BM BC Moly Ltd

BacTech Mining Corporation ("BacTech" or the "Company")(TSX VENTURE:BM)
announced today that it has been advised by its Strategic Partner, Caldera
Resources Inc. ("Caldera")(TSX VENTURE:CDR), that it has received permission
from the Ministry of Nature Protection of the Republic of Armenia, to conduct
geologic studies to evaluate the Lichkvaz-Tey refractory gold deposit, located
in Southern Armenia.


The Lichkvaz-Tey gold property has a Soviet-era GKZ mineral resource,
categorized as C1 and C2, of 3.4 million tonnes grading on average 5.1 g/t Au,
33.2 g/t Ag and 0.41% Cu. This translates to approximately 575,000 oz of gold,
3.7 million oz of silver and 33.4 million pounds of copper.


All numbers are historical and there is no NI 43-101 compliant report prepared
for this project. The data presented above was referenced from the
Mining-Metallurgical Institute of Armenia in 1986 Protocol GKZ USSR N 10081
dd.28/11/1986. Caldera is in the process of obtaining these historical reports
so as to establish a sampling and exploration program in order to create a NI
43-101 compliant report. The references to the GKZ mineral resource estimates
appear in independently prepared technical reports which are now in government
archives and were prepared for the former property owners. According to the
Committee for Mineral Reserves International Reporting Standards (CRIRSCO), "C1"
and "C2" classifications are equivalent to "indicated" and "inferred" resources.


The property was explored during the Soviet era, resulting in 18 km of drives
and tunnels on 8 underground levels, spaced 40 m to 100 m apart vertically and
in numerous raises. The property is located 380 km south of Yerevan, with access
to power, water, a local workforce, and to the main highway serving the area.


The project is being pursued jointly with Caldera. BacTech has the option to
acquire a 40% interest in Caldera's subsidiary, Biomine LLC, in return for
providing technical support and test work for the project.


Dr. Paul Miller, BacTech's Vice President of Technology and Engineering, who
reviewed internal data on the project, commented that, "The project is a good
candidate for bioleaching due to the refractory nature of the ore and the strong
interaction of arsenic with both base metals and gold. The limited amount of
diagnostic work suggests that high gold extractions should be readily achievable
if an oxidation technique such as bioleaching were used prior to cyanidation for
either ore or concentrate treatment."


Caldera is assembling a geological team to retrieve samples from the
Lichkvaz-Tey deposit which will allow for the bioleach test work to begin.
BacTech will undertake bioleach test work at the University of Toronto to
confirm the recoveries when using bioleaching to liberate the gold and copper
associated with the deposit.


The option in the project held by BacTech will reside in BacTech's gold
subsidiary which will be spun out to the shareholders shortly, as announced in a
news release May 12, 2009.


About Armenia

Armenia sits in a geological formation know as the Tethyan Belt, which contains
some of the world's largest gold porphyry deposits. The Tethyan Belt is a major
porphyry-related mineralized zone that extends across central and South-eastern
Europe, Turkey, Armenia, Iran, Pakistan, through the Himalayan region into
Burma, Malaysia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.


There are currently several mining companies extracting copper, zinc, molybdenum
and gold in Armenia. Dundee Precious Metals operates the Kappan polymetalic
mine, extracting zinc, copper, silver and gold. On the exploration front, Lydian
Resources is drilling a 1 million plus oz gold resource in its Amulsar project.


About BacTech

BacTech Mining Corporation (TSX VENTURE:BM) owns patented bacterial oxidation
technology for the treatment of refractory ores and concentrates to enhance the
recovery of gold, silver and base metals. The Company's focus is the acquisition
of equity positions in projects amenable to bioleaching. In September 2008,
BacTech signed an MOU to investigate the use of bioleaching to reprocess
arsenic-laden tailings in Cobalt, Ontario. This is the Company's first foray
into the cleantech industry. BacTech is continuing to evaluate additional
remediation projects.


About Caldera

Caldera Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:CDR) is focusing on projects amenable to
utilizing bioleaching or chloride leaching technology for the economic recovery
of base metals and precious metals from mine waste and tailings, with a focus on
Southeastern Europe and the Caucuses.


Qualified Person

Andre Laferriere, M.Sc. P. Geo., is the Qualified Person for the information
contained in this press release and is a Qualified Person within the meaning of
National Instrument 43-101.


Certain exploration results referred to herein are historical in nature and were
compiled before NI 43-101 standards were created. Caldera has not independently
analyzed the results of the previous exploration, therefore the historical
results should not be relied upon. Caldera and BacTech believe these historical
results provide an indication of the potential of the properties and are
relevant to ongoing evaluation of the project.


CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

Except for statements of historical fact relating to the Company, certain
information contained herein constitutes "forward-looking statements".
Forward-looking statements are frequently characterized by words such as "plan,"
"expect," "project," "intend," "believe," "anticipate" and other similar words,
or statements that certain events or conditions "may" or "will" occur.


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 and
uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or results to
differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements.


These factors include the inherent risks involved in the exploration and
development of mineral properties, the uncertainties involved in interpreting
drilling results and other ecological data, fluctuating metal prices, the
possibility of project cost overruns or unanticipated costs and expenses,
uncertainties relating to the availability and costs of financing needed in the
future and other factors described in the section entitled "Risks" in the
Company's Management Discussion and Analysis for the Year Ended December 31,
2008. Circumstances or management's estimates or opinions could change. The
reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.


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