TORONTO — (Marketwire) — 04/19/12 — (the "") (TSX VENTURE: NOB) (FRANKFURT: NB7) (PINKSHEETS: NLPXF) is pleased to announce that it has closed the first tranche of a private placement of its 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.In connection with the private placeme