Orbite files a motion against insurer to receive indemnification payment

MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC--(Marketwired - Nov. 15, 2017) - Orbite Technologies Inc. (NEX:ORT.H) ("Orbite" or the "Company") announced today it has filed a motion with the Québec Superior Court (the "CCAA Court") for the issuance of certain orders against Royal Sun Alliance ("RSA"), Orbite's insurer for its Machinery and Business Interruption policies (the "Insurance Policies"). The motion is namely for the payment of approximately $23.3 million to recover the costs associated with repairing the heating element system of the calcination equipment and the fixed costs incurred during the downtime experienced.

As indicated in its press release of March 31, 2017, claims were filed with RSA under the Insurance Policies. The claims were amended over the course of the summer to account for the additional costs incurred by the Company. To date, Orbite has been unable to obtain payment from RSA for the claims made under the Insurance Policies.

There can be no assurance that the motion will be granted in favour of the Company or that the CCAA Court will order the full amount of the claims set forth in the motion to be paid to the Company.

About Orbite

Orbite Technologies Inc. is a Canadian cleantech company whose innovative and proprietary processes are expected to produce alumina and other high-value products, such as rare earth and rare metal oxides, at one of the lowest costs in the industry, and in a sustainable fashion, using feedstocks that include aluminous clay, kaolin, nepheline, bauxite, red mud, fly ash as well as serpentine residues from chrysotile processing sites. Orbite is currently in the process of finalizing its first commercial high-purity alumina (HPA) production plant in Cap-Chat, Québec and has completed the basic engineering for a proposed smelter-grade alumina (SGA) production plant, which would use clay mined from its Grande-Vallée deposit. The Company's portfolio contains 15 intellectual property families, including 44 patents and 38 pending patent applications in 11 different countries and regions. The first intellectual property family is patented in Canada, USA, Australia, Japan and Russia. The Company also operates a state of the art technology development center in Laval, Québec, where its technologies are developed and validated.

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