Northland Announces the Appointment of Johan Dagertun as CFO

LUXEMBOURG, LUXEMBOURG--(Marketwired - Sep 12, 2013) - Northland Resources S.A. (OSLO:NAUR)(FRANKFURT:NPK)(OMX:NAURo) - together with its subsidiaries "Northland", "NRSA" or the "Company") announces that Johan Dagertun will replace Eva Kaijser as Chief Financial Officer ("CFO") on November 15, 2013.

Reference is made to the press release dated July 18, 2013, where Northland announced that CFO, Eva Kaijser, was leaving the Company at the end of 2013. Northland has now appointed Johan Dagertun to replace her. Mr. Dagertun has held various positions in the Company since 2010. His current position in the Company is Deputy COO.

"Johan Dagertun was a natural choice for the Company and I am very glad that he accepted to take on this new role. Johan Dagertun has during challenging times been deeply involved in the work to find a long term financial solution for the Company and in the production ramp-up process at Kaunisvaara. I would also like to take the opportunity to thank Eva Kaijser for her very important contribution to the Company. She played a vital role when the Company managed to find a financial solution in May 2013. For this I am very grateful", said Peter Pernlöf, Acting CEO.

Northland is a producer of iron ore concentrate, with a portfolio of production, development and exploration mines and projects in northern Sweden and Finland. The first construction phase of the Kaunisvaara project is complete and production ramp-up started in November 2012. The Company expects to produce high-grade, high-quality magnetite iron concentrate in Kaunisvaara, Sweden, where the Company expects to exploit two magnetite iron ore deposits, Tapuli and Sahavaara. Northland has entered into off-take contracts with three partners for the entire production from the Kaunisvaara project over the next seven to ten years. The Company is also preparing a Definitive Feasibility Study ("DFS") for its Hannukainen Iron Oxide Copper Gold ("IOCG") project in Kolari, northern Finland and for the Pellivuoma deposit, which is located 15 km from the Kaunisvaara processing plant.

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