RELEASED DECEMBER 20, 2007 West Chilcotin Forest Products and Pristine Power sign MOU to form renewable power partnership. Beetle-damaged wood, mill residue and wood waste to be converted into local source of clean, renewable electricity. Anahim Lake, BC - West Chilcotin Forest Products and Pristine Power today announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop an innovative biomass facility. The project will generate clean and renewable power for the communities of Anahim and Nimpo Lakes and new social, economic and environmental benefits for the Ulkatcho First Nation. Under the MOU, the partnership will use gasification technology to generate up to 10 megawatts of clean and renewable power at the West Chilcotin Forest Products mill, approximately 300 kilometres west of Williams Lake, B.C. The mill will receive approximately 3.5 megawatts of power while the communities of Anahim and Nimpo Lakes will receive roughly 2 megawatts, eliminating their reliance on diesel-based power. The remaining electricity would be sold into the BC Hydro grid. The gasifier will use wood waste, mountain pine beetle timber and mill residue as fuel. The project will improve local air quality by facilitating the shut down of the mill's two beehive burners and eliminate a diesel generation set and the consumption of more than 3.5 million litres of diesel fuel annually, reducing greenhouse gas emissions by over 10 thousand tonnes per year. The MOU has the support of the Ulkatcho First Nation. "In light of the mountain pine beetle epidemic, the elimination of 2 beehive burners, the diesel gensets and the consumption of 3.5 million litres of diesel, this is a very important initiative" said Chief Lynda Price of the Ulkatcho First Nation. "Given the fact we are surrounded by dead trees that are ready to fall over, this is an extremely positive step within our traditional territory." "Pristine Power is very pleased to be partnering with the Ulkatcho First Nation and West Chilcotin Forest Products," said Harvie Campbell, Executive Vice President of Pristine Power. "This community-based biomass facility will provide the communities of Anahim and Nimpo Lakes with a new source of clean and dependable power while furthering electricity self-sufficiency in British Columbia." For further information: John McCarvill, Ulkatcho First Nation Tel: (250) 742-3212 Fred Scott, Pristine Power Tel: (250) 415-7860