UNICO INCORPORATED (AZ) (fka UNCO)

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Press Release Source: Unico, Inc. Unico, Inc. Reports Additional Reconstruction of the Mill and Processing Facility at the Deer Trail Mine Issued Wednesday November 1, 9:00 am ET SAN DIEGO, CA--(MARKET WIRE)--Nov. 1, 2006--Unico, Incorporated (OTC BB: UCOI), a natural resource company in the precious metals mining sector, today announced additional progress on reconstruction at the mill and processing facility at the Deer Trail Mine in Marysvale, Utah. A new photo gallery showing the recent construction has been added to the “Media” section Unico website at www.unicomining.com/news/othermedia.php. Among the pictures added to the new reconstruction photo gallery are several that show placement and assembly of equipment at the facility, construction of a new building that will house the thickener tanks and filtration, surveying of the existing tailings pond, and installation of electric and control panels for the facility. Jean Duvall, the millwright contracted to inspect the ball mill and supervise improvements, is on site to oversee the parts installation and completion of the ball mill. New rubber ball mill liners, which replaced the worn-out steel liners, were fabricated, delivered to the site and will be installed by representatives from Weir Minerals North America Rubber Engineering (www.weirminerals.com) who are also now on site at the Deer Trail property. Rubber liners tend to last two to three times longer than steel liners and will provide several additional advantages, including an expected 15% reduction of the company’s electric bill and allow the ball-mill to run much more quietly, enhancing mill communications and the environment. The screening of stockpiled material at the upper Deer Trail Mine is continuing, and the screened material is being moved to the mill in preparation for further processing. The stockpiled material comes from approximately 20,000 tons of material, which was mined over several decades in the first half of the 20 th century. In total, the company has identified approximately 80,000 tons of material from this area, which it plans to screen and process at the Deer Trail mill facility. Historically, the material mined in this area has contained economical values of both gold and silver. Both the screening operations and the reconstruction of the mill and processing facility is being undertaken so that Unico’s wholly owned mining subsidiary, Deer Trail Mining Company, Inc. can begin processing the stockpiles of material on site and start producing concentrates to sell in fulfillment of a five-year purchase contract with PGM, LLC, a private subsidiary of Polymet Corporation. “The upgrades being made to the mill and processing facility at the Deer Trail Mine are expected to improve the facility’s efficiency and performance by removing outdated equipment and parts and replacing them with technologically superior ones,” stated Mark A. Lopez, chief executive officer of Unico, Inc. “We are pleased with the reconstruction efforts thus far and are looking forward to the completion of the mill facility and establishing revenues from its operation.”