Oretech Inc – ‘8-K’ for 12/17/04

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 1: 8-K         Current Report                                         3     13K 
 2: EX-99.1     Miscellaneous Exhibit                                  1      8K 

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 17, 2004 

 ORETECH, INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

  Nevada                                                88-0417771
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(State or other jurisdiction                                  (IRS Employer     
     of incorporation)                                    Identification Number)

0-26755 
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(Commission File
 Number)

306 State Docks Road, Phenix City, Alabama 36869
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 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(334) 297-0663
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(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to           
simultaneously satisfy the filling obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions:                                                           

[ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)                                                                

[ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR  
240.14a-12)                                                             

[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange
Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)                                                

[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange
Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)                                                

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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements, including (without 
limitation) statements regarding possible or assumed future events and the      
results of operations of Oretech, Inc. ("Oretech") that are based on current    
expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about the industries in which
Oretech operates and beliefs and assumptions of the management of Oretech. Words
such as and those preceded by, followed by or that include the words "believes,"
"could," "expects," "targets," "goals," "projects," "intends," "plans," "seeks,"
"anticipates," or similar expressions or variations of such words are intended  
to identify such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements   
are only predictions and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions    
that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual results may differ materially  
and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Factors   
that may cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited   
to, those discussed under the section entitled "Risk Factors" and elsewhere and 
in other reports Oretech files with the Securities and Exchange Commission,     
specifically the most recent reports on Form 10-KSB and Form 10-QSB, each as it 
may be amended from time to time. Oretech undertakes no obligation to revise or 
update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason. For those        
forward-looking statements, Oretech claims the protection of the safe harbor for
forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995.                                                                    

ITEM 5.02 DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS, ELECTION OF DIRECTORS,  
OR APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS                        

On December 23, 2004, a press release was issued announcing that H. Stephen     
Shehane was elected to the offices of Chairman of the Board, President and Chief
Executive Officer of Oretech, Inc. ("Oretech"). Mr. Shehane previously served as
Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors, having been elected to that office on
April 1, 2003. Mr. Shehane is Oretech's largest stockholder and is the inventor 
of Oretech's technology. Mr. Shehane succeeds Francis C. Hargarten, who resigned
from Board of Directors and from his offices of Chairman of the Board, President
and Chief Executive Officer on December 17, 2004. In addition, Jay W. Hobson    
resigned from the office of Chief Financial Officer on December 17, 2004. The   
press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K   
and is incorporated herein by reference.                                        

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS                                     

(c)      Exhibits                                                               

       The following press release is included as an exhibit to this report:

Exhibit No.         Description                               
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         99.1                Oretech, Inc. Press Release dated December 23, 2004

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  SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf  
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.                                    

DATED:  December 23, 2004                                                       

           ORETECH, INC.

                        By: s/s H. Stephen Shehane
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                        H. Stephen Shehane
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer

Dates Referenced Herein   and   Documents Incorporated by Reference

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