Nortec Minerals Corp. announced the start-up of the diamond core drilling on the Marttalanniemi zone, and the follow-up diamond drilling in the areas with anomalous gold values from bedrock sampling on the Saarikoski Gold Zone, Seinäjoki Gold Project, Southwestern Finland. The Saarikoski Zone is located 3.5 kilometres to the southeast of the Tulisilmä target and 3 kilometres south-southwest of the Marttalanniemi zone.

The high grade intersection in Hole MTL10-007 is being followed up with drilling down-dip. The new drill hole is set up 50 metres behind the Hole MTL10-007. Holes will also be planned along strike.

Previous diamond core drilling carried out by Nortec in 2010 on the Marttalanniemi zone returned significant results: 87.4 metres @ 0.90 g/t Gold from 0.6 metres, including 4 metres @ 13.52 g/t Gold from 52 metres and 1 metre @ 50.1 g/t Gold from 52 metres (Hole MTL10-007); 99.0 metres @ 0.50 g/t Gold from 12.0 metres, including 19 metres @ 1.24 g/t gold from 59 metres (Hole MTL10-001); and 68.5 metres @ 0.58 g/t Gold from 1.5 metres, including 12 metres @ 1.39 g/t from 12 metres and 14.95 metres @ 1.08 g/t gold from 49 metres (Hole MTL10-004).