Terra Nostra Announces Six Month Results of Operations
January 24 2007 - 6:13PM
PR Newswire (US)
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Terra Nostra
Resources Corporation (OTC:TNRO) (BULLETIN BOARD: TNRO) , is
pleased to announce results of operations for the six months ended
November 30th, 2006. Consolidated revenues totaled US$111.9
million, yielding gross profits of $5.9 million, and consolidated
EBITDA of $2.89 million. These consolidated figures include copper
joint venture operations, stainless steel joint venture start-up
operations, and Terra Nostra overhead. The copper joint venture
contributed revenues of $103.8 million from the production at
Shandong Terra Nostra Jinpeng Metallurgical, comprised of
approximately 11,000 metric tonnes (MT) of electrolytic copper and
value added products, 3,000 MT of low-oxygen copper products, and
precious metals produced as byproducts. Shandong Quanxin Stainless
Steel revenues of $8.1 million are comprised of ramp up stainless
steel billet production and trial production quantities of
stainless steel strip. Mr. Don Nicholson, CEO, comments "Terra
Nostra is very encouraged with the progress being made by both
joint venture companies. We have accomplished a great deal in
getting the copper operations integrated into the U.S. holding
company, and the effort our team in China has put into getting the
stainless steel plant operational has been outstanding. As we
finish our build out and put construction and ramp-up costs behind
us, we expect that our stainless steel production will continue to
expand and generate positive EBITDA this fiscal year." About Terra
Nostra Resources Corporation Terra Nostra is one of the leading
copper producers in China through its 51% interest in Shandong
Terra Nostra Jinpeng Metallurgical Co. Ltd., which has an existing
and under construction production capacity of 170,000 MT of
electrolytic copper, 20,000 MT of low-oxygen copper, and
value-added copper rod and wire facilities. Terra Nostra is also
emerging as a leading stainless steel producer in China through its
51% interest in Shandong Quanxin Stainless Steel Co. Ltd., a modern
stainless steel production facility that commenced operations in
early 2006 with a now expanded 230,000 MT casting mill, and a
recently commissioned 150,000 MT rolling mill. The two joint
venture companies, with total assets exceeding US$ 200 million and
having over 800 employees, are located in the highly industrialized
coastal province of Shandong, midway between Beijing and Shanghai.
More information on Terra Nostra can be found at
http://www.tnr-corp.com/, or call 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, profits, EBIDTA, and the sensitivity of earnings
to metals prices; (iv) estimates of future metals production, sales
and profitability; (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: Don Nicholson, of Terra Nostra Resources
Corporation, +1-604-671-1129 Web site: http://www.tnr-corp.com/
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