Terra Nostra Resources Joint Venture Operations Achieve Substantial Fourth Quarter Revenue Growth
July 12 2007 - 9:11AM
PR Newswire (US)
LOS ANGELES, July 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Terra Nostra
Resources Corporation (OTC:TNRO) (BULLETIN BOARD: TNRO) , majority
owner of two China joint venture companies in the strategic copper
and stainless steel industries, announced today that preliminary
revenue figures for the fourth quarter joint venture operations are
significantly increased over the prior quarter. For the three
months ending May 31, 2007, the Shandong Quanxin Stainless Steel
joint venture operations generated revenues of $88.8 million, with
a total 28.3 metric tons (MT) of billets and hot roll coil sold.
This substantial increase over prior quarter revenues of $1.6
million is attributed to the successful ramp-up of production at
the casting mill. Shandong Jinpeng Metallurgical copper joint
venture operations generated revenues of $44.5 million, from sales
of 4,643 MT of electrolytic copper and copper rod, 1,372 MT of
low-oxygen copper rod, 17,876 g of gold, and 1,598 kg of silver.
This represents a 12.3% increase over the third quarter copper
operations revenues of $39.6 million. For the fiscal year ending
May 31, 2007, the Copper and Stainless Steel joint venture
operations generated combined preliminary revenues of over $280
million, compared to prior year joint venture revenues of $106.7
million. Terra Nostra expects to release fully consolidated results
for the fourth quarter and fiscal year (audited) ending May 31,
2007 representing its joint venture ownership interests within the
next 45 days. Mr. Sun Liu James Po, CEO of Terra Nostra, comments,
"The ramp-up of stainless steel operations in the fourth quarter
were accelerated due to strong customer demand, and our
congratulations go out to the management and operational teams in
Zibo, China for bringing the mill to over 70% operating levels
through April and May, ahead of schedule." 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 with a 230,000 MT
capacity 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$182 million and over 1,000
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 February, 2007. 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 Corporation CONTACT: Media, Bev Jedynak of Martin E.
Janis & Company, Inc., +1-312-943-1100, Ext. 12; or Investors,
Rich Miller of Mirador Consulting, +1-561-989-3600, for Terra
Nostra Resources Corporation Web site: http://www.tnr-corp.com/
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