Nortec Exploration UpdateNORTEC VENTURES CORP. (TSX-V: NVT)
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Exploration Update, Ganarin Property, Southern Ecuador
Vancouver, B.C., December 14, 2005: Nortec Ventures Corp., (“Nortec” or the "Company"), is pleased to announce that trenching with systematic channel sampling is being carried out on the Ganarin joint venture project, Southern Ecuador. The sampling is designed to provide assays of the veins and breccias over mineable widths. Four areas of interest were identified on the project; Chamana area, Rio Minas zone, Chuscuyacu zone and Loma La Cruz zone.
Chamana Zone:
Four areas with intense silicification, quartz-chalcedony breccias and vuggy-druzy quartz stockwork zones, including silica sinter deposits were delineated in the Chamana area. These are Chamana Oeste, Chamana Este, Chamana Nor-oeste and Chamana Nor-este. Detailed grid soil sampling on a line spacing of 25 metres over the four breccia zones identified gold soil geochemical anomalies with values as high as 2 grams/tonne gold. In 1993 Newmont drilled 6 random rotary holes in the area. One of the holes was designed to intersect the Chamana Oeste breccia zone at depth. The hole was terminated at the top of the breccia zone due to drilling problems, but It returned 3.6 grams/tonne gold over 1.5 metres at the bottom of the hole.
Continuous channel sampling is being conducted in trenches excavated over the four chalcedony breccia zones. Results will be announced when received.
Rio Minas:
Further to the news release dated September 14, 2005, detailed mapping and systematic follow up sampling of the high grade zones is continuing on the Rio Minas zone. Very significant gold values (greater than 1500 grams/tonne gold over 30 centimetres) were obtained from smectite/clay fracture fillings with rounded chalcedony fragments. These fractures fillings are hosted in very tight rhyolite welded tuffs, suggesting tops of epithermal systems. Drilling is being planned to intersect these structures in favorable host rocks below the welded tuffs.
Geochemical soil surveys at 25 metre line spacing suggest several favorable subparallel structures for precious metal mineralization.
The Rio Minas Zone occurs at an elevation of 1340 metres a.s.l., approximately 330 metres below Chamana, 220 metres below Loma La Cruz and at the same elevation as the Chuscuyacu (Red 3). These results suggest that Loma La Cruz and Chamana have significant potential at depth. Details can be referred to in the Company’s previous news releases.
Chuscuyacu (Red 3) and Loma La Cruz:
Trenching and systematic channel sampling of the geochemical soil gold anomalies is being carried out to determine the source of the anomalies. Intense argillic alteration zones appear to underlay the soil anomalies.
Proposed Work Program:
The Company’s Management is very pleased with the results to date which suggest that the Ganarin gold-silver property could potentially host several mineralized gold-silver shoots with bonanza grades. Bonanza grades such as the above are very common in low-sulphidation epithermal deposits. The modes of occurrence of mineralization appear to be very similar to the Comstock and Midas camps in Nevada, USA and the epithermal camps, such as the Kupol district, of eastern Siberia, Russia. In view of these very positive results, the Company is planning an extensive drill program.
Systematic follow-up work consisting of 2000 metres of core drilling of the Chamana breccia zones, Rio Minas and Loma la Cruz zones is being planned for the next phase. Drill permits are being applied for with the Ecuador Ministry of Mines, with the drilling commencing on receipt.
ALS Chemex Labs of North Vancouver, BC, Canada will perform sample preparation and analyses. The samples will be analysed for gold by fire assay with atomic absorption finish and for other elements by 34 element aqua regia ICP method.
The Ganarin property is subject to option and joint venture agreements with Doubloon Exploration Corp. whereby, Nortec has the option to acquire 51% interest in the Ganarin property located in Azuay province, Ecuador. The Ganarin property is situated in the prolific Ganarin Mineral Belt. IAMGOLD Corporation’s Quimsacocha gold deposit occurs in the same belt approximately 40 kilometres northeast of the Ganarin Property. Channel Resources’ El Mojo gold property also occurs in the same area.
Mohan R. Vulimiri, M.Sc. P.Geo., President and Director of Nortec, is the person responsible for initiating and guiding the work programs on the Property. Brian T. Malahoff, P.Geo, is the person carrying out detailed geological mapping and systematic channel sampling on the Property. Mr. Vulimiri and Mr. Malahoff are qualified persons in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 guidelines.
For further details and locations of the various zones on the Ganarin Property and information on Nortec Ventures Corp., please visit the Company's website at https://www.nortecventures.com.
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
Nortec Ventures Corp.
“Mohan R. Vulimiri”
Mohan R. Vulimiri, President & CEO
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