Orbite Confirms Arrival of Specialized Refractory Materials

MONTREAL, QUÉBEC--(Marketwired - Feb. 25, 2015) - Orbite Aluminae Inc. (TSX:ORT)(OTCQX:EORBF) ("Orbite" or the "Company") today announced that, further to its press release of December 12, 2014, the Europe-sourced components of the new castable material for the refractory system at the Company's HPA plant in Cap-Chat have arrived in the port of Montreal. In addition, the new mortar formulation was previously received, as planned.

Glenn Kelly, CEO of Orbite, stated, "With the arrival of these materials, we are on track for commencement of refractory system installation at the end of March 2015, in line with the revised schedule as announced previously. This installation is a key step towards the completion of our plant, and we are looking forward to updating stakeholders on our progress."

About Orbite

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, Québec and has completed the basic engineering for a proposed smelter-grade alumina (SGA) production plant, which would use clay mined from its Grande-Vallée deposit. The Company's portfolio contains 15 intellectual property families, including 15 patents and 98 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, Québec, where its technologies are developed and validated.

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