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- Nortec Minerals Corp. is a junior mineral exploration company that acquires, explores and develops mineral properties, with a primary focus on gold projects and related base-metal and lithium targets; its activities include project acquisition, option agreements, drilling, trenching, prospecting, geophysics, and early-stage resource advancement. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with offices at 625 Howe Street, Suite 600, and it operates as a publicly listed issuer on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol NVT. Nortec’s portfolio includes the Barker Bay Gold Project in northwestern Ontario, the Pearl Gold Project in Nevada, and legacy exploration interests in volcanogenic massive sulphide, copper-zinc-gold-manganese, gold and lithium assets, reflecting a diversified exploration strategy across Canada, the United States, Finland and other prospective jurisdictions. Recent developments include the completed acquisition of a 100% interest in the Barker Bay Gold Project in May 2026, expansion of the Barker Bay land package, commencement of bedrock trenching and drone magnetic and LiDAR surveying, initial high-grade gold sampling results from surface and waste-rock material, appointment of Tom Baechler, P.Geo., as Vice President of Exploration, completion of a C$605,000 non-brokered private placement and a C$57,500 debt settlement in March 2026, and the earlier option agreement to acquire the Pearl Gold Project in Nevada, where drilling has returned significant gold intercepts. The company previously restructured its leadership, including the appointment of Ryan Hrkac as chief executive officer, and has continued to concentrate capital and technical resources on advancing its gold exploration portfolio.