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DynaMotive Technologies Strengthens Senior Management Team

21 September 1998

DynaMotive Technologies Strengthens Senior Management Team For Next Stage of Growth

    VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 21 -- DynaMotive
Technologies Corporation today announced the appointment of
Jonathan Rhone as Vice President, Corporate Development and David Miller as
Vice President and General Manager, DynaPower, effective immediately.
    "We are pleased to welcome Jonathan Rhone and David Miller to DynaMotive,
two dynamic new additions to our senior management team," said Bayne Boyes,
DynaMotive President and Chief Executive Officer.  "These appointments further
strengthen the Company's senior management capabilities as it progresses from
research and development to full scale commercialization.  Jonathan brings a
strong set of strategic management and analytical skills to lead our
commercialization efforts and help position the company for the next round of
growth.  David has extensive marketing, operations and product development
experience in the metals industry that we need to advance commercialization of
our DynaPower technology which we believe is the best industrial metal
cleaning system in the world."
    Jonathan Rhone joins the Company as Vice President, Corporate Development,
responsible for product commercialization, market strategy and industrial
partnership development.  Jonathan comes to DynaMotive from the Delphi Group
where as Partner and Vice President for the past five years, he has worked
extensively with high tech companies, multinational corporations and
international agencies on a range of strategic management, market, technology
and financing initiatives.  Jonathan is also a senior advisor to the GLOBE
Foundation of Canada and founder of the EXCEL Partnership (Excellence in
Corporate Environmental Leadership), is co-publisher of Environmental Business
Canada and sits on the board of VanCity's new Regional Development
Corporation.  Prior to joining the Delphi Group, Jonathan was senior analyst
with Amoco Canada and Dome Petroleum in Calgary, Alberta.
    David Miller joins the Company as Vice President and General Manager of
the DynaPower Metal Cleaning Division, responsible for marketing and sales,
new DynaPower and DynaSonics product development and industrial partnerships.
David comes to DynaMotive from PRO-ECO, Ltd., an internationally respected
O.E.M. custom design machinery company serving the metal strip processing
industry with annual sales of over $100 million.  David was instrumental in
strategic initiatives that doubled PRO-ECO's business volume from $47 million
in 1994 to $100 million in 1996.  Prior to working at PRO-ECO, David was Vice
President of Operations at CO STEEL LASCO, a subsidiary of CO STEEL INC.
located in Whitby, Ontario.  The state of the art manufacturer of steel
products has annual sales of $300 million.  At CO STEEL LASCO, David helped
introduce 106 new products, generating $40 million in new sales revenue while
reducing costs and improving customer service.

    DynaMotive is a Vancouver based environmental high technology company
that has developed three core technologies: the BioMass Refinery family of
clean energy products derived from BioOil produced from recycled organic
waste; DynaPower(R) acid free metal cleaning systems; and motion control
actuator systems used for automotive stud welding.
    DynaMotive's mission is to be the world leader in the development and
production of BioOil and high value derivative products through creation of
partnerships with industry leaders.  The company strategically focused its
financial and human resources on scaling up and commercializing BioMass
Refinery technologies.
    Statements in this news release concerning the company's business outlook
or future economic performance; anticipated profitability, revenues, expenses,
or other financial items; and statements concerning assumptions made or
expectations as to any future events, conditions, performance or other
matters, are "forward-looking statements" as that term is defined under the
Federal Securities Laws.
    Forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other
factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those
stored in such statements.  Such risks, uncertainties and factors include, but
are not limited to, changes and delays in product development plans and
schedules, customer acceptance of new products, changes in pricing or other
actions by competitors, patents owned by the Company and its competitors, and
general economic conditions, as well as other risks detailed in the Company's
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.