Terra Nostra Announces Filing of Audited Financial Statements for Copper Joint Venture
December 12 2006 - 12:58PM
PR Newswire (US)
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Terra Nostra
Resources Corporation (OTC:TNRO) (BULLETIN BOARD: TNRO) ,
http://www.tnr-corp.com/, is pleased to announce the filing last
week with the US Securities and Exchange Commission the audited
financial statements for Shandong Terra-Nostra Jinpeng
Metallurgical Co. Ltd., a Chinese copper processing company of
which Terra Nostra is the 51% joint venture owner. This milestone
event marks the formal completion of the legal and accounting
activities concerning the acquisition of Shandong Jinpeng, and
provides a clear indication of the revenue and profit potential for
Shandong Jinpeng, a well established company operating in the
strategically important copper processing industry in the fast
growing Shandong province in China. In the fiscal year ending May
31 2006, Shandong Jinpeng earned revenues of US$101 million, with a
comprehensive net income of $10.7 million, yielding a 10.6% net
margin. The gross profit margin was 19.5% for the year. These
revenue figures were based on the plant operating at approximately
half of its design capacity of 30,000 metric tonnes (MT) of
electrolytic copper and 20,000 MT of low oxygen copper. Terra
Nostra's Chief Operating Officer, George Chua, comments, "It is
worth noting that the market price for electrolytic copper is
presently nearly double the average price observed for the prior
fiscal year, with last week's spot price on the Shanghai Futures
Exchange being over US$8,300 per MT. Mr. Chua adds, "With an
additional 140,000 MT of cathode copper capacity expected to be
added to the production capacity of Shandong Jinpeng in 2007, the
prospects for a substantial growth in revenues are very promising."
About Terra Nostra Resources Corporation Terra Nostra owns a 51%
interest in Shandong Quanxin Stainless Steel Co. Ltd., a
state-of-the-art stainless steel production facility that commenced
operations in 2006 with the startup of a 180,000 MT casting mill. A
150,000 MT strip rolling line is presently undergoing trial
production runs. The Company is also emerging as a leading copper
producer in China through its 51% interest in Shandong Terra Nostra
Jinpeng Metallurgical Co. Ltd., having existing and under
construction production capacity of 170,000 MT of electrolytic
copper, 20,000 MT of low-oxygen copper, and value-added copper rods
and wire facilities. Both joint venture companies are located in
the highly industrialized coastal province of Shandong, China.
Terra Nostra is presently in the process of raising approximately
$50 million in new equity, to be used to complete the remaining $25
million capital contribution to Shandong Jinpeng, and with the
remainder to be used as operating capital. More information on the
company can be found at http://www.tnr-corp.com/. Investor
Relations: 1-866-626-0088 Forward Looking Statements Except for the
historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in
this press release, including statements with respect to
expectations concerning (i) projects underway or under
consideration, including production capacity and completion
schedules; (ii) business and future potential of Terra Nostra
Resources Corporation ("TNR"); (iii) estimates or implications of
future earnings, and the sensitivity of earnings to metals prices;
(iv) estimates of future metals production and sales; (v) estimates
of future cash flows, and the sensitivity of cash flows to the
other metals and ore costs as well as, but not limited to,
fluctuations in fuel prices, scrap prices, and the availability of
both, are all forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
"safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995.. Further risks, uncertainties and other
factors, which affect the forward-looking statements included
herein, and could cause actual results to differ materially from
future results expressed, projected or implied by such
forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to,
completion of TNR's capital contributions to the joint venture
companies, working capital financing, metals price volatility,
competition for projects, reserve acquisition costs, currency
fluctuations, international economic uncertainty, sovereign risk,
force majeure, changes in tax law or concession law, project
scheduling delays, labor disputes, increased production costs and
variances in ore grade, scrap grade or recovery rates from those
assumed in production plans, political and operational risks in the
countries in which TNR may operate and governmental regulation and
judicial outcomes, and other risks detailed from time to time in
TNR's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
August, 2006. Copies of each filing may be obtained from TNR or the
SEC. Furthermore, metals operation, by their very nature, entail
cyclical, sectoral, and commodity risk and could expose an investor
to the entire loss of all capital invested. TNR does not undertake
any obligation to publicly release any revisions to any
forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after
the date of this release or to reflect the occurrence of
unanticipated events, except as may be required under applicable
securities laws. DATASOURCE: Terra Nostra Resources Corporation
CONTACT: Investor Relations: 1-866-626-0088 Web site:
http://www.tnr-corp.com/
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