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Northlands Provides Drilling Update
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Vancouver, February 8, 2008: Buck Morrow, the President of Northland
Resources Inc., is pleased to provide an update on Northland's drill
programs on its iron-copper-gold projects in northern Sweden and
Finland.
Northland's field teams are having an exceptionally busy winter drill
season, with seven drill rigs currently turning on the Company's
projects. Drilling is underway at the Tapuli-Stora Sahavaara projects
and recently started at the Pellivuoma magnetite project. Additional
drilling is scheduled for the Salmivaara project in late February,
depending on the granting of permits.
Pellivuoma Iron Project
Drilling has started at the Pellivuoma magnetite project in Sweden,
which is about 15km west of the Stora Sahavaara and Tapuli project
area. Pellivuoma was discovered in 1919 by Nordsvenska Malmf�lt.
Between 1963-1966, the Swedish Geological Survey (SGU) completed
magnetic and gravity surveys and 13
Diamond drill holes defining a
magnetic anomaly roughly 900m by 400m trending WNW-ESE. They also
included the deposit in their report "Iron Ore Inventory Programme
1963-1972 in Norbotton County".
Geologically, Pellivuoma is a tightly folded, vertically dipping body.
The SGU estimated the iron ore resources to a depth of 200m at ca.
43.5Mt @ 32.7% Fe with trace copper. Their resource estimate was based
on a combination of drill data and geophysical modelling. The reader is
cautioned that this is an historic resource and is not compliant with
NI43-101. Northland has not yet completed the work necessary to confirm
the resource figures. As such they cannot be relied upon.
Northland's management regards Pellivuoma as a satellite target to the
Stora Sahavaara-Tapuli bodies. As part of the planned drilling at
Pellivuoma, Northland will twin two of the holes completed in the 1960s
by the SGU. Very little material remains from key holes stored in SGU
core archives, hence the need to twin certain holes.
Stora Sahavaara-Tapuli Area
Metallurgical drilling is underway at Tapuli with four rigs currently
working and a fifth expected soon. The drilling will provide a bulk
sample of 25 tonnes of magnetite drill core for pilot scale tests for
flowsheet development and help to outline any variation in the
mineralogy within the magnetite body.
Salmivaara
In 2007, Northland drilled 6 holes at Salmivaara (1,780m). The drilling
encountered a previously unknown magnetite body beneath the 2 known
bodies at Salmivaara. An 11-hole follow up drill program has been
designed to provide more detail on the known magnetite bodies,
scheduled to kick off in mid February or earlier.
Hannukainen-Area
Earlier this year four rigs were allocated to Hannukainen to provide
material for additional metallurgical testwork and to provide infill
detail for Northland's geological model. The rigs were recently
relocated to the Tapuli project.
Qualified Person
The technical information in this release was prepared under the
supervision of Mr. David Cass, who is a member of the Association of
Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia, and a
"Qualified Person" in accordance with National Instrument 43-101.
About Northland (www.northlandresourcesinc.com)
Northland 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.
The TSX Venture Exchange does not accept responsibility for the
adequacy or accuracy of this release.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Northland Resources Inc.
Buck Morrow, President
Investor Relations: North America, Ralph Rushton: Toll Free:
1-866-719-8962
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