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Northland Resources retains Corus Consulting to investigate
beneficiation and marketing of Hannukainen iron-copper-gold ore.
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Vancouver, Canada, April 16, 2007: Mr. Buck Morrow, the President of
Northland Resources Inc., is pleased to announce that Northland has
contracted Corus Consulting Ltd. ("Corus") to supervise a comprehensive
investigation of the optimum treatment route for iron-copper-gold ore
from the Hannukainen magnetite body in northern Finland. Northland and
Corus envisage a five stage work program consisting of
1) Advising on the design and supervision of a bulk sampling program to
firstly determine the optimum method of sampling and size of sample,
and then to assist Northland's technical personnel during the actual
sampling process;
2) Design and supervision of a beneficiation testwork program,
including recommendation of the most suitable test centre, and
definition and supervision of pilot plant testwork program;
3) Definition and supervision of a pelletizing testwork program;
4) Development of an appropriate flowsheet to best exploit the
Hannukainen ore body;
5) Market and product definition including determination of the most
appropriate product mix and production rate.
The Company has also contracted Corus to assist Northland in
identifying a range of regional infrastructure development
requirements, such as surface land requirements, utility and access
corridor requirements for a central Pellet Plant, a surface mine and
ore beneficiation plant at Hannukainen in Finland and a surface mine
and ore beneficiation plant at Stora Sahavaara in Sweden.
Corus Consulting provides business planning consultancy, engineering,
technical assistance, technology and training services to the
international metals industry. The services it offers within Primary
Processing fall broadly into 3 categories: Mining/raw materials, iron
making and steelmaking/casting. Corus Consulting is a subsidiary of
Corus Group plc, a leading international metals company which produced
over 18 million tones of steel in 2005 with annual turnover of over �10
billion and major operating facilities in the U.K., the
Netherlands,
Germany, France, Norway and Belgium.
Buck Morrow, President of Northland said "We're very happy with the
work that Corus Consulting have completed to date at the Stora
Sahavaara project in Sweden and we're keen to apply what they've
learned there to our Hannukainen iron-copper-gold project in 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.
The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not take
responsibility for the accuracy of this release.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Northland Resources Inc.
Buck Morrow, President
Ralph Rushton, Investor Relations
Toll Free: 1-866-719-8962
www.northlandresourcesinc.com
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Copyright (c) 2007 NORTHLAND RESOURCES INC. (NAU) All rights reserved.
For more information visit our website at
http://www.northlandresourcesinc.com/ or send
mailto:karenr@goldgroup.com
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