BacTech Provides Snow Lake Update


TORONTO, CANADA--(Marketwire - Oct. 9, 2012) - BacTech Environmental Corporation ("BacTech" or the "Company") (CNSX:BAC)(OTC:BCCEF)(WKN:A1H4TY) today provided an update on the progress of its Snow Lake, Manitoba arsenic concentrate stockpile remediation project.

Over the balance of 2012, the Company will begin and/or complete the following as it moves toward construction in the Spring of 2013:

  • Finalize proposed site purchase agreement with the Town of Snow Lake
  • Immediate site drilling and soil sampling at the proposed site location in Snow Lake, followed by the completion of the Geotechnical Report (P. Machibroda Engineering Ltd.). This report is required to complete the civil engineering excavation and slab design for local tender.
  • Engagement of Golder Associates Ltd. for the Closure Plan which is required for the final approval of the Environmental Permitting
  • Prepare bid packages for the short listed engineering companies to complete the Front End Engineering and Design ("FEED")
  • Submission of the Environmental Assessment Proposal ("EAP") documentation to Manitoba government for approval

The proceeds of the recently closed financing will be used to address the above mentioned action plan.

BacTech profile

BacTech Environmental Corporation holds the perpetual, exclusive, royalty-free rights to use the patented BACOX bioleaching technology for the reclamation of tailings and mining waste materials. In December 2011, BacTech signed a contract with the Mines Branch of the Manitoba Department of Innovation, Energy and Mines, to remediate an arsenopyrite gold stockpile situated at the Snow Lake Mine in Snow Lake, Manitoba. The Company continues to field enquiries globally with respect to additional opportunities for remediation.

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Contact Information:

BacTech Environmental Corporation
Ross Orr
President & CEO
416-813-0303 ext 222
info@bactechgreen.com

BacTech Environmental Corporation
Bill Mitoulas
Investor Relations
416-479-9547
billm@bactechgreen.com