Northland Appoints Birger Solberg as Director

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Vancouver, Canada, May 7, 2007:  Buck Morrow, the President of Northland Resources Inc., is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Birger Solberg to the Board of Directors.  Mr. Solberg is the Managing Director and CEO of North Cape Minerals, a Norwegian-based leading supplier of industrial minerals for the steel, glass and ceramic industries.
 
Mr. Solberg has an MSc from the Norwegian Institute of Technology and completed the Advanced Management Program at Insead in France.  He participated in the IPO of Fesil, which is among the world's largest producers of Ferro Silicon and Silicon metal, and managed the construction and start up of a greenfield silicon smelter in Brazil.  He has broad international experience in the extraction, sales and marketing of industrial minerals operations and is a member of the Supervisory Board of DnBNOR Norway's largest financial services group, a Board member of Askania AB (Sweden) which is a leading manufacturer and supplier of industrial sand, industrial minerals, sodium silicate, and a Board member of Franzefoss Miljokalk.
 
Buck Morrow, the President of Northland, said: "I'd like to welcome Mr. Solberg to the Board of Northland.  His extensive senior-management level experience of the production and marketing of industrial minerals, particularly some of the key minerals used in the iron and steel industry will add substantial depth to our Board and will assist Northland as we move to market the potential products from our iron ore projects in Sweden and Finland."
 
Background
 
Northland Resources Inc. is a well-structured, debt free junior exploration company with a portfolio of high quality iron, gold, and base metal exploration projects in Sweden and Finland.
 
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
"Buck Morrow"
NORTHLAND RESOURCES INC.
 
 
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Buck Morrow, President
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