METHES ENERGIES ENTERS HISTORIC FEEDSTOCK AGREEMENT Methes Energies International Ltd. Announced that it has entered into a feedstock credit facility with a major provider of credit to the renewable fuels industry (the Lender), which will provide Methes all the feedstock that is required to run at full current capacity (1 million gallons per month or approximately 40 railcars per month). The agreement will also allow Methes to fulfill future orders for biodiesel that it receives from its customers that have been approved by the credit department of the Lender. Methes has also established a feedstock hedging account with the Lender to protect its margins against market price fluctuations. The Lender is a subsidiary of a Fortune 500 company, which trades in a number of commodities and the group has important connections in the biodiesel industry. The new credit facility replaces Methes’ preexisting $1.5 million credit facility. Nicholas Ng, President of Methes, said, “Our new feedstock facility is a significant step forward for Methes. The amounts available to us will be driven solely by sales of biodiesel and will allow us to move to full production with confidence that the feedstock will be available.” KNOOP LEAVES PACIFIC BIOENERGY FOR VIRIDIS Viridis Energy Inc. announced that Tim Knoop has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Operations. Knoop will oversee Viridis’ Canadian West Coast and East Coast manufacturing operations with the goal of heightening cost efficiencies and fortifying the company’s operational framework in preparation for its expansion strategy. Knoop brings over 20 years of experience in the forestry industry. He joins Viridis from Pacific Bioenergy, where he served as general manager of operations, as well as director of Nazbec. He also served in senior management positions at CanFor, where he managed continuous improvement strategies and oversaw quality control and optimization of its sawmill operations. In addition, Knoop spent several years at Skeena Cellulose Inc. where he supervised lumber operations and new product development. “Knoop’s broad background in the timber and wood pellet industries is an important addition to Viridis management team, as we expand our production capabilities in order to satisfy the rapid increase in wood pellet demand. Knoop’s operations management expertise, long, successful track record, and industry relationships will reinforce our management team’s efforts to expand our product offering capabilities and achieve profitability,” commented Christopher Robertson, CEO of Viridis. PELLET PLANT FEASIBILITY STUDY LAUNCHED FOR MIRAMICHI The provincial government’s forestry plan has stimulated a $400,000 private investment from Northern Energy Solutions to examine the potential of constructing a pellet plant in the Miramichi region. The company has received a letter of intent from the Department of Natural Resources stating that if the project is feasible, the company will receive 378,000 cubic metres of softwood from forestry Region 3 (Nepisiguit-Miramichi). If the results from Northern Energy Solutions feasibility study are positive – resulting in the construction of a pellet plant in Miramichi – the province will provide 200,000 cubic metres of pulp wood. The plant would also need additional wood allocations requiring approximately 100,000 cubic metres of pulp wood annually from private woodlots. It is estimated that a plant would produce 200,000 tonnes of pellets annually. It would employ 25 technicians and engineers as well as support 75 jobs in the woods. Northern Energy Solutions estimates it will invest $300,000 to $400,000 on the study, which will take about eight months to complete. It is anticipated the plant would cost $45 million to $50 million. Revelstoke biomass gets huge resp A Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEOI) for a biomass facility in Revelstoke, B.C. has been met with a huge response from the industry, with over 50 responses received by the community. The City of Revelstoke has approved $15,000 for consultant John Christie to review and score each of the requests. Christie was originally hired by the City to prepare the RFEOI. The community is looking for an industry partner to build a biomass facility in the community to convert locally- sourced wood waste into biofuels.