| SYNTEC ENTERS INTO NEW
ACQUISITION AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE 2nd GENERATION CATALYST
TECHNOLOGY TO CONVERT BIOMASS INTO ETHANOL.
September 28, 2007 - Syntec Biofuel (Symbol
- SYBF) today announced that it has today signed a definitive
purchase agreement with Montilla Capital Inc. to acquire certain
ownership rights to the Syntec Intellectual Property, in respect
to the catalyst technology being developed for converting
biomass/syngas into ethanol, butanol, methanol and propanol,
including all the research and development Assets used at their
laboratory.
Development and research of these catalysts commenced in 2001 in
laboratories at the University of British Columbia, and since
2005 have been further developed in house. Development has been
funded through private equity as well as the Canadian government
agencies, National Research Council of Canada and Natural
Resources Canada. Syntec is now in Phase 2 development, refining
its Catalysts using non-precious metals for long term stability
tests under industrial conditions and expects to be ready to
file a second patent application within the next 6 months.
Syntec has undertaken to raise up US$3 million dollars to ramp
up technical staff, purchase equipment and provide working
capital for development , testing and quantifying the life of
the catalysts prior to commercialization.
The current US demand for Ethanol has increased to over 5
billion gallons per year and is expected to exceed 7.5 billion
gallons by 2012. This presents a huge opportunity for the
Ethanol industry and for Syntec.
Against the backdrop of the current ethanol boom, analysts
concur that ethanol produced from corn is not a long-term
solution to America’s foreign oil dependence. Discussions
increasingly focus on 2nd generation ethanol production
technologies that can utilize renewable and waste feed stocks
such as wood waste, switch grass, agricultural waste and waste
from current ethanol producers i.e. corn stover and sugar
bagasse. This 2nd generation process is the core of Syntec
Biofuel’s technology and generates greater green house gas
reduction and carbon credits than the fermentation process.
Currently over 90% of Ethanol production in the USA comes from
traditional grain fermentation processes using corn, wheat,
sugar or barley. Syntec has been working to produce a
breakthrough in ethanol production via the thermo-chemical
conversion of biomass to ethanol. Syntec technology focuses on
an entirely different Ethanol production process by using a
Gasification-Catalytic Synthesis, which is a thermo-chemical
process that converts Syngas generated from biomass into
alcohols including ethanol, butanol, methanol and propanol.
Unlike the current fermentation processes, Syntec 's catalysts
will produce Ethanol from unlimited sources of feedstock such as
municipal waste, wood waste such as saw dust and bark from
lumber mills, corn stover and sugar bagasse from existing
ethanol producers, waste gas, such as biogas from landfills,
sewage, manure, and producer gas (thermal gasification of
biomass or other carbonaceous material such as municipal solid
waste)
Michael Jackson, President of Syntec Biofuel Inc, says, “ The
industry recognizes that production of corn to ethanol has a
negative impact on consumer food prices and farm land while
cellulosic conversion of waste products are going to spawn the
next generation of growth in the Ethanol industry. Vinod Khosla,
a world known venture capitalist and proponent of cellulosic
ethanol production, is heavily invested in proving
commercialization of this technology. With oil prices now
exceeding $70 a barrel the use of ethanol as a fuel additive is
the only option available to reduce our reliance on imported
oil."
Syntec's revenue model will be based on Joint Venture projects,
licensing fee for use of the Syntec technology and a royalty of
approximately 7.5 cents per gallon of alcohol produced plus a
commission on the sale of catalysts to licensees.
The Company has agreed to issue 11,000,000 shares in exchange
for the Syntec Assets and will assume liabilities not exceeding
$350,000. The purchase of the Assets has been approved by the
board of Directors of Syntec Biofuel Inc. Syntec’s current
business is in the animal food and supplement sector, which the
Company proposes to phase out in due course.
This acquisition is subject to Syntec raising a minimum of
$500,000 by December, 31st 2007 failing which the purchase
agreement will terminate.
For more information on Syntec Biofuel Inc, a Washington State
Company with headquarters in Vancouver, Canada, please contact
info@syntecbiofuel.com. Syntec trades on the OTC.B.B. under the
symbol ‘SYBF’ or call 604-648-2092.
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