Northland Resources

LUXEMBURG,  LUXEMBURG -- (Marketwired) -- 04/25/13 --   Northland Resources S.A.  (OSLO: NAUR)(FRANKFURT: NPK)(OMX: NAURo) (together with its  subsidiaries, "Northland" or "the Company") provides its second  bi-weekly Default Status Report under National Policy 12-203 - Cease  Trade Orders for Continuous Defaults ("NP 12-203").

On March 28, 2013, the Company announced that the filing of its audited financial statements and associated management  discussion and analysis (collectively, the "Annual Filings") for the  fiscal year ended December 31, 2012, would not be completed by the  filing deadline set by Canadian securities laws.

As a result of this delay in filing the Annual Filings and the  application by the Company for a management cease trade order (a  "MCTO"), the Ontario Securities Commission issued a MCTO, which imposes  certain restrictions on the issuance and acquisition of securities of  insiders and/or employees of the Company until the Company files the  Annual Filings and related CEO and CFO certificates. The MCTO will not  affect the ability of persons who are not insiders or employees of  Northland to trade their securities.

Pursuant to the provisions of the alternative information  guidelines specified by NP 12-203, the Company reports that, since the  issuance of its default announcement on March 28, 2013, except as stated  in this Default Status Report, there have not been any material changes  to the information contained therein; nor any failure by the Company to  fulfill its intentions as stated therein with respect to satisfying the  provisions of the alternative information guidelines; and there are no  additional defaults or anticipated defaults subsequent to the disclosure  therein, other than the delay in filing the Annual Filings and related  CEO and CFO certificates. Further, there is no additional material  information respecting the Company and its affairs that has not been  generally disclosed.

The Company expects to file the required Annual Filings and  related CEO and CFO certificates on or before Tuesday, April 30, 2013.  If this does not occur, the Company intends to file the third Default  Status Report on or about May 9, 2013.

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

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.

Forward-Looking Information

This announcement may include "forward-looking" information  within the meaning of applicable securities laws. This forward-looking  information can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology,  including the terms "believes", "estimates", "anticipates", "expects",  "intends", "may", "will" or "should" or, in each case, their negative,  or other variations or comparable terminology. This forward-looking  information includes all matters that are expectations concerning, among  other things, Northland's ability to meet its continuous disclosure and  MCTO obligations, the likelihood of Northland rectify its default under  Canadian Securities laws, Northland's results of operations, financial  condition, liquidity, prospects, growth, strategies and the industry in  which it operates. By their nature, forward-looking information involves  risks and uncertainties because they relate to events  and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future.  Readers are cautioned that forward-looking information is not a  guarantee of future performance and that Northland's actual results of  operations, financial condition and liquidity, and the development of  the industry in which it operates may differ materially from those made  in or suggested by the forward-looking information contained in this  press release. In addition, even if Northland's results of operations,  financial condition and liquidity, and the development of the industry  in which Northland operates are consistent with the forward-looking  information contained in this press release, those results or  developments may not be indicative of results or developments in  subsequent periods.

Contacts:
Northland Resources S.A.
Eva Kaijser
CFO
+46 709 320 901

Northland Resources S.A.
Anders Antonsson
Vice President - Investor Relations
+46 709 994 970
www.northland.eu