Ownership Submission
FORM 3
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Wexford Catalyst Trading LTD
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
10/05/2007
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
NORD RESOURCES CORP [NRDS]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
411 WEST PUTNAM AVENUE, SUITE 125
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

GREENWICH, CT 06830
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)
3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Special Warrants 12/03/2007   (1) Common Stock 1,478,250 $ (1) D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Wexford Catalyst Trading LTD
411 WEST PUTNAM AVENUE
SUITE 125
GREENWICH, CT 06830
    X    

Signatures

Arthur H. Amron, Vice President and Assistant Secretary of Wexford Catalsyt Trading Limited 10/15/2007
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Wexford Catalyst Trading Limited (?WCT?) acquired an aggregate of 985,500 Special Warrant Shares from the issuer in a private placement offering that closed on June 5, 2007 (the ?Offering?). Each Special Warrant Share entitles the holder thereof to receive, without the payment of additional consideration, upon the exercise thereof, one share of common stock and one-half of one Warrant, each Warrant being exercisable to acquire one share of common stock at an exercise price of $1.10 per share for a period of 60 months from the closing of the Offering. Each holder of a Special Warrant Share that has not expired by its terms may elect to convert its Special Warrant Shares into the underlying shares of common stock and Warrants at any time after 5:00 p.m. (Vancouver time) on December 3, 2007.

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