Toronto, Ontario –Nitinat Minerals Corp. (the “Corporation”) (TSX VENTURE:NZZ) (FRANKFURT:04U1) is pleased to announce that it has retained a local contractor in Timmins, Ontario to commence a work program on its 100% owned Carscallen gold property (the “Property”) located in Northern Ontario. The Property is located 25 kilometres west of Timmins and seven kilometres north of the Tahoe Resources Inc. West Timmins mine, which produced an aggregate of 185,600 ounces in 2014.