CO2 Solutions Receives $400,000 Assistance Contribution from Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED)

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QUEBEC CITY, March 20, 2015 /CNW/ - CO₂ Solutions Inc. ("the Corporation") (TSX-V: CST), a leader in low-cost carbon dioxide (CO₂) capture, is pleased to announce that it has received a $400,000 commitment from Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED) towards optimization of the Corporation's carbon capture process and new enzyme production at industrial scale.

The Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, stated, "By investing in the development by CO₂ Solutions of an innovative process, our government is showing once again that it is determined to take the measures needed to increase the growth potential of our economy."

The CED assistance has been awarded in the form of a $400,000 repayable financial contribution through CED's Quebec Economic Development Program. Under the terms of the contribution agreement, CO₂ Solutions will apply these funds toward the continued development of specific elements of the Corporation's innovative carbon capture process. CO₂ Solutions will be required to refund the contribution over a period of 60 monthly payments with the first payment being due 36 months from the project completion date. It is anticipated that the said project related to this contribution will be completed by June 30, 2015.

Evan Price, President and CEO of CO₂ Solutions, commented, "We are honoured and grateful for the contribution from Canada Economic Development and the confidence it shows in our carbon capture technology. Over the past few years we have made a number of ground-breaking developments with our technology and are confident of going to market with a technology that not only is the low cost solution to reducing carbon emissions, but is a very compelling offering for a number of commercial applications in which potential customers are both emitters and consumers of CO₂, such as enhanced oil recovery, greenhouse operations, beverage carbonation, and others. The funds will be used towards the further optimization of both our process and the production of our breakthrough proprietary enzyme 1T1,"

About CO₂ Solutions Inc.
CO₂ Solutions is an innovator in the field of enzyme-enabled carbon capture and has been actively working to develop and commercialize the technology for stationary sources of carbon pollution. CO₂ Solutions' technology lowers the cost barrier to Carbon Capture, Sequestration and Utilization (CCSU), positioning it as a viable CO₂ mitigation tool, as well as enabling industry to derive profitable new products from these emissions. CO₂ Solutions has built an extensive patent portfolio covering the use of carbonic anhydrase, or analogues thereof, for the efficient post-combustion capture of carbon dioxide with low‐energy aqueous solvents. Further information can be found at www.co2solutions.com.

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SOURCE CO2 Solutions Inc.

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