Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

In the news release, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1, Nord also disclosed that:

º it continues to plan, subject to the timing of receipt of an air quality permit, for production of approximately four million pounds of new copper in 2008, and to reach the full production rate of about 25 million pounds of copper per year at the Johnson Camp Mine in early spring 2009;

º Nord's work with the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality to obtain the air quality permit is progressing as expected by management; and

º Nord has retained Bateman Engineering Inc. as consultants to investigate the potential that management believes exists to increase the Johnson Camp Mine's annual production beyond the current target of 25 million pounds of copper per year that is based on the current level of estimated reserves.

The information in Items 7.01 of this report, and the related information in Item 9.01 and the exhibit, are being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K. Such information shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibit No. Exhibit
99.1 News release dated May 14, 2008**

** Furnished herewith.

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