Northland to Host an Audio Cast to Comment on Latest Development
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Luxembourg, May 29, 2013 – Northland Resources S.A. (OSE: NAUR, Frankfurt: NPK, Nasdaq OMX/First North: NAURo – together with its subsidiaries “Northland”, or the “Company”) announced earlier today that the previously cancelled bond offering (the “Offering”) is expected to be completed, following a significant new commitment of USD 108 million from a new consortium. Northland will comment on the latest development in an audio cast at 08.30 AM CET on May 30.
Call-in details:
UK: +44 203 364 5374
Sweden: +46 8 505 564 74
Norway: +47 235 00 210
The audio cast is also accessible through the Company’s web site: http://northland.eu/en-us/investor-relations
Please call in 5 to 10 minutes before the conference starts and stay on the line (an operator will be available to assist you).
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
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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