VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 3, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Globetech Ventures Corp. (the "Company") (OTCBB:GTVCF) announces that the Company has entered into an option agreement whereby the Company can earn a 100% interest in the Gladys Lake porphyry molybdenum property from Mr. John Peter Ross of Whitehorse, Yukon. The Gladys Lake property is situated in northwestern British Columbia approximately 50 km northeast of Atlin and 15 km north of the Adanac molybdenum deposit presently undergoing final engineering studies and permitting.
In order to earn a 100% interest, the Company is required to pay a total of $95,000, in ascending payments over a period of four years. The agreement also calls for the issuing of 400,000 shares of Globetech over this same period. After the four-year period, the Company agrees to pay an annual advance royalty of $25,000 commencing February 28, 2010. On completion of a bankable feasibility, the Company will issue to the vendor a further 400,000 shares of Globetech. The vendor will retain a 3% Net Smelter Return Royalty, 2% of which can be purchased by the Company on a pro-rata basis for the sum of $2,000,000 at any time within five years of commencement of commercial production. The foregoing is subject to regulatory approval. The qualified person as defined by NI 43-101 for this news release is John Kowalchuk, P.Geo. Exploration Manager.
The Gladys Lake molybdenite deposit lies about 2 to 3 kilometres south of the west end of Gladys Lake approximately 50 kilometres northeast of the town of Atlin, British Columbia. The deposit received extensive work by Amax Explorations Ltd. in 1970 and 1971 when geological and geochemical surveys, trenching and 726 metres of diamond drilling were completed. The drill results were not documented for assessment work. In 1978, Quest Explorations Ltd. recovered the drill core, logged and assayed the core. The results are shown in the table below.
The property is underlain by a sequence of sediments of the Late Paleozoic Cache Creek Group. These rocks are intruded by small bodies of Late Mesozoic alaskite. The alaskite consists of a ring-dyke complex exposed at higher elevations and a probable large stock-like body at depth. Roughly centered about the alaskite is a quartz vein stockwork zone lying within a larger zone of weakly to intensely altered rocks. The alaskite complex has an outer diameter ranging from 500 m (1600 feet) to 700 m (2300 feet).
The hornfelsed and altered zones are both roughly centered about the alaskite outcrop. The hornfels measures approximately 3500 m (11,500 feet) and 2000 m (6,600 feet) respectively. The wallrock alteration zone lies within the hornfelsed zone and has an elliptical shape with the long axis being approximately 2500 m (8200 feet) and the short axis being 1500 m (5000 feet). The wallrock alteration zone is characterized by pervasive weak to intense degrees of bleaching and silicification with attendant development of sericite occurring along fractures and disseminated along margins of quartz veins.
Quartz veining occurs widespread throughout the alteration zone with sedimentary rocks and alaskite. Veins commonly range from 1/8 in to 3/4 in wide and are relatively continuous and sharp walled. The quartz vein stockwork zone is roughly centered about the alaskite ring dyke complex.
Sulphide minerals recognized on the property include pyrite, molybdenite, chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite. Very minor amounts of scheelite and wolframite have been observed Molybdenite occurs as medium grained flakes, books and rosettes along margins of quartz veins within the stockwork zone and in most of the stringer zones. Also fine grained molybdenite occurs along dry fractures within the stockwork zone.
The geochemistry survey completed by AMAX in 1970 produced an anomalous target 1200 m (4000 feet) by 800 m (2700 feet). This soil geochemical anomaly outlines the trace of the main molybdenum mineralization in the quartz stockwork zone.
Surface rock sampling from outcrop and trenching gave range from 0.02% to 0.05% MoS2. Core sampling, supervised by R.H. Seraphim, Ph.D., P.Eng. in 1978, gave the following values:
Hole 1 220' to 401' 181' 0.110% MoS2
Hole 2 200' to 586' 386' 0.089% MoS2
Hole 3 72' to 175' 103' 0.051% MoS2
332' to 490' 158' 0.022% MoS2
Hole 4 not sampled
Hole 5 520' to 556' 36' 0.087% MoS2
These drill hole assays are historical data and have not been verified by the Company's qualified person and are not 43-101 compliant. They were obtained from the assessment records held by the Government of British Columbia and the reputation of the Geologist R. H. Seraphim would suggest that it is reliable, however because it was not completed under the rigors of NI 43-101 it must only be viewed as historical data. The Company will be contracting an independent Qualified Person to visit the property and prepare a NI 43-101 report on the project.
The Gladys Lake property hosts a molybdenum deposit similar in tenor and size to the Adanac Deposit to the south. The property has an excellent anomalous soil footprint and weakly mineralized surface showings of molybdenite. Limited diamond drilling suggests that the grade of the mineralization is similar to that at Adanac with grades ranging from 0.05 to 0.1% MoS2.
Molybdenum is a metallic element which is most frequently used as an alloying addition in stainless steels. It enhances the strength, hardenability, weldability, toughness and corrosion resistance. After more than 20 years of low molybdenum prices, molybdenum has finally come into its own with present prices moving from US$4.00 per pound Mo in 2003 to US$20 per pound Mo to US$30 per pound Mo in early 2005. Much of this price rise is related to increases in markets and shortage of supply. China, which has a huge shortage of supply, has been the major cause of this meteoric rise in price. Regardless of the recent very high prices; low metal stockpiles and extensive international pipeline construction projects are likely to keep long term prices for molybdenum above US$10 per pound Mo.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD "Casey Forward" Casey Forward, Director
Forward-Looking Statement
This news release contains discussion of items that may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of securities laws that involve risks and uncertainties. Although the company believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurances that its expectations will be achieved. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations include the effects of general economic conditions, actions by government authorities, uncertainties associated with contract negotiations, additional financing requirements, market acceptance of the Company's products and competitive pressures. These factors and others are more fully discussed in Company filings with U.S. securities regulatory authorities.