VANCOUVER, Jan. 17, 2014 /CNW/ - Lignol Energy Corporation (TSXV: LEC)
("LEC" or the "Company") today announced that Territory Biofuels
Limited ("TBF") has recently received International Sustainability and
Carbon Certification ("ISCC") and US Environmental Protection Agency
("EPA") approval as a Renewable Identification Number
("RIN")-generating foreign producer for its Darwin biodiesel plant,
paving the way for exports to markets in Europe and the US.
"These approvals are critical achievements for the restart of profitable
operations for our Darwin plant. The ability to sell the output of up
to 140 million litres per year into multiple global markets with these
certifications in hand substantially enhances the long term economic
sustainability of this world scale project", said Ross MacLachlan,
Chairman and CEO of LEC.
The ISCC process involved TBF formalizing its Management Systems Review
which covers a broad range of operating activities including track and
trace feedstock management, training and reporting. A detailed
lifecycle analysis of greenhouse gas emissions was also undertaken to
confirm the Darwin project's compliance with ISCC requirements. The
certification allows TBF to process approved ISCC feedstocks into ISCC
approved biodiesel that can be sold at a premium into the European
market. More information on the European ISCC program can be found at:
http://www.iscc-system.org/en/
The US EPA has confirmed that TBF's facility has met the requirements to
be a RIN foreign producer generator. The approvals required the
submission of a detailed independent engineering review that covered
the technology, construction, capacity, emissions and product quality
of the facility. In addition, TBF's storage and independent testing
contractors have been approved. The approval allows TBF to manufacture
biodiesel from approved feedstocks and generate a RIN which enables the
biodiesel to be sold competitively in the USA market. The facility also
qualifies as a "grandfathered" plant which provides TBF an additional
opportunity to generate a RIN from palm oil based biodiesel. More
information on the US EPA Renewable Fuel Standard program can be found
at: http://www.epa.gov/otaq/fuels/renewablefuels/index.htm
LEC recently announced it has agreed to acquire all of the outstanding
and issued ordinary shares of TBF, thereby increasing its ownership of
TBF from 55% to 100%.
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About Territory Biofuels Limited
TBF owns a large scale biorefining facility located in Darwin, Northern
Territory which includes a Lurgi-designed biodiesel plant and the
largest glycerine refinery in Australia. The facility was commissioned
in 2008 at a cost of A$80 million, along with 38 million litres of
related tankage, now leased by TBF. The biodiesel plant is the largest
in Australia with a rated capacity of 140 million litres per year. The
plant was originally built to run on palm oil and food-grade vegetable
oil, however the plant was shut down in 2009 due to challenging
technical and economic conditions. TBF is in the process of raising
funds to restart the existing facility utilizing environmentally
certified, Refined Bleached & Deodorized (RBD) palm oil. In 2015, TBF
plans to integrate new feedstock pre-treatment technologies and
catalysts to process a broader range of feedstocks such as lower
quality tallow, used cooking oil and palm sludge oil; a waste product
from palm oil mill extraction.
About Lignol Energy Corporation
Lignol Energy Corporation is an emerging producer of biofuels,
biochemicals and renewable materials from waste. LEC is in the process
of increasing its ownership of Territory Biofuels Limited from 55% to
100% by the end of January 2014. LEC also owns 100% of Lignol
Innovations Ltd. ("LIL"), 21% of Australian Renewable Fuels Limited
("ARW"), 51% of Neutral Fuels (Melbourne) Pty Ltd ("Neutral Fuels
Melbourne") and 20% of Neutral Fuels Parent Company Ltd ("Neutral
Fuels"). The Company intends to invest in, or otherwise obtain, equity
interests in energy related projects, which have synergies with the
Company and have the potential to generate near term cash flow. Further
information is available on the Company's website at www.lignol.ca.
Caution concerning forward-looking statements:
Certain statements contained in this document may constitute
forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities
laws. Such forward-looking statements or information include, without
limitation, statements or information about the ability of TBF to
produce and market its products to Europe and the United States
following its recently received ISCC and US EPA approval as a
RIN-generating foreign producer, LEC's ability to complete the purchase
of the remaining ordinary shares of TBF from the other TBF
shareholders, and TBF's ability to finance, restart and profitably
operate its 140 million liter per year biodiesel plant and glycerine
refinery. Often, but not always, forward looking statements or
information can be identified by the use of words such as "plans",
"expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled",
"estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not
anticipate", or "believes" or variations of such words and phrases or
words and phrases that state or indicate that certain actions, events
or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur
or be achieved.
Such statements or information reflect LEC's current views with respect
to future events and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and
assumptions including, without limitation, TBF's ability to profitably
produce and sell products which meet the specifications of its recent
ISCC and US EPA certifications including its ability to generate a RIN
from palm oil based biodiesel, LEC's ability to raise additional
capital to fund operations and to support the capital requirements of
its affiliates, TBF may in the future issue shares in connection with
the raising of capital or the repayment of debt or other obligations,
which could result in LEC owning less than 100% of TBF, TBF's ability
to successfully operate the Darwin facility and to generate revenues
and cash flow, TBF's ability to integrate new pretreatment technologies
and catalysts to facilitate the processing of a broad range of lower
cost feedstocks, LEC's ability to continue as a going concern and to
raise additional financing to fund the operations of LEC and LIL and to
support the financing requirements of TBF and LEC's planned investment
in Neutral Fuels, Neutral Fuels and Neutral Fuels Melbourne's ability
to maintain a profitable working relationship with McDonald's
restaurants, LEC's ability to invest in, or otherwise obtain, equity
interests in energy related projects which have technical and
commercial synergies with the Company and which have the potential to
generate future dividends and near term cash flow, the potential effect
of changes in government policy relating to the environment, and
incentives for renewable fuels, the potential impact of changes in the
prices of feedstock and the market price of liquid fuels including
biodiesel, ethanol and renewable chemicals, the ability of LEC and its
affiliates to generate future profits, to pay dividends and to meet
increasing regulatory requirements, LIL's ability to finance and
complete the development of a commercial project, LIL's ability to
develop products and to obtain off-take agreements, LEC's reliance on
publically available information of ARW in its evaluation of its
acquisition of shares in ARW, the potential inability to divest the ARW
ordinary shares due to modest trading volumes, the estimated cost of
any future TBF capital investment, and the effect of changes in
government policy relating to energy and the environment.
Many factors could cause LEC's actual results, performance or
achievements to be materially different from any future results,
performance or achievements that may be expressed or implied by such
forward looking statements or information, including among other
things, financial market conditions which will impact LEC's ability to
finance its operations and to meet future capital and investment
requirements, the demand for the market price of liquid fuels including
gasoline, biodiesel, ethanol, the market price and demand for renewable
chemicals, risks relating to the protection of technology from
infringement and those risk factors which are discussed elsewhere in
documents that LEC files from time to time with securities and other
regulatory authorities. Should one or more of these risks or
uncertainties materialize, or should assumptions underlying the
forward-looking statements or information prove incorrect, actual
results may vary materially from those described herein as intended,
planned, anticipated, believed, estimated or expected. Except as
required by law, LEC expressly disclaims any intention or obligation to
update or revise any forward looking statements and information whether
as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. All written
and oral forward-looking statements and information attributable to us
or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their
entirety by the foregoing cautionary statements.
SOURCE Lignol Energy Corporation
