Orbite Aluminae Disclosure Update

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Feb. 29, 2012) - Orbite Aluminae Inc. (TSX:ORT) (the "Company") and the Autorité des Marchés Financiers ("AMF") have agreed to postpone until Friday, March 2, 2012, the hearing before the Bureau de décision et de révision regarding the submission of a draft order to cease trading of the Company's securities pending the filing of a report compliant with Regulation 43-101 Respecting Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (Québec), revising the Preliminary Economic Assessment Technical Report (scoping study), published on January 12, 2012.

The hearing was initially scheduled for February 28, 2012, and the postponement is intended to enable Orbite and the AMF to continue their discussions with respect to the draft order.

About Orbite

Orbite owns 100% of the mining rights on a Grande-Vallée property of approximately 6 441 hectares, the site of an aluminous clay deposit located 23 km south of Grande-Vallée, and a 2 600 m² full scale pilot plant in Cap Chat, in the Gaspé region. An NI 43-101 report issued in August 2011, identified an Indicated Resource of about one billion tonnes of aluminous clay in part of the deposit containing a series of mineral elements. The Company also owns the intellectual property rights to a unique Canada- and U.S.-patented process for extracting alumina from various types of aluminous ores and for which patents are also pending in other countries. www.orbitealuminae.com

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