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  Infinity Bio-Energy Ltd
  24 July 2008
   

    Infinity Bio-Energy Ltd. 
    ("Infinity") 
    Announcement of Acquisition and a Joint Venture Agreement

    Infinity Bio-Energy Ltd. (AIM: IBI) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a share puchase agreement with BER Brasil Energia
Renovel Participaes Ltda. ("BER") to acquire 100% of the shares of a sugarcane-based ethanol production facility in Brazil called Destilaria
Guaricanga SA ("Guaricanga"). The closing of this acquisition is scheduled to occur by September 2008 and is conditional on certain
conditions precedent including satisfactory completion of due diligence which is now being initiated. 

    Guaricanga would add an immediate installed current crushing capacity of 1.2 million tons of sugarcane to Infinity's current crushing
capacity of approximately 9.5 million tons representing an increase of more than 12 %.
    The additional investment required for Guaricanga to reach a crushing capacity of 1.5 million tons, expected for the 2009/2010 harvest,
will be deducted from the acquisition consideration.

    Guaricanga is located in the state of S Paulo, which concentrates 60% of the total Brazilian ethanol production and represents 59% of
the ethanol market. Guaricanga is geographically situated in the center of the state, with exceptional access to three logistic modals
(road, railroad and river). Guaricanga will facilitate our logistics in Mato Grosso do Sul cluster. It is in one of the few regions of Sao
Paulo state where Infinity would consider investing because of lower land and therefore lease prices, allowing expansion at lower costs.

    The value of Guaricanga's gross assets as of 31 December 2007 was approximately US$205 million and the net loss for the period ended 31
December 2007 under its existing operating and ownership structure was approximately US$3.5 million. 

    The agreement also includes agricultural equipments used for the planting, maintenance and harvesting of cane for Guaricanga, as well as
approximately 750,000 tons of sugarcane plantations which currently supply and will continue to supply Guaricanga with feedstock. The total
consideration to be paid for the acquisition of the Guaricanga mill and certain other related assets is approximately US$100 million,
including debt to be assumed, of which the equity component will be paid in full by way of Infinity's ordinary shares at US$5 per share.
There will be no cash consideration. The industrial final acquisition cost per ton will be approximately US$60.

    Sergio S. Thompson-Flores, Infinity's CEO declared: "I believe this acquisition is important from three points of view. First, it
increases by more than 15 % both the Company's current crushing and the Company's installed capacity. Furthermore, it increases Infinity's
offering of ethanol and sugar in S Paulo State, which we already serve from our Paraiso mill, and is doing so in a region of the state where
lower production costs are in line with the Company's stated strategy. Finally, in doing an all share transaction with Infinity shares as
consideration, the current shareholders of the mill, which have been in the sector for decades and are third generation mill owners, are
providing an important endorsement not only to shareholder value, but also to its strategy and its ability to generate future growth in that
value."
    For further information, please contact: 
 Infinity Bio-Energy                          
 Sergio Thompson-Flores, CEO                 [phone]
 Rodrigo Aguiar, Investor Relations Officer  [phone]
                                              
 Collins Stewart Europe Limited               
 Adrian Hadden / Adam Cowen                  [phone]


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