CHARBONE Corporation and the City of Selkirk Partner on Supply of Green Hydrogen

BROSSARD, Quebec, Jan. 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Orletto Capital II Inc. (TSXV: OLT.P) (“Orletto”) a capital pool company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (the “Exchange”) and Charbone Corporation (“Charbone”) are pleased to announce that Charbone and the City of Selkirk (the “City of Selkirk”) have entered into a non-binding memorandum of understanding (the “MOU”) pursuant to which they are entering into exclusive discussion into the establishment of a first green hydrogen production facility in Manitoba for the supply of green hydrogen on a land owned by the City of Selkirk. Charbone will leverage is expertise in the construction and development of green hydrogen production facilities powered from renewable energies and the selling and distribution of it’s green hydrogen.

Under the terms of the MOU, Charbone and the City of Selkirk will cooperate to define the best location for a proposed green hydrogen facility of (i) a de-commissioned waste-water treatment plant site located within the City of Selkirk (long-term lease), and (ii) a facilitate placement on appropriately suited industrial land, proximate to a potential and complimentary manufacturing interest (by sale of other arrangements). Charbone and the City of Selkirk will evaluate the feasibility of the facility with expected initial deliveries as early as the fourth quarter of 2022. Charbone and the City of Selkirk will negotiate to determine a fair and reasonable monthly rental rate, as they work together with the provincial authorities or others to ensure Charbone has access to required utilities and to identify and contact potential green hydrogen users. Charbone may also provide to the City of Selkirk oxygen in the absence of market feasibility.

“The City of Selkirk and its proximity to Winnipeg, to the USA border and the potential Manitoba customer base for Charbone around the area is a tremendous advantage for us” said Dave B. Gagnon, Chairman and CEO of Charbone. “The proactive collaboration of the City of Selkirk and, the different Manitoban government agencies involve into the discussion have conducted to a rapid decision to explore the potential of Charbone to install its first western Canadian green hydrogen facility and offer Manitoba and Canadian industries a new alternative clean energy solution.”