Kemgas Successful with Odda Lime Tests.Business Editors HAMILTON, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 2, 2000 KEMGAS LTD. (OTC BB: KMGCF; CDNX: KMG; LONDON REUTERS: KEMGAS). Kemgas is pleased to announce that test programmes for the production of quality PCC PCC - Chief Postal Clerk (Naval Rating) PCC - Pacific Century Cyberworks (Hong Kong) PCC - Pacific Christian College (Fullerton, CA, USA) PCC - Pacific Circle Consortium (University of Canberra, Australia) PCC - Pacific Coast Conference (now Pac-10 conference) PCC - Pacific County Courthouse PCC - Pakistan Christian Congress PCC - Palau Community College PCC - Palmer College of Chiropractic (Davenport, Iowa) PCC - Palomar Community College, utilizing the black waste lime from Odda Odda, village: see Hardangerfjord. Smelteverk's dicy process and the off-gas from their limestone calcination calcination (kăl'sənā`shən), in metallurgy, process of heating solid material to drive off volatile chemically combined components, e.g., carbon dioxide. It is sometimes a step in the extraction of metals from ores. plant as raw materials, are successfully proceeding. Kemgas pilot plant was installed at Odda, Norway in February to demonstrate the Kemgas process for PCC production and to optimise the quality of the resulting PCC through various test programmes. Joos Gerlings, Kemgas' Technical Director, comments on the tests: "We are extremely pleased with recent results. Considering the unusual black lime we are using for our process, the brightness of our PCC is particularly amazing, but we have also received excellent results in particle size control." Negotiations for the signing of a Joint Venture agreement between Kemgas and Odda Smeltverk are underway and could be concluded shortly. The Joint Venture would build the first Norwegian PCC plant using the Kemgas process for PCC production. Kemgas continues to focus on the development of its environmentally friendly technology for the production of PCC, which has potential applications in a wide range of markets. For more information, contact Claudia Homburg, Investor Relations Officer; Kemgas Ltd., BP 31, 13 chemin du Levant Levant (ləvănt`) [Ital.,=east], collective name for the countries of the eastern shore of the Mediterranean from Egypt to, and including, Turkey. The divisions of the French mandate over Syria and Lebanon were called the Levant States, and the term is still sometimes applied to those two nations., 01211 Ferney- Voltaire, France. Phone (from U.S.) 011-33-450-428 095. Fax (from U.S.) 011-33-450-405 961. This press release contains forward-looking statements which are subject to a number of contingencies and uncertainties, including but not limited to, market acceptance for Kemgas products, manufacturing of Kemgas products in a commercial setting, obtaining adequate financing and construction management for products and obtaining appropriate permits. Such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, and are based on numerous assumptions about future conditions that could change. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Kemgas undertakes no obligation to publicly release the result of any revision of these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they are made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. No Stock Exchange has reviewed or accepted responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release |
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