Orbite Receives Notice of Allowance for Red Mud Monetization Patent in Australia

MONTREAL, QUEBEC -- (Marketwired) -- 12/01/15 -- Orbite Technologies Inc. (TSX: ORT)(OTCQX: EORBF) ("Orbite" or the "Company") today announced that the Company has received notification from IP Australia, the Australian Government agency that administers intellectual property (IP) rights, that its patent application No. 2013202318 titled "Processes for Treating Red Mud" has been found allowable. Consequently, the Company anticipates patent issuance within IP Australia's usual timeframe of 3-4 months.

"This allowance expands our intellectual property portfolio into a key market with a large alumina industry, and hence substantial red mud liabilities," stated Glenn Kelly, CEO of Orbite. "Having our processes also protected in Australia under patent law, is a key element in our global waste monetization strategy, and puts us in a strong position to deepen our engagement with potential partners for the commercialization of this unique technology. Furthermore, this notice of allowance bodes well for our Fly Ash Monetization Patent application in Australia, as the underlying technology platforms are very similar and the examination process is also proceeding well."

About Orbite

Orbite Technologies Inc. (formerly Orbite Aluminae Inc.) is a Canadian cleantech company whose innovative and proprietary processes are expected to produce alumina and other high-value products, such as rare earth and rare metal oxides, at one of the lowest costs in the industry, and in a sustainable fashion, using feedstocks that include aluminous clay, kaolin, nepheline, bauxite, red mud, fly ash as well as serpentine residues from chrysotile processing sites. Orbite is currently in the process of finalizing its first commercial high-purity alumina (HPA) production plant in Cap-Chat, Quebec and has completed the basic engineering for a proposed smelter-grade alumina (SGA) production plant, which would use clay mined from its Grande-Vallee deposit. The Company's portfolio contains 15 intellectual property families, including 22 patents and 102 pending patent applications in 11 different countries and regions. The first intellectual property family is patented in Canada, USA, Australia, China, Japan and Russia. The Company also operates a state of the art technology development center in Laval, Quebec, where its technologies are developed and validated.

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The Company does not intend, nor does it undertake, any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information or statements contained in this document to reflect subsequent information, events or circumstances or otherwise, except as required by applicable laws.

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Source: Orbite Technologies Inc.

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