ENPAR Receives Patent Approval from Australia for Nickel Recovery Extraction / Leaching Technology

    




 GUELPH, ON, Nov. 15, 2011 /CNW/ - ENPAR Technologies Inc. ("ENPAR" or  "the Company") is pleased to announce that  the Company has been  granted a patent for its ExtrEL Leaching Technology by IP Australia of  the Australian Government. The patent will remain in effect for a term  of twenty (20) years from the filing date of the application, and  management anticipates near-term patent approvals from several other  jurisdictions including Canada, Russia, South America and United  States. 

 A state-of-the-art, environmentally friendly process technology, ExtrEL  is being developed as a cost effective method for the extraction of  nickel from mining mill sulphide waste. Designed to recover nickel and  other valuable by-products at low cost, successful implementation of  this unique technology is also expected to reduce the impact of acid  mine drainage (AMD). AMD is identified as one of the most serious  environmental issues facing the mining industry today. 

 The Company expects to complete the laboratory development stage in  2012. Based on laboratory test results to date, it is anticipated that  the ExtrEL Leaching Technology has the potential to achieve greater  than 90% recovery of nickel from sulphide waste materials. Given ready  access to nickel sulphide tailings deposits similar to those located in  the Sudbury nickel mining camp, commercial implementation of ExtrEL by  domestic and international mining companies could result in  significant, long term cost savings and profits. ENPAR expects that, in  addition to the recovery of iron, sulphur and other metals, ExtrEL will  produce relatively low volumes of environmentally stable residual  material. 

 Comprised predominantly of iron and sulphur, mill sulphide tailings  represent an environmental liability to the mining industry due to the  environmental impacts of AMD which can last for decades or, perhaps,  centuries. The Canadian mining industry reportedly spends more than  $100 million annually on control measures, with potential, long-term  liabilities estimated in the billions of dollars. 

 ENPAR is a "Technology Company" applying its patented and proprietary  "Electrochemical Technologies" to the treatment of waste water and  drinking water contaminated by metals or nutrients i.e.,  nitrate/ammonia associated with the mining, metal processing, chemical,  agricultural, municipal and waste management sectors. At present, ENPAR  holds a total of 20 patents and has submitted an additional 18 patent  applications related to six distinct technologies. The common shares  trade on Tier ll of the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "ENP".  

 This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning  of the "safe harbour" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation  Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to  risks and uncertainties and other factors that may cause ENPAR  Technologies Inc. results to differ materially from expectations. These  include risks relating to market fluctuations, property performance and  other risks.  These forward-looking statements speak only as of the  date hereof. 

Enpar Technologies Inc.


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