ADURO CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES INC.

TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION

Aduro's mission is to develop and commercialize applications based on its novel, patent-protected Hydrochemolytic platform that enables the transformation of lower-value feedstocks into higher-value chemicals and fuels. In doing so, the Company believes it addresses important and pressing issues faced by the global community. Originally conceived to radically enhance aspects of petroleum processing, the patent protected technology is based on leveraging unique properties of water to achieve two important outcomes. First is the transformation of intractable post-consumer plastics and tire rubber, as well as renewable oils and bitumen, into manageable liquid intermediates. Then follows their stabilization by the generation of a latent form of hydrogen derived from cheap, non-petroleum sources such as biomass ("H-source"). This second step performs the function of decades-old processes that rely on fossil-fuel-derived molecular hydrogen applied at elevated temperatures and pressure in the presence of expensive catalysts. By contrast, HCT activates the renewable H-source under significantly milder conditions without the requirement for such catalysts.

In contrast with traditional approaches designed to process petroleum feedstocks, the Aduro HCT is highly efficient, operating at relatively low temperatures. This makes it significantly more environment-friendly than established alternatives like energy-intensive pyrolysis, water mediated pyrolysis, or gasification. It is also highly configurable, supporting stand-alone, distributed deployment on smaller scales in remote locations or integration with existing operations, from biodiesel and ethanol plants to facilities for waste collection and recycling, to petrochemical plants. Although the conversion of non-petroleum feedstocks could reduce the demand for oil, Aduro technology also offers the possibility for crude oil upgrading that is greener and cleaner. Instead of being a single-purpose technology, Aduro Hydrochemolytic chemical recycling platform solutions can be applied in multiple ways that have a reduced operational and environmental footprint, compared with traditional approaches. Equally important, it also reduces the environmental impact associated with petroleum production and processing, landfilling, waste incineration and gasification, and unscrupulous dumping in the oceans.

The core Hydrochemolytic technology developed by the Company's team of experienced scientists and engineers is highly versatile. Through their ingenuity and knowledge, they have enhanced and tuned it to address problems in three important techno-commercial sectors.