Port-Cartier, Quebec - David Boulard, Executive Vice President of Ensyn Corporation (Ensyn Corporation together with its affiliates, "Ensyn"), is pleased to announce that construction has been initiated on a 10.5 million gallon (approximately 40 million litre) per year biocrude production facility located in Port-Cartier (the "Cote Nord Project"). The Cote Nord Project, being developed by Ensyn, Arbec Forest Products INc. (Arbec), and Group Remabec, is located adjacent to Arbec's sawmill on the north shore of the St. Lawrence Seaway. Ensyn owns 50% of the equity of the project. The Cote Nord Project has been funding and construction is scheduled to be complete by