January 12, 2009
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

NORD RESOURCES CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

520-292-0266
Registrant's telephone number, including area code

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The Board of Directors of Nord Resources Corporation (the "Corporation") has appointed Randy Davenport as Chief Operating Officer and Vice President effective as of January 12, 2009. Mr. Davenport is succeeding Erland (Andy) A. Anderson, who is retiring, but has agreed to remain with the Corporation as a consultant during a transitional period.

As a result of the foregoing changes, the following persons comprise the current officers of the Corporation:

The Corporation's officers are appointed annually by the Board of Directors.

Prior to joining the Corporation, Mr. Davenport held the position of Vice President, Resource Development, Freeport-McMorRan Copper & Gold Inc. In addition, he had previously held a number of senior positions during two decades with Phelps Dodge Corporation, then the world's second-largest copper producer, which was acquired by Freeport-McMorRan in 2007.

In his career at Phelps Dodge, Mr. Davenport's responsibilities included managing large copper mining operations, overseeing major mining construction projects, several feasibility and scoping studies, and directing the expansion of established operations and the start-up of green-field projects and acquisitions. Mr. Davenport's career at Phelps Dodge also included five years as President of Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde, a Phelps Dodge subsidiary which owned and operated an open-pit copper mine in Arequipa, Peru, that included a fully integrated mining and solvent extraction electrowinning facility, the same process that the Corporation is using at its Johnson Camp Mine.

Mr. Davenport has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mining Engineering from the University of Idaho and has served in the U.S. Marine Corps and the Army National Guard.

The Corporation and Mr. Davenport have entered into a letter agreement dated January 12, 2009 (the "Letter Agreement") whereby Mr. Davenport was offered the position of Chief Operating Officer and Vice President, effective January 12, 2009.

Pursuant to the terms of the Letter Agreement, Mr. Davenport is entitled to a salary of $230,000 per annum. In addition. Mr. Davenport was granted 500,000 stock options on January 12, 2009 pursuant to the Corporation's 2006 Stock Inventive Plan. These stock options vest as to 166,667 on April 12, 2009, 166,667 on January 12, 2010 and 166,666 on January 12, 2011. The stock options have an exercise price of $0.205 per share and expire on January 12, 2014.

The Letter Agreement also provides that Mr. Davenport will receive all customary benefits from the Corporation (including health care benefits, 401-K and 3 weeks of vacation annually), and that he will also be eligible for participation in bonus plans as implemented by the Board of Directors at a target level of 50% of his salary.

The Corporation and Mr. Davenport will enter into a formal executive employment agreement on these terms, for a term of at least three years, upon confirmation of his acceptability of as an executive officer from the Toronto Stock Exchange. The Letter Agreement provides that, among other provisions, the formal executive employment agreement will include a provision stating that, in the event Mr. Davenport's employment is terminated by the Corporation without cause, he will be entitled to continuation of his base salary for twelve (12) months.

* Filed herewith.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.