Sonic signs agreement with Natural Resources Canada

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Sonic signs agreement with Natural Resources Canada

TSX Venture Exchange Symbol: SNV

CANADA, Dec. 12 -/E-Wire/-- Adam Sumel, President and CEO of Sonic Environmental Solutions Inc. (SNV.TSX Venture) announced that it has entered into a Cost-Sharing and Collaboration Agreement with CANMET Energy Technology Centre, a division of Natural Resources Canada. Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) plays a pivotal role in helping shape the important contributions of the natural resources sector to the Canadian economy, society and environment. Earlier work by CANMET using Sonic's low frequency sonic generator technology has suggested accelerated conditioning, pacification and carbonation of Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustion (CFBC) ashes. CANMET has developed and patented this process (primarily for coal fired power plants), which it believes can be enhanced by the use of Sonic's Platform Technology and will work with Sonic to achieve commercial success. NRCan has granted Sonic an option on an exclusive license for NRCan's patented process.

Adam Sumel stated: "We are very pleased that NRCan has granted Sonic an exclusive option to license their patented process for the pacification of CFBC ash. This Agreement and license option further validates the potential of Sonic's Platform Technology to apply low frequency sonic energy on an industrial scale to a number of environmental and industrial processes. The Agreement could result in an opportunity for Sonic to commercialize a second application that has a global scale potential. We have been working with NRCan for some time and recently we received a letter from one of the largest power generating facilities in North America that confirmed their strong support for the ash carbonation project and that this major end user was very interested in the commercialization of our technology".

Positive results from the planned multi-phase test program will lead to a full-scale demonstration, which will confirm the process economics. Sonic will also conduct a detailed market assessment in parallel with the testing program. The pacification of fly ash application would be applicable to all CFBC boilers. One of the secondary benefits of this process is that it has the potential to lower carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from thermal generating stations.

Update: The construction of plant one for the remediation of PCB contaminated soils application is currently underway and we are on schedule for our commercial demonstration in early 2004.

Sonic owns a patented technology that produces sonic energy at industrial scale and has the potential of becoming the next platform for many industrial and environmental processes.

SONIC ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS INC.

"Adam R. Sumel" President & CEO

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SONIC ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS INC.

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