Northland Announces New Boards of Directors in Subsidiaries
Luxemburg, June 10, 2013 – Northland Resources S.A. (OSE: NAUR, Frankfurt: NPK, First North/Nasdaq: NAURo – together with its subsidiaries, “Northland”, “NRSA” or “the Company”) announces that new board members of its Swedish and Norwegian subsidiaries have been appointed to reflect the nominated board of the listed company, NRSA.
The Company announced in a press release issued on May 31, 2013, that new Directors of the board of NRSA were nominated to be elected at the Extra General Meeting to be held on June 28. All nominated Directors will be invited and accepted as observer members at each NRSA board meeting until these nominated members are appointed by the shareholders.
To facilitate the transition, the current board of NRSA has agreed to make its best effort, within all relevant legal framework, to vote in favor of and act in accordance with the advice put forward by the board members nominated. Such a step is to align the boards of all Swedish and Norwegian wholly-owned subsidiaries, directly or indirectly held by NRSA, including Northland Sweden AB, Northland Resources AB, Northland Exploration Sweden AB, Northland Logistics AB and Northland Logistic AS. As of June 7, 2013, the boards of these companies are set up as follows: Mr. Olav Fjell (Chair), Ms. Elisabeth Nilsson, Mr. Olli Vaartimo, Mr. Lars Stefan Månsson, Ms. Sissel Danielsen, Mr. Leif Chr. Salomonsen and Mr. Runar Nilsen. Further details of each nominated director are available in the press release dated May 31, 2013.
“Karl-Axel Waplan”
President & CEO, Northland Resources S.A.
For more information, please contact:
Karl-Axel Waplan, President and CEO: +46 705 104 239
Eva Kaijser, CFO, +46 709 320 901
Petter Brunnberg, Investor Relations: +46 727 244 109
Web site: www.northland.eu
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 produces high-grade, high-quality magnetite iron concentrate in Kaunisvaara, Sweden, where the Company will 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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