Newalta Announces Dates for Annual Meeting of Shareholders, First Quarter 2012 Results and Conference Call

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - April 25, 2012) - Newalta (TSX:NAL) announced today that it will issue its results for the first quarter of 2012 on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 after the market closes. Newalta will hold a conference call to discuss its results on Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time.

Newalta's management will review financial results for the first quarter of 2012. The call will be hosted by Al Cadotte, President and CEO, and Mike Borys, Executive Vice President and CFO.

To participate in the teleconference, please call 416-340-9534 or 1-888-340- 9655. To access the simultaneous webcast, please visit www.newalta.com. For those unable to listen to the live call, a taped broadcast will be available at www.newalta.com and, until midnight on Wednesday, May 16, 2012, by dialing 1-800-408-3053 and using the pass code 4388273.

Newalta also announced details of its annual meeting of shareholders which are as follows:

Date: Friday, May 11, 2012

Location: Newalta's corporate office, Building 'C'

220 - 12th Avenue, S.W.

Calgary, Alberta

Time: 11:00 a.m. Mountain Time

For those unable to attend the annual and special meeting, the presentation will be webcast live at www.newalta.com and subsequently archived on Newalta's website.

Newalta is North America's leading provider of innovative, engineered environmental solutions that enable customers to reduce disposal, enhance recycling and recover valuable resources from industrial residues. We serve customers onsite directly at their operations and through a network of 85 facilities in Canada and the U.S. Our proven processes, portfolio of more than 250 operating permits and excellent record of safety make us the first choice provider of sustainability enhancing services to oil, natural gas, petrochemical, refining, lead, manufacturing and mining markets. With a skilled team of more than 2,000 people, two decade track record of profitable expansion and commitment to commercializing new solutions, Newalta is positioned for sustained future growth and improvement. Newalta trades on the TSX as NAL. For more information, visit www.newalta.com.