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ASX Company News: Phoslock Water Solutions Enters Canadian Distribution Agreement

Friday, February 18th, 2011

Phoslock Water Solutions (PHK) has signed a Distribution Agreement covering five provinces, with GDG Environnement, a major Canadian environmental services company. The Distribution Agreement is for an initial 2 year period and includes annual purchase obligations by GDG. The Agreement covers the Canadian provinces of Quebec, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Labrador and Nova Scotia.

PWS General Manager for North America, Mr Eddie Edmunds said GDG was a good fit for Phoslock, providing significant expertise and coverage for blue-green algae impacted water bodies. “Phoslock water treatment to reduce phosphorus levels in waterways is highly complementary to GDG’s suite of services that are aimed protecting public health” said Mr Edmunds. “GDG has recently developed biosensors to detect cyanobacteria toxins, the blue-green algae that threaten the safety of drinking water all over the world. Application of Phoslock is an environmentally safe and effective means of starving the algae of nutrients thereby improving water quality” he explained.

For the past three decades, GDG Environment has been pursuing its mission of carrying out strategic environmental health interventions, first through the prevention and management of the microbiological risks posed by vector-borne microorganisms, and more recently, through allergen exposure prevention. The Company has a competent team of around 200 professionals and technicians that enable it to deploy its expertise throughout the country. The Company possesses two highly specialized laboratories, located at its head office in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. The Company is currently establishing, with a major research institute, a third laboratory specializing in nanotechnology and biosensors. The agreement with GDG is the second major distribution alliance entered by PWS this year. Last month the Company announced an agreement with US-based environmental product and services provider SePRO Corporation. The agreements, along with two other distribution agreements signed in mid 2010, give PWS a substantial footprint in North America for the first time and the potential for broad reach into these major markets.

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ASX Company News: Phoslock Water Solutions Signs Significant US Distribution Agreement

Friday, January 28th, 2011

Phoslock Water Solutions (PHK) has signed a major Distribution Agreement covering all states of the United States with SePRO Corporation, the industry leader in North America in the arena of weed and algae management in lakes, rivers, streams, reservoirs and storm water containment ponds. SePRO currently provides and supports a full line of aquatic plant and algae management products (25). Phoslock will be added to this product line as an environmentally friendly phosphorus absorber, and as a sediment capping agent to significantly reduce the re-release of phosphorus. The Distribution Agreement is for an initial 5 year period and includes large annual purchase obligations by SePRO. The Contract with SePRO requires a significant initial order. It is intended that Phoslock will be sold both as a standalone product used in conjunction with SePRO products and also potentially formulated in other SePRO products. A second Distribution Agreement covering Aquaculture and Retail Products with SePRO for the United States market is currently being finalised.

PWS General Manager for North America, Mr Eddie Edmunds said SePRO was a great fit for Phoslock. The SePRO Aquatics Team is made up of 13 Aquatics Specialists who have all been trained in the science of aquatic plant and algae management. The SePRO sales team supports a network of over 160 accredited applicator companies spread throughout the United States. The accredited applicators maintain strong local relationships with the lake management companies, lake associations, state and federal water body organisations and aquatic management companies.

SePRO Corporation (SePRO) is based in Indiana, United States. SePRO’s key business segments include the US Aquatics Industry, Greenhouse/Nursery markets and Professional Turf/Landscape Management. SePRO is the industry leader in North America in the arena of Weed and Algae management in lakes, rivers, streams, reservoirs and storm water containment ponds. SePRO currently supports a full line of aquatic herbicides and algaecides (25 products) and is very involved in the field of aquatic plant and algae management. The Aquatic Business Unit is SePRO’s largest division. SePRO has sustained quality relationships and partnerships with the largest lake and pond management firms throughout the US. SePRO has an extensive network of customers in the water resource management field that include professional aquatic applicators, lake management firms, engineering companies, water companies, lake associations, individual pond owners, and government agencies.

PWS has worldwide exclusivity for the sale and marketing of Phoslock, a technology developed by the Australian government scientific body CSIRO. Phoslock removes phosphorus and harmful contaminants and has been applied in over 200 water bodies and used in over 20 countries since it was commercialised in 2005. PWS is headquartered in Sydney, Australia and has offices in Kunming, China and European Operations (covering 16 countries) in Bremen, northern Germany. Phoslock is represented by licensees and agents in ten other countries.

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ASX Company News: Phoslock Secures New Contract

Friday, October 29th, 2010

Phoslock (PHK) based in Austria and Switzerland has secured a contract to the value of approx A$450,000 for the application of Phoslock to a lake in Northern Germany. The lake is a popular recreational lake which has been plagued in recent years with poor water quality caused by elevated phosphorus levels. Alum treatment, aeration and a variety of other measures have been attempted in past years to improve water quality in the lake, however none of these measures have been successful and the lake has remained closed to swimmers for the past four years due to high levels of blue green algae.

The decision to apply Phoslock to the lake was made by the local authorities after an independent expert was commissioned to evaluate the success of the measures that had been undertaken on the lake previously and review alternative restoration measures. In addition to this treatment, two smaller treatments involving the application of 13 tonnes of Phoslock are also confirmed for smaller lakes in Eastern and Northern Germany during  November and December. These three applications will bring the value of contracts for Phoslock applications in Germany to nearly A$2.0m over the last three years. The profile of Phoslock continues to grow in Germany with several additional applications in excess of A$750,000 currently under consideration for 2011 & 2012.

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