Overview

Nortec Minerals Corp (TSXV:NVT), formerly Nortec Ventures Corp, is focused on the exploration of a number of properties in Finland, Canada and Equador. This includes the Seinajoki-Kaatiala Gold-Antimony-REE Property in western Finland. Nortec is also exploring the LK Palladium-Platinum-Gold-Copper-Nickel Project (formerly the combined Kaukua-Haukiaho Projects) in north central Finland; the 100% owned Tammela Lithium-Gold-Tin-Tantalum Project in the south west of the country; the TL Nickel-Copper-Cobalt Property in Northern Labrador, Canada; and also, the Ganarin Gold Property in Ecuador.

Investment Highlights

• Well funded company: 80% option signed in Oct 2011 with Finore Mining Inc. (formerly Otterburn Investment Inc.) for a 20.5m deal over 3 years
• Local expertise; Experienced Finnish team concentrated in Finland
• Fantastic infrastructure to all Finnish projects, can conduct ground exploration all year round
• Experienced management team with proven track record

Properties

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Seinajoki Kaatiala Property

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The Seinäjoki Project is located 5 km southeast of Seinäjoki in south-west Finland. The Project is part of widely known Pohjanmaa Gold-Antimony Belt. On February 3, 2010 the Company announced results from rock chip samples taken from the Seinäjoki Gold Project in December 2009 as follows;

• 69.8g/t Gold from 0.5m rock chip line sample at Sikakangas Prospect
• 21.1g/t Gold from 0.8m rock chip line sample at Sikakangas Prospect
• Pegmatite rock chip sample returns 1.47% Lithium from Kalliosalo Prospect
• Elevated gold and rare earth elements (REE) mineralisation from rock chip samples on the Marttalanniemi Prospect

In 2010, Nortec Minerals commissioned the GTK to compile the entire geological and exploration datasets covering the Seinäjoki district. Nortec are confident that the Seinäjoki project has the potential to become the next multi-million ounce gold district in Scandinavia.

LK Läntinen Koillismaa Project – NorthEastern Finland

The LK Project is located 18 km south of the city of Posio and 35 km west of Kuusamo city in north-eastern Finland. The Project is comprised of the Kaukua area, acquired in 2007-2008 from Akkerman Exploration, as well as the Haukiaho area, acquired in 2009 from Vulcan Resources. The total claims of the LK Project span 3,200 hectares, and is 100% owned by Nortec Minerals Oy, a 100% owned Finnish subsidiary of Nortec Minerals Corp. As of 2010, four phases of drilling programs have been completed for a total of 10,300 metres.

Preliminary metallurgical test work on a blended representative composite of ore types concludes that conventional rougher flotation yielded substantial recoveries of over 80% PGE + Au, associated with recoveries of over 93% for Cu and 51% for Ni. The recoveries appear to be somewhat dependent on the host rock composition. Cleaning this concentrate, again using conventional flotation means, produced a product assaying 16% Cu + Ni and 60 grams/tonne PGE + Au. Although this is not yet confirmed, a concentrate of this grade should be attractive to nickel and PGM smelters, especially given the low value of 4% Magnesium Oxide (MgO). This also means that the initially planned PLATSOL™ process for higher recoveries of PGE metals may now not be required. This will help lower the processing costs, simplify the project and reduce the technical risk of the project as a whole.

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Further metallurgical work being planned:

• Optimization work for cleaner concentrate, with the addition of various amounts of the relevant reagents
• Tests and analysis to identify any other PGE associated metals like Rhodium, Iridium, etc.
• Marketing studies for the saleability of concentrate

On February 22, 2011 the Company released a report prepared by  an independent consulting company, Watts Griffis McQuat of Toronto, Canada, confirming a large tonnage NI 43-101 compliant mineral resource  indicating the economic recoverability of the contained platinum, palladium, gold mineral resource within  the LK  property. This report can be found on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

On July 27, 2011 the Company announced that it has signed a binding Letter of Intent (“LOI”) with Otterburn Ventures Inc. (“Otterburn”).The LOI gives Otterburn the option to earn up to an 80% interest in the Company’s Läntinen Koillismaa property, “(LK “) a 100% owned palladium-platinum–gold–copper-nickel property, located in north east Finland.

Tammela Gold-Lithium Project – Southern Finland

Believing that the demand for lithium will continue increasing, Nortec consolidated the Tammela Gold-Lithium-Tin-Tantalum (“Li-Sn-Ta”) Project and assess the spodumene-hosted lithium potential in the pegmatite dyke swarms within the Somera-Tammela region in south-west Finland. The Geological Survey of Finland (“GTK”) has already delineated a historic resource of 400,000 tonnes @ 1.5% Li2O, and the potential is open along strike and at depth.

Mr. Mohan Vulimiri, Executive Chairman and CEO of Nortec has stated:

“There is also a welcome opportunity to delineate a large pegmatite-hosted REE deposit whereby demand for tantalum, niobium and caesium continue to increase on the back of technological advances in electronics and the metal alloy industry. The associated potential of significant Lithium and REE mineralization both within the Seinajoki-Kaatiala area and in the Company’s 100% Tammela Project in the southwest of Finland, where there is a known historical resource, really adds quality to Nortec’s group of assets in Finland.”

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In 1985, the GTK drilled 17 short diamond drill holes for 734 metres across 3 section lines to test the lithium potential of the KMD. The drilling traced the KMD over 120 metres and the zone remains open along strike. The average true width of the mineralised KMD intersected in the shallow drilling is 12 metres with zones thickening up to 18 metres. The down-dip potential has been tested to 75 metres below natural surface and is open at depth. The GTK calculated a drill weighted-average Li grade of 1.5% taken from 94 metres of mineralised pegmatite. GTK estimated an inferred resource of 400,000 tonnes down to the extrapolated depth of 100 metres over a strike length of only 120 metres on the KMD zone. The readers and potential investors are warned that these estimates are not compliant with the industry standard National Instrument 43-101 guidelines.

The majority of the Li is hosted in spodumene (LiAlSi2O6) that makes up 20% of the mineral distribution in the KMD. Coincident zones of elevated values in tin (“Sn”) and tantalum (“Ta”), in the form of cassiterite and columbite respectively, have also been intersected in the KMD. No detailed exploration work has been carried out on the Hirvikallio prospect since 1970. However, historical GTK reports and other research papers in various professional journals discussed the presence of swarms of pegmatites dykes that have recorded whole rock geochemical values of around 1% lithium oxide (Li2O) on the Hirvikallio Prospect. GTK estimated inferred resources of 100,000 tonnes down to 25 metres depth on the Hirvikallio Prospect. These resources are also not compliant with the National Instrument 43-101 guidelines.

Management

Mohan R. Vulimiri, M.Sc., P.Geo. – Executive Chairman & CEO  - Mohan Vulimiri has many years public company experience, having been involved in the management of numerous junior and established companies. A graduate geologist with a Master of Science degree in Economic Geology, he has over 30 years experience in the exploration and delineation of ore deposits with emphasis on structural controls and modes of occurrence of mineral zones.

Balraj Mann, CA. – Chief Financial Officer and Director - Balraj Mann is a Chartered Accountant with over 28 years of extensive experience in areas of Corporate Finance,acquisitions and financial reporting, and served as a director and advisor for both public and private companies. Mr. Mann was a Senior Manager with Price Waterhouse and attained his designation with the same firm in 1982. From 1989 to 2001 he was president of a private real estate development corporation completing industrial, commercial, single and multi-family high-rise residential projects in excess of $200 million. Durin this time, Mr Mann was also an active participant in the corporate management of the Boundary Bay Airport in Delta, BC. He was a Member of the advisory board of Accelerate Power Systems Inc, formerly Key CapitalGroup Inc, from 2000 to 2001. Mr. Mann was also president of a private company specializing in providing financing and strategic direction to real estate development. He is currently the Chief Financial Officer and director of Eagle Star Petroleum Corporation, a TSX-V listed company.

Giovanna Martino – Corporate Secretary - Giovanna Martino joined Nortec Ventures Corp. in April 2006 and was appointed Corporate Secretary in October 2007. She has held the position of Corporate Secretary for Frontier Pacific Mining (TSX-V: FRP) since August 2006. Ms. Martino received her paralegal training at B.C. Institute of Technology in Burnaby B.C. and Douglas College in New Westminster B.C. She has fifteen years experience as a legal secretary. In addition Ms. Martino worked as an executive assistant with a Vancouver law firm that provided various corporate duties and services for TSX Venture Exchange resource companies. Ms. Martino is responsible for all aspects of Nortec Ventures corporate administration, documentation and regulatory filings.

Peter F. Tegart, P.Geo. –  Executive Director – Peter Tegart is an accomplished professional geologist with extensive experience in exploration and mining of all kinds of mineral deposits. He has a successful career in the delineation of these deposits. He was responsible for the acquisition of Manhattan Minerals Corporations world-class Tambo Grande Project, located in northern Peru. Prior to this he was Vice-President, Exploration, Cheni Gold Mines and Western Manager, Serem Ltd.

Etienne Walter –  Independent Director – Mr. Walter is the Honorary Consul General of the Republic of Ecuador with jurisdiction over the Provinces of Alberta and British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and the Yukon Territory. He earned his diploma in Hotel Management and Financial Administration from the Ecole Hôtelière de la Société Suisse des Hôteliers in Lausanne, Switzerland in November 1972 and he has worked for some of the world’s leading hotels. Since coming to Canada in 1975, Mr. Walter worked for public and private corporations until he formed his own company, Andes Trade and Investment Ltd.

Ernest S. Peters – Independent Director – With over 35 years of experience in the mining industry, Mr. Peters has worked in exploration, development and production in Canada, the U.S., Brazil, Mexico and Australia. Ernie Peters is also the President, C.E.O. and Director of Carmax Explorations Ltd. (TSX-V: CMX).

Grant F. Crooker, P. Geo – Independent Director – Grant Crooker is an independent mining consultant and principal of GFC Consultants Inc. based in Keremeos, BC. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of British Columbia in 1972 and has been a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia since 1992. He has over thirty years experience in mineral exploration having worked in British Columbia, Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, Arizona, Nevada, Washington, Mexico, Argentina and Ecuador. He has been a member of Nortec’s Board of Directors since February 2000.