China GengSheng Minerals Awarded $2.1 Million Fracture Proppant Contract

GONGYI, China, Aug. 24 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China GengSheng Minerals, Inc. (AMEX: CHGS), a leading China-based high-tech industrial materials manufacturer producing heat resistant, energy efficient materials for a variety of industrial applications, today announced that it has secured a $2.1 million contract for its fracture proppant products with AMSAT International, a cutting edge technology company based in Orlando, Florida, specializing in advanced ceramics. Product shipments under this contact are expected to commence during the third quarter of 2010 and continue through the end of the year.

Mr. Shunqing Zhang, China GengSheng's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer stated, "The demand for these type of products are becoming increasingly international which truly speaks to our array of diverse mineral and product mixes. While refractories still represent the majority of our business, this contract award speaks to the quality of our fracture proppant products that are increasingly gaining awareness as an international product in its niche market."

About China GengSheng Minerals, Inc.

China GengSheng Minerals, Inc. ("GengSheng") develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of high-tech industrial material products, including monolithic refractories, industrial ceramics and fracture proppants. A market leader offering customized solutions, GengSheng sells its products primarily to the iron-and-steel industry as heat-resistant components for steel-making furnaces, industrial kilns and other high-temperature vessels to guarantee and improve the productivity of those expensive pieces of equipment while reducing their consumption of energy. Founded in 1986 and based in China's Henan province, GengSheng currently has over 200 customers in the iron, steel, oil, glass, cement, aluminum and chemical businesses located in China and other countries. GengSheng conducts business through GengSheng International Corporation, a British Virgin Islands company, and its Chinese subsidiaries, which are Henan GengSheng Refractories Co., Ltd., Zhengzhou Duesail Fracture Proppant Co., Ltd., Henan GengSheng Micronized Powder Materials Co., Ltd, Guizhou SouthEast Prefecture Co., Ltd., GengSheng New Materials Co., Ltd, and Henan GengSheng High Temperature Materials Co., Ltd.

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