Terra Nostra Announces Shipments for US$30 Million Stainless Steel Contract
May 14 2007 - 3:33AM
PR Newswire (US)
LOS ANGELES, May 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Terra Nostra
Resources Corporation (OTC:TNRO) (BULLETIN BOARD: TNRO) today
confirmed the successful production and shipment of 304 grade
stainless steel billets by Shandong Quanxin Stainless Steel Co.,
Ltd., its stainless steel joint venture operation in China, towards
a recently announced $30 million dollar contract. Together with
other market orders, Terra Nostra entered into a contractual
agreement with Qing Dao Baemyung Metal Co. Ltd., to produce 600
Metric Tonnes ("MT") of 304 stainless steel billets monthly over a
one year period. Qing Dao Baemyung Metal Co. Ltd., a well respected
company operating in the Shandong province of China, will further
process the billets into various shaped bars and export the
majority of its production to Korea and other major markets. Mr.
Sun Liu James Po, Chief Executive Officer, stated, "Our ability to
deliver a product of international standards, to a world class
customer, is an important validation of the extensive testing and
trial production performed at our stainless steel casting facility.
Furthermore, the anticipated revenue from this contract represents
an anticipated 3x increase in total revenues for the stainless
steel operations alone in the forthcoming fiscal year, making a
significant contribution to our revenue goals." About Terra Nostra
Resources Corporation Terra Nostra is one of the leading copper
producers in China through its 51 percent interest in Shandong
Terra Nostra Jinpeng Metallurgical Co., Ltd., which has an existing
and under construction production capacity of 170,000 MT (metric
tons) 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 percent 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, which Terra Nostra recently entered into
an agreement to increase its ownership up to 90%, with total assets
exceeding US$200 million and over 1000 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/. 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, and statements related to these
matters or which use words such as "may," "might," "should,"
"expect," "plan," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "predict,"
"potential" or "continue," and the negative of these terms and
other comparable terminology 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 November, 2006. Copies of each filing may be
obtained from TNR or the SEC. Furthermore, metals operation, by
their very nature, entail inherent 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 CONTACT: Bev Jedynak of Martin E. Janis & Company,
Inc., +1-312-943-1100 ext. 12, , for Terra Nostra Resources Web
site: http://www.tnr-corp.com/
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