Orbite’s unique technologies for extracting metallurgical-grade alumina (the normal feedstock for aluminum smelters) from aluminous clay are well positioned to replace a significant portion of the higher-cost alumina Québec smelters import annually, and to set the stage for potential exports. Québec is the world’s third-largest producer of aluminum. Technology validated In February 2011, Orbite’s alumina extraction pilot plant in Cap-Chat, supported by Aluminerie Alouette, the largest aluminum smelter in the Americas, as well by government and private investors, produced its first tonne of high-purity alumina in one day. One billion tonnes of feedstock Orbite owns 100% of the mining rights on its 6,441-hectare Grande-Vallée property, the site of an aluminous clay deposit located 32 km northeast of Murdochville, Québec. A NI 43-101-compliant technical report on the disclosure of information relating to mineral projects in Canada indicates that the clay deposit at the Grande-Vallée property contains, conservatively estimating a density of 2 tonnes per cubic metre, 800 million to 1 billion tonnes of “indicated mineral resources” in the first 100 metres depth of the Marin sector alone. The property is strategically located near several deepwater ports and across the St. Lawrence River from the province’s major aluminum smelters.