TSX-V: CST
QUEBEC CITY, May 23, 2017 /CNW Telbec/ - CO2
Solutions Inc. (the "Corporation") (TSXV: CST), leader in the field of enzyme-enabled carbon capture technology, today provided
an update on progress at the Corporation's first commercial project with Fibrek General Partnership, a subsidiary of Resolute
Forest Products Inc. (TSX: RFP) (NYSE: RFP), and Serres Toundra Inc. The project entails the deployment of a carbon capture unit
and ancillary equipment at a pulp mill in the Saint-Félicien region of Quebec (Canada) and the
commercial reuse of the captured CO2 by the adjacent Serres Toundra greenhouse facility (the Project).
CO2 Solutions and BBA, the engineering partner on the Project, have completed the preliminary engineering phase. As
a result, the Corporation confirms that the CO2 capture unit will be designed to produce 30 tonnes per day (tpd) of
CO2 which is at the high-end of the initially expected range. As the Project's original financial projections were
conservatively based on revenues generated by a smaller, 15 tpd unit, the Corporation now projects annual revenues of
approximately $750,000 from the Project once it commences production.
With this first phase of the Project successfully completed, focus will turn to the detailed engineering of the CO2
capture and reuse facility, which is scheduled to be completed by October 2017. Ordering of certain
long-lead items, for which engineering specifications have been developed, is anticipated for August. Initial mechanical
integration work with the Resolute pulp & paper mill will be carried out during the fall 2017. Construction of plant
components will take place during the winter. Structural and foundation work is anticipated to commence in April 2018 followed by assembly of constructed plant components. Commissioning and start-up of the completed
capture plant is projected for Q4 of 2018. This updated schedule reflects the Project's later than expected start date, the
result of delays in obtaining all the necessary Project financing and the Corporation's choice to limit construction activities
during the winter months.
In 2014, the Project was initially budgeted at $7.4 million. The currency, US$/CAD$,
fluctuations since 2014 as well as normal inflation have resulted in the Corporation adjusting the Project budget from the
original $7.4 million to $8.4 million. Without these
external factors, the budget is in line with initial estimates. Additionally, this increase is favourably compensated in the
Project's overall economics by the now higher revenue projections.
"We are very pleased with the progress of the project to date and the co-operation between the partners," stated Richard Surprenant, Chief Technology Officer for CO2 Solutions. "The Project's cost is in line with
our internal models as adjusted for currency fluctuations and inflation. This further confirms our industry leading low capital
expenditure estimates for larger scale units."
"We are very excited to be working on this first commercial CO2 capture project, which will deliver the blue print
for future installations we anticipate marketing to our existing customer base," stated Lyne Ricard, Executive Director, Project
Management Practice at BBA. "The beauty of CO2 Solutions' technology is that it not only helps mitigate carbon, and
thereby promises to reduce the increasing liability associated with emitting carbon, but it also enables an economically viable
reuse of CO2. We believe that this is a proposition that will resonate well with our industrial partners and look
forward to increasing the visibility of this technology across various industries."
About CO2 Solutions Inc.
CO2 Solutions is an innovator in the field of enzyme-enabled carbon capture and has been actively working
to develop and commercialize the technology for stationary sources of carbon pollution. CO2 Solutions' technology
lowers the cost barrier to Carbon Capture, Sequestration and Utilization (CCSU), positioning it as a viable CO2
mitigation tool, as well as enabling industry to derive profitable new products from these emissions.
CO2 Solutions has built an extensive patent portfolio covering the use of carbonic anhydrase, or analogues
thereof, for the efficient post‐combustion capture of carbon dioxide with low‐energy aqueous solvents. Further information can be
found at www.co2solutions.com
CO2 Solutions Forward-looking Statements
Certain statements in this news release may be forward-looking. These statements relate to future events, including
statements relating to the liquidation of Akermin, or CO2 Solutions' future economic performance, and reflect the
current assumptions and expectations of management. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such
forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, general business and economic uncertainties, third party events and
adverse market conditions as well as those risks set out in the Corporation's public documents filed on SEDAR. Readers are
cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. CO2 Solutions undertakes no obligation to
update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as
may be required under applicable law.
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of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
SOURCE CO2 Solutions Inc.
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