PyroGenesis Canada Inc. announced that, further to its press release dated April 20, which provided an update on its Aluminum Business offerings, the Company has undertaken a joint evaluation (the "Agreement") with a major manufacturer (the "Client"), to test PyroGenesis' zero-emission plasma torches in their scrap remelting and holding furnaces for the aluminum industry. The name of the Client remains anonymous for confidentiality reasons. This Agreement outlines, amongst other things, the first step being a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) study to gather pre-test data and evaluate plasma for use in furnaces serving the secondary aluminum market: i.e., aluminum producers who re-melt and re-sell scrap and recycled aluminum.

PyroGenesis has already received a purchase order for the CFD study which is well underway, and additional next steps are already being planned. The Client is one of the largest manufacturers of industrial furnaces around the world, with an almost 100-year legacy, who supplies industrial furnaces and engineering/metallurgical solutions - for virtually all process steps – to the aluminum, steel, and mining industries.