL14-573 is arguably the best hole drilled in the deposit to-date and is even more encouraging as it occurs only 150 metres from our furthest drilled section to the southeast. This bodes well for the high-grade expansion program which has just commenced on Borden Lake and which will follow the high-grade zone along strike. In addition to what is rapidly becoming one of the best new gold deposits, the project also has significant upside in its regional exploration potential. Our regional program is based on the premise that where you find one deposit you tend to find others associated with the same mineralizing system, much like the World-class Timmins gold camp less than two hours to the east of us. 2014 is shaping up to be a pivotal year and we will continue to maintain our focus on advancing the Borden Gold project."

Probe has instituted a strict quality assurance and quality control ("QA-QC") program for the Borden Gold drill core sampling, with each fire assay furnace batch of 40 samples including two certified reference materials (standards), one blank sample and one core duplicate sample. Quality control guidelines and ongoing QAQC monitoring are being carried out by Probe personnel.

About Probe Mines:

Probe Mines Limited is a Canadian precious metals exploration company whose key asset is the Borden Gold Zone in Ontario, Canada. As of October 31, 2013, the Company is well-positioned with approximately $33.4 million in treasury. The Company is actively exploring a significant new gold resource on its Borden Gold Zone near Chapleau, Ontario and has 100% interest in the Black Creek chromite deposit located in Northern Ontario. The Company's shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol PRB.

David Palmer, Ph.D., P.Geo., is the qualified person for all technical information in this release. To find out more about Probe Mines Limited, visit our website at www.probemines.com.

On behalf of Probe Mines Limited,

Dr. David Palmer, President & Chief Executive Officer

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