NAU - Investor Relations ManagerManagement Appointments at Northland
Luxembourg, October 7, 2011: Northland Resources S.A. (TSX: NAU, OSE: NAUR,
Frankfurt: NPK - "Northland" or "the Company") is pleased to announce new
appointments.
Vice President Exploration
Mr. Petri Peltonen, currently Managing Director of Northland Exploration Finland
has been appointed Vice President Exploration. Dr. Peltonen has more than 20
years international experience in mineral exploration and research on several
commodities, such as iron, nickel, gold and diamonds.
Before joining Northland 3 years ago, Petri Peltonen was Project Manager at the
Geological Survey of Finland. As a Docent at the University of Helsinki, he
taught economic geology, supervised M.Sc. and Ph.D. theses, and he has an
extensive publication record with over 100 scientific papers. Petri Peltonen
holds a Doctorate in Economic Geology from the University of Turku, Finland.
Petri Peltonen is succeeding Dr. Vladimir Benes, who will leave Northland to
focus on his own company for exploration in Asia.
"Vladimir has been a great asset to Northland," said Karl-Axel Waplan, President
and CEO. "His dedicated work to exploration has created a good foundation to
ensure the long-term development of Northland. We all wish Vladimir success in
his new venture."
New Investor Relations Manager
Northland has also appointed Mr. Petter Brunnberg as Investor Relations Manager.
With Petter Brunnberg on board, Northland will step up its effort to inform the
public and the investment community on the latest progress.
Petter Brunnberg recently was news editor for five years at E24, one of Sweden's
most influential online business magazines. He has also served as a reporter and
editor of the private investment sub-section Pengar24. Petter Brunnberg holds a
Master of Science, Major in Economics, from Lund University.
Petter Brunnberg succeeds Mr. Shawn Morrow, who will leave Northland at the end
of the year.
Northland is a development-stage mining company with a portfolio of iron ore
projects in northern Sweden and Finland. The Company's Kaunisvaara Project will
exploit two magnetite iron ore deposits in Sweden. The process will yield a very
high-grade, high-quality magnetite iron concentrate. The construction of the
Kaunisvaara project is well underway and production is planned to start in the
fourth quarter of 2012. Northland has entered into industrial off-take contracts
which will last for 7-8 years for the entire production from Kaunisvaara. The
Company is also preparing a Definitive Feasibility Study for the Hannukainen
Iron Oxide Copper Gold Project in Kolari, northern Finland. The study is
expected late in the fourth quarter of 2011.
"Karl-Axel Waplan"
President & CEO, Northland Resources S.A.
For more information, please contact:
Anders Antonsson, Vice President Investor Relations: +46 709 994 970
Marguerite Manshreck-Head, Investors Relations, Canada: +1 647 224 7882
Or visit our website: www.northland.eu
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