BIOX Appoints Alan Rickard as CEO

TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 10/08/15 -- BIOX Corporation (BIOX) (TSX: BX), a renewable energy company, today announced that Alan Rickard has been selected to replace Chris Clinning as Chief Executive Officer, effective November 2, 2015. Mr. Clinning has resigned from the Company to pursue other interests.

Mr. Rickard is a commercial executive with over 15 years of experience in the agri-food, energy and renewable fuels sectors having most recently served as VP Commercial Operations, Canada at Rothsay, a division of Darling International Canada Inc. (NYSE: DAR), and previously at Maple Leaf Foods Inc. (TSX: MFI) in increasingly senior positions between 2001 and 2013. Mr. Rickard said, "I have had the pleasure of working closely with the executive team at BIOX as a customer and look forward to this opportunity to join them and working with the Board of Directors in this leadership role."

Kevin Golding, Chairman of BIOX's Board of Directors said, "We would like to thank Chris for his more than 9 years of service to the Company, including roles as Chief Financial Officer and, most recently, as CEO. We wish him well in his future endeavours. We are pleased to welcome Alan to BIOX."

About BIOX Corporation

BIOX is a renewable energy company that owns and operates a 67 million litre per year continuous flow biodiesel production facility in Hamilton, Ontario. BIOX has an innovative, proprietary and patented production process that is capable of producing the highest quality, renewable, clean burning and biodegradable biodiesel fuel utilizing a variety of feedstocks - from pure seed oils to animal fats to recovered vegetable oils with no change to the production process. BIOX's high quality biodiesel fuel meets North American (ASTM D-6751) quality standards.

Contacts:
BIOX Corporation
Kevin Golding
Chairman
Phone: 519-546-5955

Source: BIOX Corporation

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