Orbite Technologies Reports Production Progress at HPA Plant

Orbite Technologies (TSX:ORT,OTCQX:EORBF) announced that production activities continue as planned at its high purity alumina plant in Quebec.
As quoted in the press release:

• The first batch of feedstock digestion commenced on September 30 and was followed by a
second batch, as planned.
• The first batches of liquor, produced in the digestion circuit, were transferred to the
crystallisation circuit for commencement of production of the first batch of aluminum chloride
hexahydrate (“ACH”) crystals. ACH crystals are the precursor to high purity alumina (“HPA”).
• As disclosed, each full digestion and crystallisation batch cycle will initially take approximately
3.5 days to complete. Production will continue in batch mode in these two circuits while
extensive testing will be carried out on digester liquors and ACH crystals, to ensure
production and purity criteria are met.
• Once the ACH crystals meet purity criteria, they will be transferred to the decomposer and
calciner circuit for HPA production. Once production and purity criteria are met in all three
circuits, the plant will switch over to semi-continuous operation mode and commence ramp up
to name plate capacity.
“First results for digestion are positive and crystallisation is also progressing well,” stated Glenn
Kelly, CEO of Orbite. “We will continue batch production in both these circuits and anticipate
production times to come down as we increase purity and quality. We will report on progression
as we build up data from the various tests on our batch cycles.”