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Exhibit
99.1 Press Release dated March 1, 2005
MineCore Signs LOI to
Sell 50% Interest in La Fortuna Gold Project to Colt Capital
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - (MARKET
WIRE) - 03/01/2005 - MineCore International, Inc. ("MineCore") (OTC:
MCIO
) announced today the signing of a Letter of Intent (LOI) to sell 50% of its
interest in the La Fortuna gold prospect in Venezuela to Colt Capital Corp.
("Colt"), (TSX: COE.P) in exchange for 8,000,000 common shares of Colt valued at
US$0.21 per share or US$1,666,667.00.
The Letter of Intent requires Colt to
raise CDN$1,000,000 in equity financing, on a best efforts basis, for the purpose of
testing and reserve development on the La Fortuna gold prospect. To assist Colt, MineCore
will prepare a report that complies with TSX-V rule 43-101 to ensure that the La Fortuna
gold prospect meets the TSX requirements as a major transaction. David Bending, Director
of MineCore and Professional Geologist, flew to Venezuela on February 25, 2005 to examine
the La Fortuna gold prospect and begin preparation of the report. An Independent Geologist
will be retained to complete the report, which will involve a field trip to the site in
April.
Colt will have the option to purchase
the remaining 50% interest in the La Fortuna gold prospect on a right of first refusal
basis from MineCore.
The sale to Colt is subject to
several conditions including the following:
· Execution and delivery of
the Definitive Agreement approved by the Board of Directors of each Party;
· Colt will re-acquire listing
on the TSX-V exchange and resume trading.
The sale of the 50% interest of the
La Fortuna gold prospect is the first of several planned partnerships by MineCore to
generate activity and shareholder value from its assets. The core focus of the Company is
the exploration and mining of sapphires in Madagascar. Platinum Works, Inc., a wholly
owned subsidiary, is the operator of the properties in Madagascar and is concluding its
project financing and actively sourcing equipment to commence reserve development and
production.
"We are pleased to find a
partner in the development of the La Fortuna gold prospect", stated Jerry G.
Mikolajczyk, MineCore's Chief Operating Officer. "We will work closely together
to continue exploration of the gold prospect. The market for gold is robust and the
investment community is supporting gold exploration projects like ours. We believe that
our project has great potential to develop an economical reserve. We are pleased to be in
an area that is very active in gold exploration with positive results from tests on our
own property and from neighboring properties".
The La Fortuna property is a single
520-hectare Exploitation Concession under contract with the C.V.G. (Government of
Venezuela) based north of Las Cristinas at Km 88, in the state of Bolivar, Venezuela. The
deposits are alluvial and in saprolite veins to depth in fresh rock with broad zones of
potassic alteration with gold mineralization. The La Fortuna property is adjacent to the
El Foco property owned by Zaruma Resources Inc. which announced on February 24, 2005 that
they reported a 75% increase in the estimated saprolite gold resource at Alcaravan, to
close to 100,000 ounces (source: Canada NewsWire via COMTEX).
MineCore started work on the property
in 1995 and has continued to explore ever since. Work completed to date consists of soil
sampling, trenching, auguring and diamond drilling. Soil sampling revealed several areas
of good gold anomalies, with values up to 3.64 grams per tonne in the soils. Trenching has
revealed four broad zones of pervasive alteration and gold mineralization with ore grade
sections up to 3.88 grams per tonne over widths of 9.0 meters running through them.
Diamond drilling has confirmed the mineralization indicated in the trenches. The best
result in the drilling is 4.71 grams per tonne over 9.0 meters in the Central Zone and
9.09 grams per tonne over 4.0 meters in the Fortuna Zone. Tests to date, on a partial
sampling of the property, have indicated resources of 61,882 oz AU from 3,291,570 tonnes
of ore in trenched areas.
MineCore is an exploration company,
as defined under SEC Industry Guide 7. The Company's mission is to successfully
identify, acquire and develop mineral properties with a fast track program to commence
mining operations and develop solid growth with profitable operations.
MineCore is deemed to be a reporting
Issuer and will be filing an 8K with the U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (SEC) as
part of their regulatory reporting requirements. Any material Acquisition Or Disposition
Of Assets (Item 2) is required to be reported. The 8K filing may be viewed through any
EDGAR reporting agency. MineCore is currently preparing and completing its financial
statements to bring its SEC filings current.
This Press Release contains
forward-looking information within the meaning of section 27A of the Securities Act of
1933 and section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and is subject to the Safe
Harbor created by those sections. This material contains statements about expected future
events and/or financial results that are forward-looking in nature and subject to risks
and uncertainties. For those statements, we claim the protection of the safe harbor for
forward-looking statements provisions contained in the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995 and any amendments thereto. Such forward-looking statements by
definition involve risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual
results, performance or achievements of the company to be materially different from the
future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. In particular, there is no assurance that reserves, production, pricing levels
or other factors pertaining to the mining and manufacturing operations will be sustained
at the expected rates or levels over time. Discussions of factors, which may affect future
results, are contained in our recent filings.
Under no circumstances does this
Press Release constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the
securities of the company described in this Press Release in which such offer,
solicitation or sale of securities would be unlawful prior to registration, qualification
or filing under the securities laws of any jurisdiction.
For Further information on this news
release or on the Company, please contact:
D.L. (Dan)
Forigo, President
Telephone: 1-954-653-0843
Fax: 1-954-653-0844
e-mail address:
investor@minecore.com

EX - 99 3 e991 . htm Exhibit 99 . 1 Press Release dated March 1 , 2005 MineCore Signs LOI to Sell 50 % Interest in La Fortuna Gold Project to Colt Capital FORT LAUDERDALE , FL - ( MARKET WIRE ) - 03 / 01 / 2005 - MineCore International , Inc . ( " MineCore " ) ( OTC : MCIO ) announced today the signing of a Letter of Intent ( LOI ) to sell 50 % of its interest in the La Fortuna gold prospect in Venezuela to Colt Capital Corp . ( " Colt " ) , ( TSX : COE . P ) in exchange for 8,000,000 common shares of Colt valued at US$ 0.21 per share or US$ 1,666,667.00 . The Letter of Intent requires Colt to raise CDN $ 1,000,000 in equity financing , on a best efforts basis , for the purpose of testing and reserve development on the La Fortuna gold prospect . To assist Colt , MineCore will prepare a report that complies with TSX - V rule 43 - 101 to ensure that the La Fortuna gold prospect meets the TSX requirements as a major transaction . David Bending , Director of MineCore and Professional Geologist , flew to Venezuela on February 25 , 2005 to examine the La Fortuna gold prospect and begin preparation of the report . An Independent Geologist will be retained to complete the report , which will involve a field trip to the site in April . Colt will have the option to purchase the remaining 50 % interest in the La Fortuna gold prospect on a right of first refusal basis from MineCore . The sale to Colt is subject to several conditions including the following : · Execution and delivery of the Definitive Agreement approved by the Board of Directors of each Party ; · Colt will re - acquire listing on the TSX - V exchange and resume trading . The sale of the 50 % interest of the La Fortuna gold prospect is the first of several planned partnerships by MineCore to generate activity and shareholder value from its assets . The core focus of the Company is the exploration and mining of sapphires in Madagascar . Platinum Works , Inc . , a wholly owned subsidiary , is the operator of the properties in Madagascar and is concluding its project financing and actively sourcing equipment to commence reserve development and production . " We are pleased to find a partner in the development of the La Fortuna gold prospect " , stated Jerry G . Mikolajczyk , MineCore 's Chief Operating Officer . " We will work closely together to continue exploration of the gold prospect . The market for gold is robust and the investment community is supporting gold exploration projects like ours . We believe that our project has great potential to develop an economical reserve . We are pleased to be in an area that is very active in gold exploration with positive results from tests on our own property and from neighboring properties " . The La Fortuna property is a single 520 - hectare Exploitation Concession under contract with the C . V . G . ( Government of Venezuela ) based north of Las Cristinas at Km 88 , in the state of Bolivar , Venezuela . The deposits are alluvial and in saprolite veins to depth in fresh rock with broad zones of potassic alteration with gold mineralization . The La Fortuna property is adjacent to the El Foco property owned by Zaruma Resources Inc . which announced on February 24 , 2005 that they reported a 75 % increase in the estimated saprolite gold resource at Alcaravan , to close to 100,000 ounces ( source : Canada NewsWire via COMTEX ) . MineCore started work on the property in 1995 and has continued to explore ever since . Work completed to date consists of soil sampling , trenching , auguring and diamond drilling . Soil sampling revealed several areas of good gold anomalies , with values up to 3.64 grams per tonne in the soils . Trenching has revealed four broad zones of pervasive alteration and gold mineralization with ore grade sections up to 3.88 grams per tonne over widths of 9.0 meters running through them . Diamond drilling has confirmed the mineralization indicated in the trenches . The best result in the drilling is 4.71 grams per tonne over 9.0 meters in the Central Zone and 9.09 grams per tonne over 4.0 meters in the Fortuna Zone . Tests to date , on a partial sampling of the property , have indicated resources of 61,882 oz AU from 3,291,570 tonnes of ore in trenched areas . MineCore is an exploration company , as defined under SEC Industry Guide 7 . The Company 's mission is to successfully identify , acquire and develop mineral properties with a fast track program to commence mining operations and develop solid growth with profitable operations . MineCore is deemed to be a reporting Issuer and will be filing an 8K with the U . S . SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ( SEC ) as part of their regulatory reporting requirements . Any material Acquisition Or Disposition Of Assets ( Item 2 ) is required to be reported . The 8K filing may be viewed through any EDGAR reporting agency . MineCore is currently preparing and completing its financial statements to bring its SEC filings current . This Press Release contains forward - looking information within the meaning of section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and is subject to the Safe Harbor created by those sections . This material contains statements about expected future events and / or financial results that are forward - looking in nature and subject to risks and uncertainties . For those statements , we claim the protection of the safe harbor for forward - looking statements provisions contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and any amendments thereto . Such forward - looking statements by definition involve risks , uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results , performance or achievements of the company to be materially different from the future results , performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward - looking statements . In particular , there is no assurance that reserves , production , pricing levels or other factors pertaining to the mining and manufacturing operations will be sustained at the expected rates or levels over time . Discussions of factors , which may affect future results , are contained in our recent filings . Under no circumstances does this Press Release constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities of the company described in this Press Release in which such offer , solicitation or sale of securities would be unlawful prior to registration , qualification or filing under the securities laws of any jurisdiction . For Further information on this news release or on the Company , please contact : D . L . ( Dan ) Forigo , President Telephone : 1 - 954 - 653 - 0843 Fax : 1 - 954 - 653 - 0844 e - mail address : investor@minecore.com