Pursuant to the resolution passed at the 2009 Annual General Meeting held
Vancouver, B.C., January 7: Pursuant to the resolution passed at the 2009 Annual General Meeting held on May 27, 2009, the name of Nortec Ventures Corp. has changed to Nortec Minerals Corp. effective at the opening January 7, 2010. The common shares of the Company will continue to trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol NVT. The new CUSIP number is 65655Q 10 3. There is no consolidation of capital.
The new name, Nortec Minerals Corp. reflects more accurately as a mineral exploration company.
About Nortec Minerals Corp.
Nortec is a mineral exploration and development company based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Company has an option to earn 100% interest in the Seinajoki-Kaatiala Gold-Antimony-Rare Earth-Lithium Property in western Finland and owns a 100% interest in the Tammela Lithium-Tin-Tantalum-Rare Earth Project in south-west Finland. The Kaatiala reservation covers a quarry which produced 18 tonnes of beryl, 5 tonnes of columbite and 190,000 tonnes of rare mineral calcium feldspar, according to the information obtained from the Geological Survey of Finland (“GTK”).
Nortec also has a 100% interest in the LK Palladium-Platinum-gold-Copper-Nickel Project (the combined Kaukua & Haukiaho Projects) in north-central Finland, a minimum 51% interest with an option to earn 90% interest in the TL Nickel-Copper-Cobalt Property in Northern Labrador, Canada and an option to acquire 51% interest in the Ganarin Gold-Silver Property, Ecuador.
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
NORTEC MINERALS CORP.
“Mohan R. Vulimiri”
Mohan R. Vulimiri, President & CEO
The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. The statements made in this Press Release may contain certain forward-looking statements. Actual events or results may differ from the Company’s expectations. Certain risk factors may also affect the actual results achieved by the Company.
There can be no assurance that forward-looking information will prove to be accurate. Should one or more of these risks and uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from any conclusions, forecasts or projections described in the forward-looking information. Accordingly, readers are advised not to place undue reliance on forward-looking information. Except as required under applicable securities legislation, the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
NORTEC MINERALS CORP.
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