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First DynaPower Metal Cleaning Sales Into Two Markets

23 February 1999

DynaMotive Announces First DynaPower Metal Cleaning Sales Into the California and South American Markets

    VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 23 -- DynaMotive
Technologies Corporation announced today that it has received
two orders for its DynaPower acid free, ultrasonic wire cleaning system from
Conex Cable, Inc. in Dublin, California, and from Suralform, Inc., a wholly
owned subsidiary of Sural C.A. in Venezuela.  Details of the sales announced
today include:

    -- Conex Cable, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi.  The
       DynaPower system will be used to clean high value specialty wire.

    -- Suralform, Inc. has ordered a high speed DynaPower system for cleaning
       aluminum-clad steel (AS) wire manufactured in Venezuela using the
       "ConClad" process which produces an aluminum clad layer on top of
       the high carbon steel core.  The system ordered by Suralform, Inc. is
       similar to that recently sold to Intral in Princeville, Quebec.  AS
       wire is used by electric utilities in high voltage transmission towers
       to carry fibre optic cables for high speed Internet, telephone and
       cable transmissions.

    Commenting on the sales, DynaPower Vice President and GM David Miller
said, "These sales represent a significant breakthrough for our technology
into new markets and the achievement of key milestones in our growth strategy.
    "The sale to Conex Cable, Inc. is a beachhead into a large and quickly
expanding California market where our technology is very competitive with
heavily regulated acid and chemical metal cleaning systems.  The sale to
Suralform, Inc. is also significant.  It is our first order from South America
which has a large wire industry that is becoming increasingly aware of the
need for an environmentally friendly industrial cleaning process."  Both
companies require exceptional levels of cleanliness and the elimination of
acids and caustics in the cleaning process, qualities only the DynaPower
system can provide.
    "Our objective in the DynaPower Business Unit is to target high value
niche markets within the wire industry," Miller added.  "This will position
us to capture increased market share in the industrial metal cleaning
industry, not only in Canada and the US, but also in Europe, Latin America and
Asia."

    DynaMotive Technologies Corporation develops and commercializes
technologies that improve industrial efficiency and solve major environmental
problems.  The DynaPower Business Unit markets its patented ultrasonic and
electrolytic cleaning systems to the wire manufacturing industry to remove
lubricants and oxides and provide a metal surface that is clean, dry, pH
neutral and adaptable for various industry applications.  The cost effective
technology produces exceptional surface cleanliness at high speeds while
totally eliminating the use of acids, caustics and solvents traditionally used
by the industry.  Commercial systems have now been sold in seven countries in
North and South America, Europe and Asia.  DynaPower and DynaSonics are
registered trademarks.
    The Company's BioOil Business Unit is commercializing a unique,
waste-to-energy technology that converts low value forest and agricultural
waste into liquid BioOil.  This clean burning liquid fuel can be used as a
substitute for fossil fuels to generate "green" power.  The initial focus will
be to package BioOil production technology with gas turbines and stationary
diesels in the under-20MW (megawatt) power market.

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or future economic performance; anticipated profitability, revenues, expenses,
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expectations as to any future events, conditions, performance or other
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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.