American Group - MOSS - Publishes First Photos of New Plant.

Business Editors

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-Aug. 15, 2000--American Group, Inc. (OTCBB:MOSS) through their wholly owned subsidiary, Lantana Peat and Soil, is constructing and shortly will be relocating to a new state-of-the-art soil blending plant in Homestead, Florida.

Homestead, Florida is the hub of activity in the horticultural industry having the nation's largest concentration of commercial nurseries.

The first photos of American Group's new soil blending plant in Homestead have been released and are available on-line at: www.theamericangroupinc.com/

When completed, the new plant will produce more than five times the current capacity of custom blended soil mixes annually. The new soil blending plant is expected to have limitless capacity for the foreseeable future to service the immense $1.5 billion annual horticultural market both in the Homestead locality and throughout Florida.

This new facility will be located within 20 minutes drive time of more than two-thirds of American Group's customers. The Company will then become the only soil supplier located directly within this Homestead market.

This press release contains or incorporates by reference "forward-looking" statements, including certain information with respect to plans and strategies of American Group, Inc. For this purpose, any statements contained herein or incorporated herein by reference that are not statements of historical facts may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Without limiting the forgoing, the words "believe(s)," "anticipate(s)," "plan(s)," "expect(s)," and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. There are a number of important factors that could cause actual events or actual results of MOSS to differ materially from these indicated by such forward-looking statements including the actual timing of the relocation of the new facility in Homestead.