Western Troy Capital Resources Inc.: Quebec Budget Includes Full Funding of Otish Mountain Road, Construction to Start in Summer, 2011
TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 03/18/11 -- Western Troy Capital Resources (TSX VENTURE: WRY) (Western Troy or the Company) announced today that the Province of Quebec has announced its Northern Plan Budget that includes full funding ($278 million) for the construction of the all weather Otish Mountain Road (Route 167 from Temiscamie to Stornoway's Renard Diamond Project). The budget document includes a schedule for the project including construction to begin this summer. The road will pass within 70 kilometers of Western Troy's MacLeod Lake Copper/Molybdenum Project. The MacLeod Lake Preliminary Evaluation (Scoping Study), which projected strong economic returns, includes $14 million for construction of a road spur from the Otish Mountain Road to the MacLeod Lake Project.
The Northern Plan Budget totals $1.6 billion and includes other infrastructure projects including $500 million for equity investments in resource projects in Northern Quebec. A full copy of the Northern Plan Budget will be available soon on Western Troy's Website (www.westerntroy.com).
Western Troy's CEO, Rex Loesby, commented, 'This is great news for our MacLeod Lake Project. It also is tangible evidence that Quebec, where Western Troy has concentrated its exploration efforts, intends to continue to be one of the world's best jurisdictions for mining investment. Funding of the Otish Mountain Road is a major step in the process that we expect will lead to full development of our MacLeod Lake Project.'
About Western Troy: Western Troy's shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol WRY. Western Troy has 33,589,970 shares outstanding. More information on Western Troy can be found on its Website at www.westerntroy.com.
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Contacts:
Western Troy Capital Resources
Rex E. Loesby
CEO
416-929-3268
Loesby@westerntroy.com