VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 03/28/12 — BioteQ Environmental Technologies, Inc. (TSX: BQE), a leader in the treatment of industrial wastewater, reports its financial and operating results for the year ended December 31, 2011. All figures are in Canadian dollars and are in accordance with International Reporting Standards (IFRS), unless otherwise noted.
Financial and operating results highlights for 2011:
Looking ahead to 2012 and beyond, BioteQ has adopted a new strategy that contains a more focused and proactive commercial approach. Going forward, it is management–s intention that the company will have a significantly enhanced focus on Sales and Business Development activities. This includes:
In the near term, the goals of the organization centre very clearly on significantly growing the Company–s revenue base and driving to positive cash flow within the next 18 to 24 months.
BioteQ–s key milestone targets for 2012:
Jonathan Wilkinson, BioteQ–s Chief Executive Officer, stated “BioteQ is committed to delivering concrete commercial progress in 2012 and beyond. The opportunities in front of us are large. While the full impact of some of the organizational and commercial changes that have recently been made will take time, given the lengthy sales cycles that exist in our chosen markets, we are confident that the Company will turn the corner and will demonstrate concrete commercial progress in 2012 and beyond to shareholders and partners.”
BioteQ–s financial statements and the Company–s MD&A have been filed on SEDAR, , and will be available on the BioteQ website at .
A conference call to discuss the financial results is scheduled for Thursday March 29 at 11:00 am Eastern. Participants can access the call by dialing 416-695-7806 or 1-888-789-9572, reference number 9447043. A playback of the call will be available until April 12th by dialing 905-694-9451 or 1-800-408-3053, reference number 3591824. A recording of the call will be available on the BioteQ website within two days of the call.
BioteQ Corporate Profile
BioteQ is an innovative clean technology leader in global industrial water treatment. The Company–s proven technologies have been applied at sites around the world to recover dissolved metals and remove sulphate, producing clean water and eliminating residual waste. BioteQ is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, and trades on the TSX under the symbol BQE. Please visit our website at for additional information.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
Certain information contained herein may not be based on historical fact and therefore constitutes “forward-looking information” under applicable Canadian securities legislation. This includes without limitation statements containing the words “plan”, “expect”, “project”, “estimate”, “intend”, “believe”, “anticipate”, “may”, “will” and other similar words or expressions. Forward-looking statements are based on the opinions and estimates of management at the date the statements are made, and are subject to a variety of risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual events or results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the Company–s dependence on key personnel and contracts, uncertainty with respect to the profitability of the Company–s technologies, competition, technology risk, the Company–s ability to protect its intellectual property and proprietary information, fluctuations in commodity prices, currency risk, environmental regulation and the Company–s ability to manage growth and other factors described in the Company–s filings with the Canadian securities regulators at (including without limitation the factors described in the section entitled “Risks and Uncertainties” in the Company–s Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2011 and the section entitled “Risk Factors” in the Company–s Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2011). Given these risks and uncertainties, the reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. All forward-looking information contained herein is based on management–s current expectations and the Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update such forward-looking information to reflect subsequent events or circumstances, except as required by law.
Approved by the Board of Directors
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Contacts:
BioteQ Environmental Technologies Inc.
Tanja McQueen
VP Corporate Development
604-685-1243 or Toll Free: 1-800-537-3073
604-685-7778 (FAX)