Nordic Mining’s chairman elected chairman of the board of the Geological Survey of Finland

Tarmo Tuominen (51), chairman of the board of Nordic Mining ASA has been elected chairman of the board of the Geological Survey of Finland (“GTK”). Tuominen has been elected for a period of three years.

Tarmo Tuominen is Chief Technology Officer in Nordkalk Oy Ab. Tuominen is graduated as a geologist from Åbo Academy and has held various positions in the Nordkalk Group including geologist, mining engineer, general manager of subsidiaries and business area manager.

GTK is a Finnish centre of excellence in assessment, research and sustainable use of mineral resources. The organization which has around 600 employees produces geological information for industry and society with a purpose to promote systematic and sustainable use of mineral resources.

For questions please contact CEO Ivar S. Fossum, telephone +47-930 96 850.


Oslo, 5 March 2014
Nordic Mining ASA



Nordic Mining ASA (www.nordicmining.com)

Nordic Mining ASA (“Nordic Mining” or “the Company”) is a resource company with focus on high-end industrial minerals and metals in Norway and internationally. The Company’s project portfolio is of high international standard and holds a significant economic potential. The Company’s assets are mainly in the Nordic region.

Through the subsidiary Nordic Rutile AS Nordic Mining is undertaking large-scale project development at Engebøfjellet in Sogn and Fjordane where the Company has rights to a substantial eclogite deposit with rutile and garnet. Nordic Mining has rights for exploration and production of high-purity quartz in Kvinnherad in Hordaland and develops the project through its subsidiary Nordic Quartz AS. Nordic Mining’s associated company Keliber Oy in Finland plans to start mining of lithium bearing spodumene and production of lithium carbonate. Nordic Mining holds exploration rights in the Øksfjord region in Troms and Finnmark where the Company has discovered a prospective area of sulphide mineralisation. Through the subsidiary Nordic Ocean Resources AS, Nordic Mining is exploring opportunities related to seabed mineral resources.

Nordic Mining is listed on Oslo Axess.