PROGRESSIVE PLANET SOLUTIONS INC (PLAN)

[Sam Dan]

NEW ZEOLITE PRODUCT FOR THE BC POULTRY INDUSTRY, Z-1 ZEOLITE SALES COMMENCE IN NORTH OKANAGAN

Ashburton Ventures Inc. has made sales made directly from a storage and packaging facility in Vernon, B.C. The customers are utilizing the zeolite as a new bedding application.

The British Columbia poultry industry, which contributes $883-million to the Canadian GDP (gross domestic product), according to the BC Chicken Marketing Board, currently utilizes wood shavings as its primary animal bedding in production barns. The new zeolite product addresses the age-old problem of odour and dampness, which negatively affect flock health.

"We are pleased to commence sales to the Okanagan poultry industry," said LuVerne Hogg, Ashburton operator and chief executive officer of ZMM Canada Minerals Corp. "We're currently filling orders with one-tonne bulk bags and will have further packaging options -- including one-tonne pallets loaded with 10- and 20-kilogram bags -- available in coming weeks."

Ashburton president David Gdanski added: "We have reached the important milestone of making sales from a distribution hub in Vernon. As a company, it is tremendously rewarding to be building a customer base and distribution network."

Ashburton Ventures is a Canadian-based junior exploration company focused on Canadian mineral projects in Quebec and British Columbia, Canada.