FORM 6-K


                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                        REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
                      Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
                       The Securities Exchange Act of 1934


                               For March 27, 2006
                         Commission File Number 0- 50822


                       NORTHWESTERN MINERAL VENTURES INC.
                 (Translation of Registrant's name into English)


     36 Toronto Street, Suite 1000, Toronto, Ontario M5C 2C5 Canada
                    (Address of principal executive offices)


         Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

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This Form 6-K consists of:

"Northwestern Mineral Ventures Inc. (TSX-V: NWT; OTCBB: NWTMF) is pleased to
announce the commencement of exploration activities on its recently acquired
properties in the Republic of Niger.

"We are encouraged by the endorsement of the government of Niger when it granted
us the In Gall and Irhazer concessions," said Kabir Ahmed, Chairman and CEO of
Northwestern. "Given the considerable potential in these two highly prospective
areas, we intend to focus significant efforts and resources on aggressively
advancing these projects with an airborne survey, soil sampling and drill
testing over the coming year."

Northwestern's exploration permits become effective on April 8, 2006, at which
point Mr. Ahmed and Dr. Jon North, Director of Northwestern, will travel to
Niger in western Africa to establish a regional office, recruit a local
workforce and initiate the company's exploration efforts. The efforts will
center on leveraging modern, remote-sensing and geological-modeling technology
that has not yet been rigorously applied in Niger.

The first phase of Northwestern's exploration program over the In Gall and
Irhazer concessions is expected to begin with a comprehensive airborne
multi-sensor and magnetometric survey during the second quarter of this year.
Northwestern anticipates the survey will be flown at a line spacing of 200
meters over the two concessions and will provide a measurement of near-surface
radiometric anomalies. In addition, the magnetometric data will provide
information about the thickness of the cover sequence, which may be related to
the concentration of uranium.

Following the completion of the survey, the company intends to compile and
analyze the results and validate them against the findings of an airborne survey
that was conducted on the properties in the 1970s by International Research S.A.
After cross-referencing the data, Northwestern will be in a position to refine
future geochemical surveying and drilling operations on the concessions.

In Gall and Irhazer cover 4,000 square kilometers (988,000 acres) of highly
prospective land within the same stratigraphy as two operating uranium mines
that together provide almost 10% of worldwide production. With that production,
Niger currently ranks as the world's fourth largest producer of uranium."




                                    SIGNATURE
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         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.



                                              Northwestern Mineral Ventures Inc.




                                              By: /s/ Kabir Ahmed
                                              -------------------
                                                  Kabir Ahmed
                                              Chief Executive Officer




Date: March 27, 2006