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International Zeolite Corp
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Close 2022-08-19 C$ 0.18
Market Cap C$ 6,928,103
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International Zeolite appoints chief science officer

2022-08-23 17:14 ET - News Release

Mr. Ray Paquette reports

INTERNATIONAL ZEOLITE ANNOUNCES DR.SC. RODRIGUEZ-FUENTES AS CHIEF SCIENCE OFFICER

International Zeolite Corp. has appointed Dr. Gerardo Rodriguez-Fuentes as chief science officer (CSO) and a member of the executive management team. In this role, Dr. Rodriguez-Fuentes will be responsible for envisioning and developing zeolite value-added products and solutions for International Zeolite and its customers.

Dr. Rodriguez-Fuentes is recognized as one of the world's foremost scientific leaders in the area of natural zeolite commercial and industrial applications. Dr. Rodriguez-Fuentes holds a doctorate in science and a PhD in physics. His science dissertation focused on natural zeolite engineering: development of new materials and their utilization technologies. He has designed and developed the NEREA technology and products for agriculture, zeolitic active principles for human drug formulations, and microporous materials for environmental remediation, all based on the physical-chemical properties of natural zeolite.

Dr. Rodriguez-Fuentes has over 42 years of experience in natural zeolite science. He has published 143 scientific articles and 3,022 citations, presented at 180 scientific conferences, published nine books and monographs, and holds four patents, eight industrial secrets, 10 transferred technologies, three agriculture products registered, one drug registered, one sanitary registration and nine trademarks. According to AD Scientific Index 2022, he is ranked No. 1 in Cuba and No. 98 in Latin America in metallurgical and material engineering. He created the natural zeolite engineering (NatZEng) methodology and tutored 12 PhD theses on the subject. To name just a few assignments, Dr. Rodriguez-Fuentes is the main consultant of the zeolite development program of the Republic of Cuba; a full member of the Academy of Science of Cuba and emeritus researcher of Cuba by the University of Havana; a member of the National Commission of Scientific Degree, Cuba; and the head of the natural zeolite engineering laboratory and consultancy firm NatZEng. Dr. Rodriguez-Fuentes has been deputy director of Materials Science and Technology Institute (IMRE), University of Havana, and research and development director of the Experimental Centre of Application of Zeolite, Mexico. He was a guest professor at the University Montpellier 2, France; faculty of engineering at University of Western Ontario; Northern British Columbia University; and Medical University of Vienna, Austria. Currently, he is a member of the Natural Zeolite Commission of the International Zeolite Association (IZA) and member of the committee on nominations of the International Natural Zeolite Association (INZA).

Mark Pearlman, president and chief operating officer of International Zeolite, stated: "Good companies have great products. Great companies have great talent and great products. With Dr. Rodriguez-Fuentes as the leading member of our IZ team, we will have a competitive advantage in the development of new products and solutions using natural zeolites as the foundation in agriculture and clean technology."

About International Zeolite Corp.

International Zeolite's mission is to produce a line of high-value top-tier performance natural zeolite products and solutions. The company believes that real change comes from the ground up. Its focused aim is to utilize the naturally occurring zeolite mineral to innovate commercial agriculture, industry and consumer practices that outperform their competition, and are better for the environment and world populations. Its purpose-driven zeolite solutions represent a new era of earth-conscious environmental science that will relentlessly seek to transform agriculture, industry and households to safer, sustainable, superior means of operation.

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