KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- APT Group, Inc. was invited to the Fifth Joint Meeting of the Space Resources Roundtable (SRR) and the Planetary & Terrestrial Mining Sciences Symposium (PTMSS) held June 10-11, 2014 at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, CO. The SSR brings together space and natural resource industry personnel as well as entrepreneurs to collaborate in the development of space resources. The purpose of the event was to advance commercial prospects for the development of space resources through collaboration and information exchange between academic, commercial, and government organizations.
APT Group, Inc. was the sole "ICE" (Internal Combustion Engine) propulsion development company invited to participate at this meeting. Noted scientists and senior executive personnel of government agencies and leading space exploration and mining companies around the world attended the meeting, including leading engineers from NASA's Glenn Research Center and Johnson Space Center. W. Corey Dyess, Senior Vice President of Research and Development, and Warren J. Platts, Principal, Groundhog Geoscience, presented Internal Combustion Engine Solar Independent Propulsion (ICESIP) for Lunar Polar Exploration Rovers, an initiative exploring the use of APT Group, Inc. engine technologies to power mining vehicles on the polar surfaces of the Moon.
"As the sole ICE propulsion company invited to present, we take this as a serious opportunity to move the Sonic Flow 2-cycle engine into another exciting category," said Mr. Dyess. "The meeting facilitated a forum of some of the most advanced and finest thinkers and industry experts in the world whom set at the table of innovation. Our time with this group revealed that the Sonic Flow engine may be the most promising technology available that holds the advancements necessary to fulfill mission critical demands associated with lunar and space mineral exploration. In addition, the SF engine could also fulfill the role of a permanent systems powertrain for future mineral extraction equipment."
As a result of the meeting, leading scientists and executives within the aerospace and mining industries subsequently requested engagements, under non-disclosure agreements, with APT Group, Inc. As agreements allow, APT Group, Inc. will reveal the identity of these entities.
About APT Group, Inc.
APT Group, Inc. (OTC BB: FROZ) is a Missouri registered corporation headquartered in Kansas City and is the holding company for the MotoVox® motorsport product line, SmartCarb® patented fuel system, and the Sonic Flow small engine technology lines (http://www.motovox.com/, and http://www.powerapt.com/).
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