MicroCoal Technologies Secures China Partnership

MicroCoal Technologies (CSE:MTI) has entered a joint venture agreement with an affiliate of Jiu Feng Investments. The agreement will see the creation of a corporation domiciled in Hong Kong, in which MicroCoal will hold a 51 percent equity interest and a majority position on the board of directors.

According to the press release, functions of the newly created company will include:

• operating an approximate 11,000 square meter MicroCoal® complex (“Complex”) in Songjiang Industrial Park, Shanghai. The Complex, which was recently officially completed at an estimated cost to JFI of over USD $19 million, includes: (1) a research and development facility featuring a MicroCoal® batch oven system, dedicated power supply and transformer, coal storage area, analytical laboratory, and is designed to be capable of supporting a planned commercial-scale operating reactor tower; and (2) a promotional showroom featuring scale models of the MicroCoal® equipment and data/conference rooms for sharing data with potential customers;
• sourcing and testing various coal samples from Asian markets to identify coals that can derive the greatest added value from the MicroCoal® process;
• hiring personnel to develop business opportunities with state-owned and private utilities in Asia (particularly China); and
• promoting the MicroCoal® technology in China and generating access to Asia’s capital markets and investors through a second MicroCoal office in Hongqiao, Shanghai.

MicroCoal CEO, Lawrence Siegel, said:

In anticipation of its official opening, the Complex has already hosted senior delegations from China’s largest power utility companies including China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (“Sinopec”). These delegations were invited to live demonstrations of the MicroCoal® technology and witnessed successful de-hydration of a variety of low rank coal. Following these initial tests, we have received an invitation from Sinopec to sign an MOU to escalate batch testing to full-scale commercial studies. This valuable data, which is already being implemented into the Company’s R&D program in the United Sates, is supporting the Company’s primary goal to complete MicroCoal’s Generation 2.0 series of reactors in Virginia in 2015.

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