Organization and Business Operations	12 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2016
Organization and Business Operations [Abstract]
ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS	1. ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS Northern Minerals & Exploration Ltd. (the “Company”) is an emerging natural resource company operating in oil and gas production in central Texas and exploration for gold and silver in northern Nevada. The Company was incorporated in Nevada on December 11, 2006 under the name Punchline Entertainment, Inc. On August 22, 2012, the Company’s board of directors approved an agreement and plan of merger to effect a name change of the Company from Punchline Entertainment, Inc. to Punchline Resources Ltd. On July 12, 2013, the stockholders approved an amendment to change the name of the Company from Punchline Resources Ltd. to Northern Mineral & Exploration Ltd. FINRA approved the name change on August 13, 2013. On April 24, 2014, the previous Chief Executive Officer and Director, Ramzan Savji, resigned and Howard Siegel was appointed as the new Company President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Director. On March 16, 2015, Ivan Webb was appointed as Vice President and Director. The Company is working on the following projects: Coleman County, Texas – Three well rework/recompletion project On October 14, 2014, the Company entered into an agreement to acquire a 75% working interest in the J.E. Richey lease. This lease area has six known productive formations. The existing three wells on the lease are fully equipped. There is spacing available for new drilling of two or more wells. Beginning in May 2015 the Company started conducting operations on the three wells to place them back into production. The rework/re-completion was completed on July 28, 2015 and production of oil and gas was established. On March 20, 2015, the Company sold a 37.5% working interest in the three wells. Callahan County, Texas – Shallow Oil project On July 7, 2014, the Company acquired a 75% working interest in the Isenhower lease. The Isenhower lease has three fully equipped wells completed in the Cook Sandstone at approximately 500 feet. The lease also has one approved water injection well and eight potential undrilled locations. The Company’s plan is to rework all three of the wells to place them back into production and drill new wells to fully develop the acreage. No work was conducted during the fiscal year. Terms are being negotiated for addition time to perform the terms of the agreement. As of the date of this report, no definitive terms have been reached. Callahan County, Texas – Mississippi Reef project On July 7, 2014, the Company acquired a 60% working interest in the J. Morgan lease. The J. Morgan lease is located in an area with multiple formations that are known to be oil and gas productive. No work was conducted during the fiscal year. Terms are being negotiated for addition time to perform the terms of the agreement. As of the date of this report, no definitive terms have been reached. Jones County, Texas – Palo Pinto Reef project During the fiscal year the Company acquired the Olson lease covering 160 acres in Jones County, Texas. This lease is 1.5 miles from the Strand Palo Pinto Reef Field which was discovered in 1940 and has produced 1,700,000 barrels of oil from 8 wells or 212,500 barrels of oil per well. The structure map on the Palo Pinto shows a large buildup in the Palo Pinto Reef across the southern portion of the lease. The Guinn #1 Olson well is 90’ high to a well 1000’ to the southeast and 42’ high to a well 1,150’ to the northwest. The Guinn well had a show and a tremendous buildup in the Palo Pinto Reef. The structural buildup and reef buildup across the acreage and close similarities to the Strand Field make this a very good prospect. Winnemucca Mountain Gold Property, Nevada On September 14, 2012, the Company entered into an option agreement (as amended and restated on November 15, 2012, February 1, 2013 and August 26, 2013) with AHL Holdings Ltd., a Nevada corporation, and Golden Sands Exploration Inc., a company incorporated under the laws of British Columbia, Canada, wherein the Company acquired an option to purchase a revised 80% interest in and to certain mining claims from AHL Holdings and Golden Sands, which claims form the Winnemucca Mountain Property in Humboldt County, Nevada. This Winnemucca Mountain property is currently comprised of 208 unpatented mining claims covering an area of approximately 3,800 acres. The aggregate cash fee payable to exercise the option has been increased from $1,715,000 to $1,755,000 and the total number of common shares issuable to exercise the option has been increased from 100,000 to 2,100,000. Lastly, the amended and restated agreement provides that AHL Holdings may elect to receive shares of the Company’s common stock in lieu of any cash payments payable pursuant to the agreement at a 75% discount to the then current closing market price. Effective July 30, 2014, the Company entered into amended and restated option agreement with AHL Holdings and Golden Sands that materially modifies and replaces the terms of the original option agreement (as amended last on August 26, 2013). No work was conducted on the property during the current fiscal year. Subsequent to July 31, 2016 the Company was negotiating to amend its option agreement with AHL Holdings and Golden Sands. The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for financial information and the instructions for Form 10-K. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Going Concern and Liquidity Considerations The accompanying financial statements are prepared and presented on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. Accordingly, they do not include any adjustments relating to the realization of the carrying value of assets or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern. Since inception to date, the Company has an accumulated deficit of $1,002,485. The Company intends to fund operations through equity financing arrangements, which may be insufficient to fund its capital expenditures, working capital and other cash requirements for the next twelve months ending July 31, 2017. These factors, among others, raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The accompanying financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Organization and Business Operations

12 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2016

Organization and Business Operations [Abstract]

1. ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS

Northern Minerals & Exploration Ltd. (the “Company”) is an emerging natural resource company operating in oil and gas production in central Texas and exploration for gold and silver in northern Nevada.

The Company was incorporated in Nevada on December 11, 2006 under the name Punchline Entertainment, Inc. On August 22, 2012, the Company’s board of directors approved an agreement and plan of merger to effect a name change of the Company from Punchline Entertainment, Inc. to Punchline Resources Ltd. On July 12, 2013, the stockholders approved an amendment to change the name of the Company from Punchline Resources Ltd. to Northern Mineral & Exploration Ltd. FINRA approved the name change on August 13, 2013.

On April 24, 2014, the previous Chief Executive Officer and Director, Ramzan Savji, resigned and Howard Siegel was appointed as the new Company President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Director. On March 16, 2015, Ivan Webb was appointed as Vice President and Director.

The Company is working on the following projects:

Coleman County, Texas – Three well rework/recompletion project

On October 14, 2014, the Company entered into an agreement to acquire a 75% working interest in the J.E. Richey lease. This lease area has six known productive formations. The existing three wells on the lease are fully equipped. There is spacing available for new drilling of two or more wells. Beginning in May 2015 the Company started conducting operations on the three wells to place them back into production. The rework/re-completion was completed on July 28, 2015 and production of oil and gas was established. On March 20, 2015, the Company sold a 37.5% working interest in the three wells.

Callahan County, Texas – Shallow Oil project

On July 7, 2014, the Company acquired a 75% working interest in the Isenhower lease. The Isenhower lease has three fully equipped wells completed in the Cook Sandstone at approximately 500 feet. The lease also has one approved water injection well and eight potential undrilled locations. The Company’s plan is to rework all three of the wells to place them back into production and drill new wells to fully develop the acreage. No work was conducted during the fiscal year. Terms are being negotiated for addition time to perform the terms of the agreement. As of the date of this report, no definitive terms have been reached.

Callahan County, Texas – Mississippi Reef project

On July 7, 2014, the Company acquired a 60% working interest in the J. Morgan lease. The J. Morgan lease is located in an area with multiple formations that are known to be oil and gas productive. No work was conducted during the fiscal year. Terms are being negotiated for addition time to perform the terms of the agreement. As of the date of this report, no definitive terms have been reached.

Jones County, Texas – Palo Pinto Reef project

During the fiscal year the Company acquired the Olson lease covering 160 acres in Jones County, Texas. This lease is 1.5 miles from the Strand Palo Pinto Reef Field which was discovered in 1940 and has produced 1,700,000 barrels of oil from 8 wells or 212,500 barrels of oil per well. The structure map on the Palo Pinto shows a large buildup in the Palo Pinto Reef across the southern portion of the lease. The Guinn #1 Olson well is 90’ high to a well 1000’ to the southeast and 42’ high to a well 1,150’ to the northwest. The Guinn well had a show and a tremendous buildup in the Palo Pinto Reef. The structural buildup and reef buildup across the acreage and close similarities to the Strand Field make this a very good prospect.

Winnemucca Mountain Gold Property, Nevada

On September 14, 2012, the Company entered into an option agreement (as amended and restated on November 15, 2012, February 1, 2013 and August 26, 2013) with AHL Holdings Ltd., a Nevada corporation, and Golden Sands Exploration Inc., a company incorporated under the laws of British Columbia, Canada, wherein the Company acquired an option to purchase a revised 80% interest in and to certain mining claims from AHL Holdings and Golden Sands, which claims form the Winnemucca Mountain Property in Humboldt County, Nevada. This Winnemucca Mountain property is currently comprised of 208 unpatented mining claims covering an area of approximately 3,800 acres.

The aggregate cash fee payable to exercise the option has been increased from $1,715,000 to $1,755,000 and the total number of common shares issuable to exercise the option has been increased from 100,000 to 2,100,000. Lastly, the amended and restated agreement provides that AHL Holdings may elect to receive shares of the Company’s common stock in lieu of any cash payments payable pursuant to the agreement at a 75% discount to the then current closing market price.

Effective July 30, 2014, the Company entered into amended and restated option agreement with AHL Holdings and Golden Sands that materially modifies and replaces the terms of the original option agreement (as amended last on August 26, 2013). No work was conducted on the property during the current fiscal year. Subsequent to July 31, 2016 the Company was negotiating to amend its option agreement with AHL Holdings and Golden Sands.

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for financial information and the instructions for Form 10-K. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included.

Going Concern and Liquidity Considerations

The accompanying financial statements are prepared and presented on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. Accordingly, they do not include any adjustments relating to the realization of the carrying value of assets or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern. Since inception to date, the Company has an accumulated deficit of $1,002,485. The Company intends to fund operations through equity financing arrangements, which may be insufficient to fund its capital expenditures, working capital and other cash requirements for the next twelve months ending July 31, 2017.

These factors, among others, raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The accompanying financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.