Lac Solar Salt

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Lac Business Group, Inc. - Salt Technology & EngineeringRR 3 - 79 Maple Road, Dalton, PA 18414 USA

Feasibi l i ty Studies & Projects Evaluat ion Salt Processing & Ref in ing Plants Qual ity Salt Product ion & Product ivity

Solar Salt Technology Ponds Design & Brine Management Bittern & By-Products

Phone: (570) 378-3734 [email protected] ht tp://www.lacsalt .com

ABOUT LAC BUSINESS GROUP, INC.

Lac Business Group, Inc. (LBG, Inc.) is a Pennsylvania, USA based corporation created by his

CEO/President Luis A. Coronel with a vast experience in Solar Salt Technology and Salt Engineering.

Our consulting services started on 1996 with the key personnel of the Central Engineering Department of

Akzo Nobel Salt Inc. just before the sale of Akzo Nobel Salt Inc, to Cargill. Mr. Coronel is Chemical

Engineer with over 40 years experience worldwide in all aspects of analysis, design and implementation

of salt operations and salt technologies.

Because we are coming from the Akzo Nobel Salt, Inc. that was the largest Salt Company in world and

our services on the Salt Industry we are very well connected in the USA and International Salt Business

and we have a also a good network of resources specialized in the Salt Industry and Engineering forassisting our clients in different salt disciplines.

Mr. Coronel Brief Background: Minera Bayovar S.A., Peru (4 years) Research Project Manager for

producing Salt and Potassium Chloride from underground brine. Exportadora de Salt S.A., Mexico (11

Years) as Production Manager of the Solar Salt Operation and Research for Potassium Sulfate and By-

Products. International Salt Co./Akzo Nobel Salt Inc. (15 years) in Research, Engineering and Special

Projects supporting mines operations, vacuum salt refineries and salt distribution centers besides Solar

Salt Technology Management. Infinity Technology Group, Inc. & Lac Business Group, Inc. (13 years) as

President of Salt Technology & Engineering giving worldwide management and technical assistance.

Technical and management consulting services has been delivered Worldwide to countries including

Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Guyana, Ghana-Africa, India, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Oman-Arabia, Peru, Venezuela, USA and the

Caribbean Islands.


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ABOUT SALT TECHNOLOGIES

There are several Technologies for salt extraction and salt production. For explanatory purpose, lets

condensate three (3) technologies:

1. Rock Salt or Mined Salt

Mined Salt or Rock Salt is obtained by extracting salt from underground salt layers or domes. The

techniques used are standard mining operations, open pit mining, etc. Salt purity depends on the

purity of the natural salt deposits. Mined rock salt is typically used as Industrial Salt and a Road Salt

Deicer.

2. Salt Solution Mining

Solution Mining is obtained by pumping fresh water from a natural lake into underground salt

deposits. By flowing the water through salt caverns, the fresh water is saturated in NaCl and is then

pumped to brine deposits on the surface. The brine may then be treated with chemicals to eliminate

impurities for the production of refined salt. Then, the brine is fed into multiple-effect vessels made of

monel alloy where the water is evaporated by using steam and vacuum technology. The end product is

crystallized salt. Because the use of steam, power and chemicals, this is the most expensive method to

produce salt. A variant of this method is Mechanical Vapor Recompression (MVR) applicable when

the economical balance shows that electricity is less expensive than using steam.

3. Solar Salt

Solar Evaporation is the process of producing salt from seawater or salty brines in a series of ponds by

using solar energy. The process begins by pumping seawater or salty brine into the concentration

area, where the brine flows continuously through evaporator-ponds until reaching saturation. Then the

saturated brine is fed into the crystallizer-ponds where the salt is deposited. The crystallized salt is

then harvested, washed, stockpiled and processed. Solar salt is typically used as industrial salt, and as

a raw material for chlor- alkali plants. Recently it has become more recognized as an ideal gourmet

salt due to its natural flavor. Solar Evaporation is the most economical way to produce salt, however

it requires acceptable weather conditions, high evaporation, low rainfall and suitable land for ponds

construction with negligible or acceptable seepage.


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SOLAR SALT TECHNOLOGY

Solar Salt Technology is oriented, but not limited, to the production of Salt by solar evaporation of brine

containing Sodium Chloride from Sea Water, Lake Brine or Underground Brine. By-products, including

potassium, magnesium, chlorides, sulfates salts, etc. could also be obtained by solar evaporation of the

bitterns. Bitterns is the remaining brine after the sodium chloride has been crystallized.

Solar salt production requires flat impermeable areas for the construction of the solar ponds. In areas with

more than normal acceptable seepage, lining could be used. High evaporation and low rainfall are the

ideal weather conditions.

Solar Salt Process Description

The Sea Water or Brine is fed and continuously concentrated in a series of solar evaporation ponds until itreaches the Sodium Chloride saturation point. Some small amounts of iron and carbonate salt crystallizes

in the concentration area between 3.5 to 16 Be. The major amount of Calcium Sulfate crystallizes

between 13 to 23.5 Be. The remaining small amount of Calcium Sulfate is deposited in the crystallizers

as impurities of the Sodium Chloride.

A natural ecological system is developed in the ponds and varies as a function of the density. The

ecosystem consists of fish, crustaceans, sea grass, seaweed, brine shrimp, brine fly, micro-algae, bacteria,

protozoa, halophilic bacteria, etc. The natural mat of organic material, built on the floor, helps in

reducing seepage.

The saturated brine from the concentration area is transferred to the pre-crystallizers, pickle pond, to feed

the crystallizers where 4 to 6 inches per year of salt is crystallized. Each crystallizer is drained andharvested once or twice per year. The salt is harvested and transported to the Washing Plant.

The Washing Operation consists of using controlled saturated brine with low content impurities to

remove the superficial impurities of the salt. A crushing operation could be added in order to expose

internal impurities to washing, if coarse salt is not required. The impurities removed are insoluble,

calcium, magnesium, sulfate and organic. The washed salt is stockpiled for further processing and/or

shipping. The salt is processed on site or shipped by truck, rail and/or vessel to its final destination.

Solar Salt Technology

Solar technology applies the required techniques for designing the correct ratio of areas required as

Concentrators and Crystallizers for obtaining high productivity of saturated brine, high productivity ofsalt and salt quality. Solar technology aids in reducing the production cost and increasing production and

salt quality. Lower production cost and higher salt quality are those elements needed to aggressively

compete in the salt market.


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High salt productivity and salt quality from the solar salt operation is obtained by implementing an

efficient brine management to optimize saturated brine production from the concentration area and

optimize salt production in the crystallization area.

The quality of the solar salt is defined by content of sodium chloride, production of premium coarse salt

and salt whiteness. An efficient brine management in concentrators and crystallizers and an effective

washing operation generates the production of high quality salt.

Solar Salt competes with mine salt and evaporated salt. It has been demonstrated that a solar salt

operation can produce the various types of salt that mines and/or evaporated plants can supply with the

added advantage of a low production costs.

Bitterns and By-Products

The remaining brine discharged from the crystallizers is called bitterns. Normally the bitterns contain

salts of potassium, magnesium, bromine, sulfates, chlorides, etc. By using solar evaporation techniques

and process, by-products-salts are crystallized by fractional crystallization, mixing of brines, salt leaching,

solar re-crystallization, etc. These operations are much less expensive than the conventional methods to

produce, say potassium sulfate and/or potassium chloride. If a market is available, some by-products

could be also economically recovered.

Typical Operations Involved in a Solar Salt Operation

Pond System Brine Management Solar Salt Production Harvesting Washing Quality Control and Research Salt Stockpiling and Reclaiming Ship-loading Solar Salt Processing & Packaging Warehousing & Salt Products Distribution


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OUR SERCICES

For Corporate and Executive Management

Preliminary Project Evaluation Feasibility Studies Estimated Capital Investment Operating Cost and Timing Schedule New Investment Analyses Project Management

Training of Personnel

For Engineering and Technical Personnel

Conceptual Plan and Layouts Process Description Material Balances Project Management of Small and Large Projects Process and Packaging System Design General Arrangement Drawings Product Flow Sheets Process Control Systems Plant Organization and Implementation Manuals of Operation and Maintenance Statistical Process Control Database Computerized Systems and Automation Product Specifications and Usage


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SOLAR SALT - TYPICAL FLOW SHEET

Sea Water Intake Concentration Area

Pumping Station

Pumps & Flow Dikes & Channels

Brine Pumping Station

Pumps & Flow

Pre-Saturated Brine

Pumping Station

Pumps & Flow

Crystallization Area

Dikes & Channels

Hauling Roads

Harvesting & Hauling

Auxiliary Equipment

Harvesters

Trucks

Wash Sea Water Washing Plant Washing Plant

Pumping Station Fines Fines Recovery System

Pumps

Pumps & Flow Hydroclones

Screen Mesh Belts, etc.

Settling Pond

Wash Brine Pumping St.


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Lac Business Group, Inc. - Salt Technology & EngineeringRR 3 - 79 Maple Drive, Dalton, PA 18414 USA

Phone: (570) 378-3734 Cellular: (570) 947-8001 E-Mail: [email protected] www.lacsalt.com

Jan-2008

LUIS A. CORONEL

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Chemical Engineer with over 40 years experience worldwide in all aspects of analysis, design and

implementation of salt operations and salt technologies.

Background Summary: Minera Bayovar S.A., Peru (4 years) Research Project Manager for producingSalt and Potassium Chloride from underground brine. Exportadora de Salt S.A., Mexico (11 Years) asProduction Manager of the Solar Salt Operation and Research for Potassium Sulfate and By-Products.International Salt Co./Akzo Nobel Salt Inc. (15 years) in Research, Engineering and Special Projectssupporting mines operations, vacuum salt refineries and salt distribution centers besides Solar SaltTechnology Management. Infinity Technology Group, Inc. & Lac Business Group, Inc. (9 years) as

President of Salt Technology & Engineering giving worldwide management and technical assistance.

Technical and management consulting has been delivered Worldwide to countries including Argentina,Australia, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Guyana, Ghana-Africa,India, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Oman-Arabia, Peru, Venezuela, USA and the CaribbeanIslands.

November 1996 to present Lac Business Group, Inc., Dalton, PAPresident: Solar Salt Technology

One of the principals in organizing and integrating the Salt Technology and Engineering Division ofInfinity Technology Group, Inc. & Lac Business Group, Inc. The division was initially formed with the

key personnel from the Engineering Department of Akzo Nobel Salt Inc. The Akzo Nobel Engineeringdepartment was dissolved in 1996, before the sale of Akzo Nobel Salt to Cargill Salt in 1997.

Ongoing consultation since 1996 in Solar Salt Technology: Planning, Design, Basic Engineering, andProject Management of New Projects and/or existing Solar Salt Operations, Enhancement andOptimization of Salt Quality and Salt Crystallization Production, Salt Harvesting, Hauling and WashingTechnologies, Salt Processing and Refining Systems, Bitterns Research and By-Products.

1981 to October 1996 Akzo Nobel Salt Inc. Clarks Summit, PA.Manager of Solar Technology. I/G Production.

Responsible for the direction and application of solar technology and engineering through technical

management to support existing and future solar salt holdings of Akzo Nobel Salt. Responsible foreconomically producing quality solar salt by solar evaporation of sea water and/or brine to meet the plansof Akzo Nobel Salt Inc.

Responsible for managing major expansion projects and/or special assignments as directed by corporatemanagement. Responsible for managing consultants, contractors, engineering and research firms.Liaison with the Corporate R&D and Engineering Divisions of Akzo giving technical assistance to solarsalt operation for the planning, appropriations, and control of capital projects.


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Jan-2008

Initiate study of new developments in solar salt technology, new concepts, innovative ideas, methods, andstatistical processing data to understand and improve production, quality, efficiency and development ofnew products.

Engineering and design of major expansions of the existing Akzo solar salt facilities for increasing solar

salt production. Appropriation and management of $4 million (USD) for accomplishing expansionworks.

Technical and economical evaluations for International Salt Co., Akzo Nobel Salt America, and AkzoNobel Salt Europe for numerous salt operations in Australia, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, DominicanRepublic, Jamaica, Peru, Venezuela, USA and several Caribbean Islands. Pilot ponds and weather stationswere installed and monitored. Technical and economical feasibility studies completed. Providedtechnical assistance and feasibility studies to South American companies for salt production.

Lead Manager of Akzos major project for installing a new Solar Salt Processing Plant with an investmentof $US 8.5 million. Project started from scratch until completion on budget and on time. Managed of in-house engineers, contracted engineers, designers, construction contractors, etc. Engineering assistance to

Salt Distribution Centers with management of a major renovation with an investment of $US 2.4 million,conceptual design, funding, engineering, construction, installation and start-up.

Design and development of a computerized system for managing and controlling capital expenditures,purchasing and processes. Organization and management of the Statistical Process Control Team for theinstallation of a computerized system for data acquisition, monitoring, and statistical process control atsalt refineries. Appropriation and coordination of local and wide area network installation for variousproducing facilities to headquarters.

Member of the research group for International Salt Co. and Akzo Europe. The most significant researchstudy was the production of High Purity Brine as feedstock of Chlor-Alkaly plants. A correspondingpilot plant was installed with successful results.

Designed and developed numerous computerized systems for: conveyor belt & pulley design, purchasingmanagement, and simulation of salt mining, etc. Implemented a local area network System and databasesfor the management of engineering projects. Mass and energy balances and studies of the wet-endprocess of a salt refinery. Carried out simulation and statistical analyses to improve salt production.

1970 to 1981 Exportadora de Sal S.A. Baja California, Mexico.

Production Manager

Potash Project Management. Development of a solar evaporation pond system for the production ofMixing Salt and Kainite as raw material for a potash plant. Developed unique technology for theproduction of Potassium Sulfate by solar evaporation. Project scaled-up to pilot plant with successful

results.

Company Management. Involved in management and administrative duties as well as companyorganization. Studies of Japans market for salt distribution. Technical and economical evaluation of thesolar salt operations in the Pacific Rim, Australia, etc. Evaluation of a solar salt operation in Venezuela.

Production Manager. Salt production increased 60% by re-engineering the pond system and optimizingbrine management. Salt quality improved significantly by modifying the washing plant and reducingimpurities 32%. Engineering, design and integration of new areas to increase salt production 58%.


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Research. Chemistry phase studies of sea water brines and bitterns for the production of salt, potassium,magnesium salts, etc. by solar evaporation. Research and feasibility studies for the production of by-products such as magnesium chloride as slurry, magnesium salts, bromine, etc.

1964 to 1970 Minera Bayovar S. A., Piura - Peru.Potash Project Manager

Research and project management for the production of Carnallite, Sylvite (potash) and Salt by solarevaporation of underground brine. Successful research scaled-up to a commercial pilot plant. Yearlyproduction capacity projected 250,000 Potassium Chloride and 2 million tons of Sodium Chloride - Salt.Developed unique technology for the production of pure Potassium Chloride by solar evaporation.

Worked in the Chemical and Metallurgical laboratories in connection with a pilot plant for the productionof Phosphates Concentrate.

SALT EXPERIENCE BESIDES SOLAR SALT TECHNOLOGY

As a Production Manager of ESSA Mexico, I was involved in several aspects of the salt Industry, suchas logistic, maintenance, salt transportation, assisting sales and marketing efforts, technical visitation ofclients plants, administrative duties, etc. as well as understanding and studying the Japanese and USAmarket, salt distribution, visiting and understanding competitor operation and processes in Australia, USAand other countries.

As a Project Manager of the Engineering Department of Akzo Nobel Salt USA, we providedengineering and technology to all the mines, vacuum salt refineries, and salt distribution centers (saltprocessing and packaging plants). As a chemical engineer and as a manager I was involved in almost all

the projects and supporting all the operations, mainly the vacuum salt refineries and the salt distributioncenters.

Applying technology as part of the Engineering Department of Akzo Nobel Salt I developed a mass andenergy balance program for calculating performance of the vacuum salt plants. I was also a member ofthe International Research and Development department of Akzo Nobel Salt where we share thetechnology of Akzo Salt Europe (Vacuum Systems) and USA. As part of R & D, we conducted severalresearch projects in the Vacuum salt plants. I was one of the engineers of Akzo Nobel Salt - USAselected for working in a multi million tons of salt vacuum plant project in USA, the largest in the world,known as the Mega Plant.

After the merger of Diamond Crystal, the approval of the Mega Plant project (never build) and the re-

organization of Akzo integrating Diamond Crystal, I became assistants of the Production VP as a SolarSalt Technology Manager attending also special projects. As a Solar Salt Technology Manager I workedfor Akzo Nobel Salt - USA and Akzo Nobel Salt - Netherlands in different countries but I was alsoinvolved in budgeting and investments in Akzo Nobel USA, so I finished working directly with theVacuum Salt Refineries. One of my initiatives was a project for a Computerized Monitoring System(CMS) with Statistical Processing Control (SPC) for Akzos Vacuum salt refineries, which was approvedand funded. Before the selling of Akzo Nobel Salt to Cargill, I led and managed the installation of twoCMS in two of the Vacuum Salt Refineries, one in Watkins Glen and the other one in Ohio.


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Upon leaving Akzo Nobel Salt to work as industry consultants, our group was contracted to design andinstall a new vacuum salt refinery in New York State for a Salt company based in Houston, Texas. Theproject consisted in extracting salt by solution mining, re-crystallize the salt by Vacuum or MVR and thenclassifying, packaging, etc. and create a gas deposit for third party. As consultants we performed theengineering and the design of the new refinery, unfortunately the salt refinery was never built.

As a Salt Industry Consultant, I maintained strategic alliances with resources for the various disciplinesrequired for the Salt Industry Projects which include chemical, mechanical, electrical, mining and civilengineers. In addition to being able to call on them for specialized details, they can be called upon as ateam for complete projects such as the design and engineering of a new salt refinery. I also haveconnections with vendors for getting the required machinery and service estimates for economic andbusiness decisions. In conclusion we are in the position of offering our services to assist clients in thevarious phases and types of salt project.

I do consider myself highly knowledgeable of the overall technical and business aspects required for theplanning and management of the various types of salt operations.

EDUCATION

BS - Chemical EngineeringNational University of Trujillo, Peru

Languages: Fluent English and Spanish

CONTINUING EDUCATION

Finance and Accounting - American Management Association. Statistical Process Control - Center for Professional Advancement. Total Productive Maintenance - University of Toledo. Computerizing Maintenance Management - University of Toledo. Construction Estimating - Richardson Estimating. Project Management - Richardson Estimating. Project Management - Center for Professional Advancement. Industrial Programmable Control. IPC 520 PC Level II - Honeywell. D-Base II Plus Programming - American Institute. Computers. Hands on Troubleshooting - American Institute. Statistics and Experimental Design. Focus on Data - E.I. du Pont de Nemours.


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LUIS A. CORONEL

SOLAR SALT PONDS DESIGN - PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

1974 1976 Exportadora de Sal S.A. Baja California, Mexico

Re-engineered and re-designed Solar Pond System to increase salt production

and improve salt quality. Implemented continuous brine flow management

and bitterns discarding system. Optimized the use of the existing evaporation

areas in conjunction with the design and build of new ponds. Increased

production capacity from 3.5 million m-tons to 5.5 million m-tons of salt per

year.

1976-1978 Exportadora de Sal S.A. Baja California, MexicoSolar Salt Operations in Western Australia. Performed evaluation and

assessment of the main solar salt operations in Australia, including Dampier

Salt, Lake McCleoud, Port Headland and Shark Bay to define their

production capacity and their ability to compete with Mexico.

1976 to 1981 Exportadora de Sal S.A. Baja California, Mexico

Los Salitrales project. Analyzed and designed nearby suitable areas for solar

salt production and ultimately connected into the existing operation to

increase salt production from 5.5 million m-tons of salt to 9.0 million tons of

salt for a 6.5 m-tons salt market.

1981 - 1983 International Salt Company, USA Caribbean Area projectSearched for a new solar operation to provide salt to the East Coast of USA.

The targeted production was for minimum of 1 million tons of salt per year.

Studied several locations in the Caribbean area. Designed pond systems,

however industrial construction was never performed. Built and monitored

pilot ponds to allow for proof of concept. The following locations were

included in the above studies: Turks and Caicos, several locations in

Venezuela, Monte Cristi in Dominican Republic, Bahia Honda in Colombia,

Corpus Christi en USA, Jamaica, etc.

1981 - 1983 International Salt Company, USA. Project in Bahia Honda, Colombia

Evaluated and investigated suitable areas for solar salt production in Bahia

Portete, Bahia Honda and Bahia Hondita. Performed design to build a 3.5millions tons of salt per year installation. Project was ultimately cancelled.

1981 - 1983 International Salt Company, USA. Project in Monte Cristi, DominicanRepublic.

Designed and built a Pilot pond to define the parameters for the construction

of a large solar salt pond system to yield a capacity of 1.5 million tons of salt


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per year. Project was ultimately cancelled.

1982 - 1983 International Salt Company. Oklahoma project

Private investors approached International Salt Co. for development a solarsalt project in Oklahoma using underground brine. Performed project study

and pond designs to complete feasibility study. International Salt Co.

declined the project. Years after, Cargill USA bought the site and developed

the project that is built and working today.

1991 - 1993 Akzo Nobel Salt, USA. Los Olivitos project, Venezuela

Produsal approached Akzo Nobel Salt, USA looking for a joint venture near

Maracaibo. Reviewed project and ultimately performed complete revision

including the re-design of the pond system. Completed Engineering and

design. Akzo stepped out of the project and years after, Cargill USA built the

Solar Salt operation that is working today.

1993 - 1996 Akzo Nobel Salt, USA. Timpie Project in Utah

Designed and built new solar salt pond system in Timpie, Utah to replace the

flooded solar salt facility of Lake Point in Utah. The new pond system was

designed and built for 1 million tons of salt and it is working today. As part

of the project a new salt processing plant for drying and packaging the solar

salt produced was engineered, designed and built.

1994 - 1996 Akzo Nobel Salt Netherlands. Onslo project in West Australia

Strategically, Akzo bought an existing solar salt operation in Western

Australia. Participated in the evaluation of the Western operations of

Dampier, Port Headland, Shark Bay and Lake McCleoud as well as the

acquisition price which ultimately resulted in the decision being made to buyand build a solar salt project in Onslo, Western Australia. Accordingly,

performed Due Diligence to complete project acquisition. Designed new

solar salt operation for 4.5 million tons of salt to be developed in phases.

Akzo ultimately developed the project and built the operation.

1994 - 1996 Akzo Nobel Salt, USA. Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles

Managed acquisition of funding and design of the expansion of the existing

solar salt pond system from 350,000 m-tons to 550,000 m-tons per year in a

coral land with seepage problems. System was completed and is working

today.

1999 Infinity Technology Group, Inc. Salt project in ChilePerformed feasibility study of a rapid salt dissolution system of non-

marketable fine mined salt, saturated brine production and salt re-

crystallization by solar evaporation. A pilot plant was built and the system

worked. The project has not been built.

1999 Infinity Technology Group, Inc. Solar Salt Project in Dominican Republic


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for Salt dissolution of mine waste (dirty salt), saturated brine production and

high purity salt re-crystallization by solar evaporation. Performed feasibility

study and conceptual ponds design but project was ultimately cancelled.

2001 - 2002 Infinity Technology Group, Inc. Salton Sea California, USA

Designed Pilot Pond Demonstration System to produce solar salt as a way to

reduce the salinity of Salton Sea lake. Pilot Plant was built and it has been

working during the last two years. Plans are for a large Solar Salt Pond

system for producing and storing 5 million tons of salt per year. Project not

yet approved and funded by the government.

2003 - 2008 Lac Business Group, Inc. Giving consultancy on Solar Salt Technology,

Transference of Technology, Feasibility Studies, Improving Salt Quality and

Productivity, Research in Bitterns, works in By-Products form Bitterns such

as Potash, etc. Because confidential agreement and no-disclosure information

we should not list Companies Names but we can mention the countriesserviced: such as: China, Colombia, Ghana, Haiti, India, Mexico, Nicaragua,

Japan, Peru, UNICEFF in Guatemala and Dominican Republic. etc.


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George Wilkinson63 Susquehanna Ave.Tunkhannock, PA 18657

Bus./Mobile: 570.903.3674Home: 570.836.2821

[email protected]

PROJECTS PLUS, LLC

George H. Wilkinson IIIProfessional History

International Salt Co. Clarks Summit PA May 2003 March 2008

Engineering Manager Complete project responsibilities

Oversee and direct work of project engineer

Engineering & Production Manager

Responsible for all engineering, production and inventory planning for fourpackaging facilities, plant managers reported to me.

Watkins Engineers & Constructors / Fru Con 1998 May 2003

Cost Control and Scheduling Manager

Consultant 1997 May 2003American Rock Salt: Dry Process and Material Handling systems

Detroit Salt Crusher and Screen Plant

Cargill Salt , Cleveland OH April 1997 June 1997

Senior Mine Engineer

Responsible for a six person engineering department.

Assigned to conduct a de-bottleneck study

Akzo Nobel Salt, Inc. - Clarks Summit PA August 1988 April 1997

Senior Staff Engineer

Process and facility projects in Solar, Evaporated, Rock Salt, and Salt ServiceCenter Sites

Provided upper management with project feasibility studies.

Directed the work of department engineers and designers.

Akzo Nobel Salt, Inc. - Retsof NY / Avery Island LA May 1968 Aug 1988

Positions Held

Senior Design Engineer

Project Engineer

Design Draftsman

Draftsman

Work experience at all levels and phases of plant projects from concept to creation.


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KEY PERSONNEL

CHARLES P. FIORENZA, PE

A licensed Professional Engineer and Surveyor who received a Bachelor of Science Degree in CivilEngineering from Indiana Institute of Technology. He was co-founder ofInfinity TechnologysEngineering Division and is the President of GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY GROUP. Charlie has 38years of engineering experience and was the Director of Project Engineering at Akzo Nobel Salt Inc.He has directed the planning, scheduling and controlling of construction / material handling projects fromconception to completion. His groups have completed the Engineering work on a 175 million dollarProcess Plant, a 50 million dollar By-Product Salt Facility, a 10 million dollar plant expansion, and amajor building revamp/new compaction system. Other positions held at Akzo/International Saltincluded Engineering Manager, Packaging Warehouse Manager and Design Engineer. Prior to his

experience at Akzo Nobel Salt Inc., he was a Junior Designer at Bethlehem Steel Company and anAssistant Project Engineer for the Indiana State Highway Commission.

CHARLES J. BEYRENT

Chuck received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from Lehigh University. Hehas his EIT and is working for Professional Engineering Certification. Chuck has 12 years of experiencein business and industry. He is currently Vice President of GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY GROUP.Chuck has previously experienced ownership or partial ownership with CB Consulting and InfinityTechnology. At Infinity he performed information management consulting, development of databasesystems to collect and disseminate data, design of local area and wide area networks, Programmable

Logic Controllers and Distributed Control Systems. At CB Consulting he designed electrical &instrumentation systems for conveyors, screens, washing, drying, and bagging equipment as well aselectrical distribution and environmental monitoring systems. Prior to consulting, he spent 4 years atAkzo Nobel Salt, as a Project Engineer where he designed electrical distribution and control systemsusing programmable logic controllers. Chuck gained practical experience as an Industrial Electrician /Mechanic for Jaunty Textile where he was a troubleshooter on equipment and controls in an industrialenvironment. He is proficient in designing and implementing relational database systems.

MICHAEL A. SLESINSKI, PE

A licensed Professional Engineer who received a Bachelor Of Science Degree in ChemicalEngineering from the University of Detroit and a Masters in Business Administration from GrandValley State University. Mike joined Infinity / GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY, as a Senior ProcessEngineer. He has 22 years of experience in the chemical and food industries and was a Project Managerfor Akzo Nobel Salt Inc. He was responsible for performing engineering audits and developing materialand energy balances for the evaporated salt plants. He managed the preparation of a basic engineeringpackage for a $40 million salt evaporation and drying facility. His previous experience included being a


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Maintenance Supervisor and Project Engineer at American Cyanamid Company where he wasresponsible for the operation of boilers, cooling towers and utility systems, and for directing safetyinspections. Mike was instrumental in the design, installation and start up of capital projects including a

boiler, an organic resins filtration system and modification of an existing building to provide forexpansion of the plants quality control lab. He also was employed as a Process Engineer at CordovaChemical Company and Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corp. where heconducted plant process studiesand energy audits to identify production bottlenecks and evaluated a number of specialty chemicalprocesses to determine the feasibility of manufacturing new products. He was responsible for plantprocess and energy studies for a chlor-alkali facility and for the design, construction and start up of capitalprojects valued at $1.5 million.

JOSEPH J. FAYOCAVITZ

Joe received a Mechanical Engineering Degree from the Pennsylvania State University. He is highly

efficient in the collection and dissemination of research data, and design of relational database systems forthe support of plant operations and project cost management. Joe is a Project / Systems Engineer withthe GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY GROUP. He is proficient in AutoCad Release 13, AutoCad DrawingBoard, Visual Basic, MS DOS, MS Access, MS Project, MS Office Professional, LANSmart peer to peer,Windows 3.11 (Platform), Windows NT, etc.Joe has developed a marketable Visual Basic Program to assist in the design of Belt Conveyors followingthe CEMA Standards, and recently redeveloped a Job Cost Relational database from Dbase to Ms Access7.0. The database handles all hours and expenses for 140 employees in an architectural/design firm.


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Isaias Flit

Quimpac S.A.

Av. Nestor Gambetta 8583 - Casilla 3741

Lima Callao

PERU

Phone: +011- (511) 614-2013

[email protected]

Richard Kurcina

Resources Partners, LLC.

7971 Deni Dr Suite 100

N Fort Myers, Fl 33917Phone: (239) 731-3009

[email protected]

Walter Meierhofer

Bertrams Salt Plants, Ltd.

Neuwiesenstrasse 69

CH-8400 Winterthur

Switzerland

Phone: 011-41 52 260 50 71

[email protected]

Ir Paul BreuningAkzo Nobel Chemicals

Stationsplein 4 Box 247

3800 AE Amersfoort

The Netherlands

Phone: +31 (33) 467-6333

[email protected]

Walter Fitzgerald

Former: Akzo Nobel Salt Inc.

926-4 Lakeside Bluff Rd

Waterport, NY 14571-9716

Phone: (585) [email protected]

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