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Northland Applies for Environmental Permit for the Sahavaara Mine

Luxembourg, December 7, 2010 Northland Resources S.A. (TSX: NAU, OSE: NAUR
- "Northland" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that it has submitted an
application to the Environmental Court in Umeå, Sweden for the environmental permit to
operate the Sahavaara mine.

Three of the four key permits for the Kaunisvaara Iron Ore Project have already been
granted; exploitation permits (according to the Mineral Law) for the Tapuli and
Sahavaara deposits, and the operational permit for the Tapuli mine and the
Kaunisvaara mill.

Northland has put substantial effort into the consultation process and the quality of this
application which takes into account all aspects of sustainable development. In addition,
it has been developed in parallel to and has provided important input into the
development of the technical solutions for the project.

Northland believes that these efforts and the quality of the information provided in the
application have the potential to result in a smooth and efficient process by the
permitting authority. The application has been produced internally with contributions
from leading environmental consultants. The Company believes that it meets the
highest industry environmental standards and it looks forward to communicating details
of the application during the continued permitting process.

The Sahavaara mine environmental impact assessment describes the logistics concept
to the port of Narvik, and includes truck transport of the concentrate on highway, which
itself is not subject to permitting. The logistics solution is subject to negotiations with the
transport authority, as part of a bigger picture. An application for the use of heavier
trucks than what is standard is a first and temporary step, while a railroad extension is
the preferred long-term solution. These issues will not affect the overall project timing
but provide opportunities both for the Kaunisvaara project and other potential projects in
the region.
To facilitate the way forward for both the longer-term perspective as well as the practical
steps in the shorter-term perspective, Northland has sent a formal letter to the
Transportation Agency (Trafikverket) in the Northern Region. The Letter is requesting a
joint procedure to secure the most efficient and best long-term solution, including
possible development of a rail connection from Svappavaara (which is the closest
railhead at the rail line today to Narvik port) to the Kaunisvaara site, as well as the short-
term consideration for the transportation between the process plant in Kaunisvaara and
the port of Narvik.

Northland is a development-stage mining company with a portfolio of iron projects in

northern Sweden and Finland. Northland’s Kaunisvaara Project contemplates the
staged development of magnetite iron ore deposits that would provide feed to a single,
multi-line processing facility in Sweden, producing a high-grade, high-quality magnetite
iron concentrate. The results of the Feasibility Study on the Kaunisvaara Project were
released September 27, 2010.

“Karl-Axel Waplan”
President & CEO
Northland Resources S.A.

For more information, please contact:

Northland
Karl-Axel Waplan, President and CEO: +46 705 104 239
Anders Hvide, Executive Chairman: +47 92 88 98 58
Eva Kaijser, Chief Financial Officer: +46 70 932 09 01
Marguerite Manshreck-Head, Investors Relations, Canada: + 1 647 224 7882

Or visit our website: www.northland.eu