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CORRECTION FROM SOURCE MPAC Industries Corporation: Update Regarding Production at the Soma Coal Refining Plant

2008-04-04 08:56:00

CORRECTION FROM SOURCE MPAC Industries Corporation: Update Regarding Production at the Soma Coal Refining Plant

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–( EMWNews – April 4, 2008) – In the release issued for MPAC Industries Corporation at 11:05 am Eastern time on April 4, 2008, there was an error in the seventh paragraph. The production total was incorrectly stated as “two hundred and twenty (220)”, but should have read “four hundred and fifty (450)”. The complete, corrected release follows.

MPAC Industries Corporation (the “Company” or “MPAC”) (TSX VENTURE:MPN) is pleased to provide its shareholders and the investment community an update regarding the Soma coal refining Pilot Plant (the “Plant”) on the leased site (“the Leased Site”) located in the City of Soma in the western part of Turkey.

The Company has continued to address the various start-up challenges associated with the Plant. MPAC is pleased to advise that no new issues have arisen and the previously identified issues are being dealt with as they arise with Plant downtime been significantly reduced. In addition, the quantity and quality of this initial limited refined coal production continues to increase intermittently as the Plant moves to a more stable state of operation.

The Company continues to refine limited quantities of coal, as well as incorporating interim solutions to enhance the production rate. MPAC has retained a second engineering firm in Turkey that specializes in mineral processing design to determine whether a different screen material and/or design changes might assist in processing substantially larger volumes of coal.

The Plant has also experienced downtime during the past few weeks as the Canadian technology has been plugging – necessitating periodic shutdowns to clean the unit. While this is becoming less frequent, possible remedial action by the Canadian manufacturer may be required to prevent this from happening on a go-forward basis.

In addressing each of these start-up issues, the Company continues to identify future Plant design improvements.

Since the last News Release, three days of production were lost as a result of inclement weather. However, in spite of downtime, the Plant has processed some three hundred (300) additional tonnes of raw coal, with the most productive days occurring within the last week as the Company and the Plant operator become more familiar with the sensitivity of the technology.

The refined coal (“Refined Coal”) production at the Plant to date now totals approximately four hundred and fifty (450) tonnes and the initial recovery rate of raw to Refined Coal is estimated to be seventy five percent (75%).

In addressing the start-up issues, MPAC has identified a de-watering system that will handle the volume of production the Company has factored into its initial startup corporate business plan. The Company intends to incorporate this de-watering system into the production circuit once a more stable production rate is attained.

During the last few days, MPAC has taken delivery of a different variety of coal from the mine owner, which could mitigate some of the issues being experienced during this start-up phase of the Plant operation at the Leased Site.

With each tonne of Refined Coal produced, the integrity of the technology adopted by MPAC is being substantiated. The startup issues centre around the harmony between the crushing process and the refining component. There being no other known similar technology in use to refine coal, the Company is very optimistic that the positive trend established in the last few days of production will continue to unfold in accordance with the startup corporate business plan.

Once a more stable daily refinement tonnage rate has been established, hopefully in the coming weeks, MPAC will be better placed to forecast its monthly production rate.

The Board of Directors, management, and staff of MPAC are now looking forward to increases in the commercial production of Refined Coal at the Soma Leased Site in the coming weeks and months.

This news release contains forward-looking statements, which are based on MPAC Industries’ current internal expectations, estimates, projections, assumptions and beliefs, which may prove to be incorrect. The forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performances and undue reliance should not be placed on them. Actual results may differ materially as a result of any number of factors and uncertainties, many of which factors are beyond the Company’s control. MPAC Industries Corporation undertakes no obligation to revise any forward-looking statements except as required by applicable securities laws.

BY THE ORDER OF THE BOARD

Firoz Lakhani, President & CEO

The TSX Venture Exchange neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this news release. The TSX Venture Exchange does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.

For more information, please contact

MPAC Industries Corporation
J. Richard W. Hall
Investor Relations
(604) 644-2244
Website: www.mpacindustries.com

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