Press Release Source: Lignol Energy Corporation
Lignol Announces Production of Cellulosic Ethanol from New Biorefinery Pilot Plant
On Monday June 8, 2009, 8:57 am EDT

VANCOUVER, June 8 /CNW/ - Lignol Energy Corporation (TSX-V: LEC - News; "Lignol" or "the Company"), a leading technology company in the cellulosic ethanol and biorefining sector, today announced it has completed the first end-to-end production of cellulosic ethanol from its fully integrated industrial-scale biorefinery pilot plant in Burnaby, British Columbia.

This production of cellulosic ethanol from Canadian woodchips followed the plant construction phase that commenced in June, 2008 and the start-up phase that commenced in April, 2009. This represents the first end-to-end production of ethanol utilizing all of the unit operations of Lignol's unique and proprietary technology.

Lignol's facility represents one of only a handful of fully integrated cellulosic ethanol pilot plants operating in the world today. Through planned production campaigns, Lignol intends to operate the pilot plant under a wide range of operating parameters to process various non-food feedstocks. This will involve utilizing various equipment configurations, enzyme formulations and process conditions to optimize the yield of cellulosic ethanol, as well as the quality and performance of related biochemicals.
"Achieving the first production of cellulosic ethanol from the pilot plant is a significant milestone for Lignol" said Ross MacLachlan, President and Chief Executive Officer of Lignol. "Operating the pilot plant to-date has allowed us to identify areas for process enhancement that we will be incorporating to further improve pilot plant operations. The optimization of process technology and the evaluation of key equipment selections, including some novel prototype equipment, is exactly what our pilot plant was designed for. The plant is also providing an excellent platform for our collaborations with leading enzyme companies and potential end users of HP-L(TM) Lignin."

"It is imperative that before embarking on any major capital investment in a larger scale plant, information is gained from a pilot plant to understand and mitigate the associated scale-up risk. The information we are generating from our pilot plant will provide Lignol with a significant competitive advantage and will allow us to validate cost and performance assumptions to accelerate our path to commercialization," added Mr. MacLachlan.

About Lignol - Lignol (TSX-V: LEC - News) is a Canadian company undertaking the development of biorefining technologies for the production of fuel-grade ethanol and other biochemical co-products from non-food cellulosic biomass feedstocks. Lignol's modified solvent-based pre-treatment technology facilitates the rapid, high-yield conversion of cellulose to ethanol and the production of value-added biochemical co-products, including HP-L(TM) Lignin. Lignol is executing on its development plan through strategic partnerships to further develop and integrate the core technologies on a commercial scale. Lignol also intends to invest in, or otherwise obtain, equity interests in energy related projects which have synergies with its biorefining technology. For more information about Lignol, please visit our website at www.lignol.ca.

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Caution concerning forward-looking statements - Certain statements contained in this document may constitute forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Often, but not always, forward-looking statements or information can be identified by the use of words such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes" or variations of such words and phrases or words and phrases that state or indicate that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved. Such statements or information reflect Lignol's current views with respect to future events and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including, without limitation, our ability to finance the development of the commercial demonstration plant, our ability to develop our products, our ability to obtain requisite regulatory approvals and our ability to enter into agreements with strategic partners on terms acceptable to us. Forward-looking statements and information are necessarily based upon a number of estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by management, are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies. Many factors could cause Lignol's actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements that may be expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements or information, including among other things, the complexity of the development of the commercial demonstration plant, market conditions which will affect our ability to finance our operations, risks relating to the protection of Lignol's core technology from infringement and those risk factors which are discussed elsewhere in documents that Lignol files from time to time with securities regulatory authorities. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements or information prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein as intended, planned, anticipated, believed, estimated or expected. Except as required by law, the Company expressly disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward looking statements and information whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. All written and oral forward-looking statements and information attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the foregoing cautionary statements.
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Lignol Energy Corporation: Paul Hughes, Vice President Corporate Development & Communications, Tel: (604) 222-9800 ext. 110, Email: phughes@lignol.ca, Email: info@lignol.ca
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