Statement re Water Project

RNS Number:2155K
MicroFuze International plc
18 December 2007

MicroFuze International Plc announces progress on the Water Project for Western
                             Utilities Corporation



                               December 18, 2007



Directors of MicroFuze International plc (MFZ) are pleased to announce that its
wholly-owned subsidiary, Western Utilities Corporation ("WUC"), has successfully
completed infrastructure preparation of the Pilot Plants construction sites.
This work includes the site clearing and laying of foundations, as well as the
installation of the fencing, electrical and water supplies to the respective
pilot plants.



Construction of the Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) pilot
plant (using the CSIR designed process) is positive and the work is on schedule
and on budget.  Procurement and delivery of all major pieces of equipment have
been completed and the start-up chemicals are already on site.  Final
construction of piping and installation of cabling is continuing.  Commissioning
of the plant is scheduled for completion in January 2008.



The procurement and delivery of all major equipment for the SAVMIN plant (using
a patented process licensed from Mintek, and designed and constructed by
Atomaer) has also been finalised, with the exception of the structural steel
work, which has been subject to some supplier delays.  Finalisation and
commissioning of this plant is scheduled for February 2008.



At the same time the Board is pleased to announce the conclusion of a Water
Treatment Plant Management Agreement between WUC and Mogale Gold.  This
agreement entails WUC taking management responsibility for the treatment of Acid
Mine Drainage (AMD) on behalf of Mogale Gold, for use in its own processes and
for the discharge of excess water.  WUC has partnered with a leading engineering
group, Africon Engineering in South Africa, to supply specialised technical
skills.  This agreement will realise the first revenue generated for WUC in
January 2008, which is significantly ahead of anticipated revenue generation
from existing activities.




For further information:
MicroFuze International plc                                                          www.microfuze.com
Peter Marks, Chairman                                                         Tel: +44 (0)20 7016 5100
Doug Parrish, Chief Executive                                                 Tel: +44 (0)20 7016 5100
parrish@microfuze.com                                                        Mob: +44 (0) 7789 373 292

Jaco Schoeman, Executive Director                                                 Mob: +27 829 050 764

Nominated Adviser: Nabarro Wells & Co Limited
Hugh Oram                                                                     Tel: +44 (0)20 7710 7400



Media enquiries:
Positive Profile
Henry Gewanter                                                               Tel: +44 (0)20 7489 2028
HenryG@PositiveProfile.com                                                 Mob: + 44 (0)7774 22 88 45






Notes to Editors:



MicroFuze International plc

MicroFuze is a metals technology company which owns, through its 85% owned
subsidiary MicroFuze Americas, Inc., the sole licence to commercialise the US
Department of Energy's patented process for Microwave Diffusion Treatment ("MDT
") discovered by their Oak Ridge, Tennessee Nuclear Research Facility.  The US
Department of Energy retains a 10% interest in MicroFuze Americas and Harley
Grant, the Oak Ridge inventor of the process, holds the remaining 5% of
MicroFuze Americas shares.

Because MDT is quicker, cheaper and cleaner than all known existing surface
treatments of metals, it provides significant physical, economic and
environmental advantages. MDT can make cheap steel nearly impenetrable and has a
large number of potential uses for parts, components and accessories which
require hardening, lubricity, wear resistance and corrosion protection.
Industries that will benefit from MDT include power generation, automotive,
aeronautical and general manufacturing in a global market worth US$6 billion
annually.

MicroFuze also owns 100% of Western Utilities Corporation (Pty) Ltd (WUC), a
newly-formed venture to build a state-of-the-art water treatment plant in the
Witwatersrand Basin of West Rand, South Africa to clean Acid Mine Drainage (AMD)
from gold mines and then re-sell tbe cleaned water to third parties (chiefly
nearby platinum mines with major expansion strategies).

The plant will be capable of processing up to 75 Mega Litres of water per day,
relieving the growing pressure on existing potable and industrial water
resources in Johannesburg's fast-developing West Rand and eliminating the risk
of water damage to an environmentally-sensitive site caused by more than a
century of gold mining activity.



CSIR

Integrated Barium Sulphide process consisting of preliminary treatment with
lime, sulphate precipitation as barium sulphate, H2S-stripping, crystallization
of CaCO3, and recovery of barium sulphide.



SAVMIN

Uses a calcium/aluminium precipitation process carrying out multiple
precipitation steps through the addition of lime and aluminium hydroxide (A1(OH)
3).  The SAVMIN system has been effectively demonstrated on mine waste in South
Africa, reducing sulphate from 600 to 800 mg/L to below 200 mg/L.






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