VANCOUVER, Aug. 20, 2012 /CNW/ - Northern Iron Corp. (TSX-V: NFE) (OTCQX: NHRIF) (FRANKFURT: N8I) (the "Company") announces that on August 15, 2012 the Ministry of the Environment of Ontario issued to the Company the Permit to Take Water from the Former Griffith Mine North Pit. The permit allows the Company to dewater the North Pit to a maximum [...]
Northern Iron announces the start of definition drill holes of the planned 45 drill holes for the 2012-2013 season at the past producing Griffith Iron Ore mine."Drilling the Griffith property will enable us to complete our resource calculations for this project, which in turn will be an important de-risking consideration for any strategic partner [...]
Northern Iron today released results of Davis Tube (DT) metallurgy test work completed on 20 drill holes. The testing was completed in conjunction with the 2011/2012 drill program on the Karas property, Ontario. The whole rock analysis results from the tests performed by SGS Canada Inc., Lakefield, Ontario indicate an average iron content of 98.1 [...]
Northern Iron announces the receipt of an order from China Railway Materials Import and Export for 900,000 metric tonnes of Hot Briquetted Iron to be delivered in 2016. Payment for the Order will be secured by an irrevocable letter of credit of the prime bank of the Peoples' Republic of China. Basil Botha, Northern's President & CEO stated, "The [...]
Northern Iron announces the nomination of Alberto Hassan, President of IIMA, to stand for election to Northern's board of directors at the Annual General Meeting to be held on May 29th. Mr. Hassan has 45 years of experience in the steel and automotive industry. Mr. Hassan was instrumental in the development of the HBI industry in Venezuela, as [...]
Northern Iron announces the nomination of David Miller, the former Mayor of Toronto, currently serving as a legal counsel with the Toronto law firm Aird & Berlis LLP, to stand for election to Northern's board of directors at the Annual General Meeting to be held on May 29th. Mr. Basil Botha, President and CEO of the Company stated, "Northern is [...]
Northern Iron is pleased to announce the nomination of Gordon McCreary, formerly President and CEO of Baffinland Iron Mines, one of the founders of Kinross Gold Corp and current Chairman of Asia Now Resources to serve on Northern's Board of Directors. Basil Botha, President and Chief Executive Officer of Northern Iron commented, "The talent and [...]
Northern Iron today released assay results for drill holes KA-11-26 and 27 on the Karas property. The drill holes continue testing the true thickness of the magnetite mineralization in line with the previously released holes, testing the central and eastern part, and down dip extension and plunge of the magnetite mineralized zone. The magnetite [...]
Northern Iron today announced the results of its preliminary metallurgy test work, completed on drill holes KA 11-11 and KA 11-18. The ongoing testing is being completed in conjunction with the drill program on the Karas property. The preliminary results from the testing performed by SGS Canada Inc., Lakefield, Ontario indicate a high quality iron [...]
Northern Iron today released assay results for drill hole GR-11-01 on the Griffith property, and an additional set of 3 drill holes on the Karas Property. The Karas holes continue testing the true thickness and extent of the magnetite mineralized zone towards the east and at depth. "The exploratory drill hole on the Griffith confirms the result [...]
Northern Iron today released assay results for drill holes KA-11-20, 21 and 22 on the Karas property. The drill holes continue testing the true thickness of the magnetite mineralization in line with the previously released holes, testing the western part and down dip extension and plunge of the magnetite mineralized zone, which is still open at [...]
Northern Iron today announced the continuation of its drill program on its Karas property in the Red Lake mining division, district of Kenora, Ontario, Canada. The 2012 drill program will begin on January 11th with 2 drill rigs in place. During the latter part of 2011, Northern Iron completed 26 holes on the Karas property; results have been [...]