Published by Todd Bush on January 31, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Comstock Inc. (NYSE: LODE) (“Comstock” and the “Company”) today announced the execution of definitive agreements between Comstock Fuels Corporation (“Comstock Fuels”) and SACL Pte. Limited (“SACL”), a Singapore-based renewable fuel project developer, under which Comstock Fuels and SACL signed an exclusive marketing agreement for Comstock Fuels’ advanced lignocellulosic biomass refining processes in Australia, New Zealand, Vietnam, and Malaysia.
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The definitive agreements finalized all documentation and increase SACL’s territory to facilitate the financing, construction, and operation of additional SACL’s sites in Malaysia, adding to the four existing sites currently under development in Australia and Vietnam, now totaling over 400 million gallons of renewable fuel per dry metric ton of feedstock (on a gasoline gallon equivalent basis, or “GGE”).
SACL and its stakeholders previously identified four qualified sites for the construction of four Bioleum™ Refineries based on Comstock Fuels’ industry-leading yields and decarbonizing impact, including:
SACL also has sites under negotiations in New Zealand and Malaysia.
Under the terms of Comstock Fuels’ agreement with SACL, Comstock Fuels will contribute site-specific technology rights in exchange for a 20% equity stake in each Bioleum Refinery, plus a royalty fee equal to 6% of each refinery’s sales of licensed products and engineering fees equal to 6% of total construction costs. At least one of the Bioleum Refineries will initially start with a capacity of 75,000 MTPY prior to scaling up to 250,000 MTPY or more, with early adopter royalty fees of 3% of sales and engineering fees equal to 3% of construction costs until scaling up to 250,000 MTPY, with an initial upfront payment of $2,500,000 payable upon execution of each applicable site-specific license agreement for each refinery.
The four planned Bioleum Refineries will have an estimated total construction cost of over $4.0 billion and produce approximately 280 million gallons per year of gasoline, sustainable aviation fuel, and other renewable fuels from lignocellulosic biomass (on a gasoline gallon equivalent basis, or GGE), and about another 180 million GGE from vegetable oils, with over $3.0 billion per year in sales at current prices.
Comstock Fuels offers advanced lignocellulosic biomass refining solutions that produce market-leading yields of cellulosic ethanol, gasoline, renewable diesel, sustainable aviation fuel, and other renewable fuels at extremely low carbon intensities. The Comstock Fuels process generally involves:
The first five of these processes are proven to produce up to 125 GGEs per dry metric ton of feedstock (on a gasoline gallon equivalent basis), depending on feedstock, lignin content, site conditions, and other process parameters, with extremely low carbon intensity scores of 15.
“Comstock Fuels’ breakthrough yields unlock an abundant, available, and efficient feedstock source that enables extraordinary new opportunities for renewable fuels project developers, especially given the ongoing global surge in demand for sustainable aviation fuel,” said Garry Millar, SACL’s Founder and Director. “Comstock’s process uses reliable, available equipment and standard refining processes to convert woody and woody-like biomass, such as purpose-grown eucalyptus and Hexas’ XanoGrass™ into renewable intermediates and fuels that leverage existing supply chains. We are pleased to have these definitive agreements completed, including the expansion into Malaysia, and we are looking forward to working with David and the expanded local team to develop our growing portfolio of projects.”
“SACL’s team has continued advancing and expanding their projects, and I look forward to meeting with Garry next week in Australia, as we collaborate and advance all of our mutual objectives in Asia,”* stated David Winsness, President of Comstock Fuels. “The prospective site in New Zealand is truly outstanding.”
SACL is a Singapore-based project development and management company that intends to develop renewable energy projects in Australia, New Zealand, and Vietnam.
Comstock Fuels (“Comstock Fuels”) delivers advanced lignocellulosic biomass refining solutions that set industry benchmarks for the production of cellulosic ethanol, gasoline, renewable diesel, sustainable aviation fuel (“SAF”), and other renewable Bioleum™ fuels, with extremely low carbon intensity scores of 15 and market-leading yields of up to 140 gallons per dry metric ton of feedstock (on a gasoline gallon equivalent basis, or “GGE”), depending on feedstock, site conditions, and other process parameters.
Comstock Fuels plans to contribute to domestic energy dominance by directly building, owning, and operating a network of Bioleum Refineries in the U.S. to produce about 200 million barrels of renewable fuel per year by 2035.
Comstock Inc. (NYSE: LODE) innovates and commercializes technologies that contribute to energy abundance by efficiently extracting and converting underutilized natural resources into renewable fuels and electrification metals. Comstock’s innovations group is also developing artificial intelligence technologies for advanced materials development and sustainable mining.
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