BioteQ Environmental Technologies Inc. (TSX:BQE) starts trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) today, May 29, 2007.
The original listing on the TSX is in the Mining category of 61,033,056 common shares issued and outstanding and 9,855,054 common shares reserved for issuance.
BioteQ treats acid contaminated water, with concurrent recovery of saleable metals, through the use of its patented BioSulphide® Process and related sulphide technologies. In addition, the company has developed new technology, Sulf-IX, for the removal and control of sulphate in industrial wastewater to meet new sulphate regulations worldwide.
Focused on the mining industry, BioteQ has partnered with leading metal producers including Phelps Dodge (Freeport), Breakwater, INCO (CVRD-INCO), Aditya Birla, Jiangxi Copper, Codelco, Molymet and Xstrata as well as utilities operator EPCOR Water Services, to finance, design, build and operate mine site water treatment plants which recover saleable metals and valuable co-products in addition to meeting ever stricter environmental regulations.