BioteQ Secures Contract Extension at Raglan Mine

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Nov. 11, 2013) - BioteQ Environmental Technologies Inc. (TSX:BQE), a leader in industrial wastewater treatment, has secured a three year contract extension for water treatment services at the Glencore Raglan Mine site. BioteQ designed and operates two nickel removal plants applying its proprietary technologies - a ChemSulphide® plant owned by BioteQ and a Met-IX™ plant owned by Glencore - to treat mining effluent for environmental compliance. In addition, BioteQ also provides operating services to Glencore for an adjacent lime treatment facility. BioteQ has been providing operating services at the Raglan site for the past 10 years.

Jonathan Wilkinson, BioteQ's Chief Executive Officer stated, "We are pleased to have reached an agreement with Glencore to extend the current operating agreement. We have had a very positive and productive relationship with the Raglan site over the past decade and we look forward to continuing with and building on this collaboration going forward."

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BioteQ is an innovative clean technology leader in global industrial water treatment, serving the mining and energy markets. The company's proven technologies have been applied at sites around the world to recover dissolved metals and remove sulphate, producing clean water and eliminating residual waste. BioteQ is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada and trades on the TSX under the symbol BQE. Please visit our website at www.bioteq.ca for additional information.

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