Northland extends the application period for the Equity Offering

 Luxembourg, February 8, 2012: Northland Resources S.A. (TSX: NAU, OSE: NAUR, Frankfurt: NPK - "Northland" or "the Company") has decided to extend the book-building and application period for the Equity Offering previously announced on February 2, 2012 (the "Offering"). The application period is expected to close on February 9, 2012 at 10:00 pm CET (vs the 06:00 CET closing tomorrow as envisaged in the press release of February 2, 2012).  

The Company is currently conducting a global roadshow and would like to allow for more meetings to be completed in the ongoing roadshow in North America. The extended application period will provide existing and new investors time to place their orders with the managers.

For further information about the Equity Offering, please refer to the Company's announcement of February 2, 2012.

[ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD]

"Karl-Axel Waplan"                                                             
President & CEO, Northland Resources S.A.

For more information, please contact:
Karl-Axel Waplan, President and CEO: +46 705 104 239
Peder Zetterberg, Acting CFO, +46 708 652 120
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

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 is expected to yield a high-grade, high-quality magnetite iron concentrate. The construction of the Kaunisvaara project is underway and production is planned to start in the fourth quarter of 2012. Northland has entered into industrial off-take contracts for the entire production from Kaunisvaara. The Company is also preparing a Definitive Feasibility Study for its Hannukainen Iron Oxide Copper Gold Project in Kolari, northern Finland. The results of the study are expected to be released in the first quarter of 2012.

The contents of this announcement have been prepared by and are the sole responsibility of the Company. The Joint Lead Managers, the Co-Lead Managers and the  Agent are acting exclusively for the Company  and no one else, and will not be  responsible to anyone  other than the  Company for providing the protections afforded  to  their  respective  clients,  or  for  advice  in  relation  to the contemplated  Offering, the contents of this  announcement or any of the matters referred to herein.

The Offering and the distribution of this announcement and other information in connection with the Offering may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions. The Company assumes no responsibility in the event there is a violation by any person of such restrictions. Persons into whose possession this announcement or such other information should come are required to inform themselves about and to observe any such restrictions. This announcement may not be used for, or in connection with, and does not constitute, any offer of securities for sale in the United States. The Offering will not be made in any jurisdiction or in any circumstances in which such offer or solicitation would be unlawful.

This announcement is not for distribution, directly or indirectly in or into any jurisdiction  in which it is unlawful to  make any such offer or solicitation to such  person  or  where  prior  registration  or  approval  is required for that purpose.  No steps have been taken or will be taken relating to the Offering in any jurisdiction outside of Norway or Canada in which such steps would be required.  Neither the publication and/or delivery of this announcement shall under any circumstances imply that there has been no change in the affairs of the Company or that the information contained herein is correct as of any date subsequent to the earlier of the date hereof and any earlier specified date with respect to such information.

This document is not an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for securities in the United States or in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful.  Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration under the U.S. Securities Act or an exemption from registration. The offer and sale of the securities referred to herein has not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act or under the applicable securities laws of the United States.

This announcement does not constitute an offering circular or prospectus in connection with an offering of securities of the Company. Investors must neither accept  any offer  for, nor  acquire, any  securities to which this announcement refers,  unless they  do so  on the  basis of  the information  contained in the preliminary  short form prospectus or  other separate documentation prepared for the  purpose of the Offering. This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for, any securities and cannot be relied on for any investment contract or decision.

This information is subject of the disclosure requirements according to section §5-12 of the    Norwegian Securities trading Act (Norwegian: verdipapirhandelloven).