Migao reports receipt of patent

Toronto-Migao Corp. said May 6 that it has received a patent protecting the company’s process for producing potassium nitrate. Patent number 2005100212241 has been issued by the State Bureau of Intellectual Property Rights of China to Sichuan Migao for its Double Decomposition Process, a method of producing potassium nitrate and ammonium chloride. Sichuan Migao, one of Migao’s wholly owned subsidiaries operating in Chengdu, Sichuan Province in China, produces 80,000 mt of potassium nitrate annually. The national patent has been granted for the Double Decomposition Process of producing potassium nitrate and ammonium chloride using potassium chloride and ammonium nitrate. The nature of the patent related to a re-circulating vaporization and crystallization process under specific temperature and pressure conditions. “This is an important accomplishment for Migao as a quality leader in our industry. This has been a lengthy and thorough process and I congratulate our R&D staff for their success in this achievement,” said Mr. Liu Guocai, Migao’s CEO. “This patent protects our economic efficiency and environmentally responsible process, as well as the ability to consistently and accurately deliver high quality products, which is most important to our customers.”