Grand Opening

July 23, 2009

On July 23, 2009 Milligan Bio-Tech and over 400 guests celebrated the grand opening of our Crushing and Bio-diesel facility.

Milligan Bio-Tech celebrated its grand opening on Thursday,July 23, 2009. Milligan was incorporated in 1996, and has grown significantly over the years. We were proud to share such a monumental day with special guests, staff and board members.

The agenda for the day was busy, starting at 11:30am until 2:00pm, self guided tours were offered to five different locations.

The 'opening' of the Bio-diesel pump at the Grand Opening. '

Interesting facts learned at locations included:

In 2010, MBTI will require 30,000MT of non-food grade canola seed to produce 10,000,000L of Bio-diesel annually.
In 2012, the amount of oil seed needed moves to 450,000MT to produce 150,000,000 L of Bio-diesel annually.

An excellent lunch was also served by the local Swimming Pool Committee as a fundraiser.

Opening Ceremonies began at 2 o'clock. We were honoured to have the following special guests speak to the crowd of over 400:

- Honorable Bob Bjornerud, Minister of Agriculture

- Honorable Ken Cheveldayoff, Minister of Saskatchewan Enterprise

- Honorable June Draude, MLA Kelvington-Wadena, Minister Responsible for Crown Investments

- Mr. David Anderson, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources

- Ms. Maria Aubrey, Senior Vice President, Operations-Sustainable Development Technology Canada

- Mr. Bob Johnson, Mayor- Town of Foam Lake

- Mr. Chris Gislason, Reeve- RM of Foam Lake

- Mr. John Hill, IMSM-ISO 9001:2008 certification presentation

- Mr. Tyler Markusson, Foam Lake Marketing Club presentation to Milligan Bio-Tech

- Mr. Zenneth Faye, Executive Manager, Milligan Bio-Tech

The Honourable June Draude, MLA addresses the guests.

Zenneth Faye, Executive Manager and Glenn Helgason,
Chairman of the Board are presented with ISO certification by John Hill of IMSM.

Also attending that day were three of Milligan's sponsored teams.
Kevin Therres, with the World's First Bio-diesel Jet Truck, 'Prairie Gold';
Kevin Douglas, owner of the Diesel Performance Services 'Raminator', Bio-diesel Drag Truck; and Team Jordison Curling, 2009 Saskatchewan Tankard Champions.

The evening banquet began with magic by Ben Parry followed by a delicious hometown Saskatchewan supper.

Milligan Bio-Tech Executive Manager, Zenneth Faye, then shared with guests the Past/Present/Future of Milligan Bio-Tech. Speeches were made by Hon. June Draude, Hon. Bob Johnson and Mr. Glenn Helgason. The evening concluded with entertainment by Martin Janovsky.

Milligan Bio-Tech would like to thank EVERYONE who helped to make our Grand Opening such a success. We look forward to continuing to grow and being a leader in the field of renewable energy in Canada.