MagneGas Signs Letter of Intent to Purchase Coal Combustion Technology Company with 2015 Revenue In Excess of $14 Million

TAMPA, Florida, November 10, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --

MagneGas Corporation ("MagneGas" or the "Company") (MNGA) a leading clean technology company that counts among its inventions a patented process that converts renewable and liquid waste into MagneGas2® fuel, announced today that it has entered into a non-binding Letter of Intent to purchase all of the outstanding capital stock of a privately held coal combustion environmental technology company.

The coal combustion company has historically generated consistent revenue growth with meaningful profitability and has been in business for more than 20 years.  The company services some of the largest utility companies in the United States, and has benefitted from very high customer loyalty. They are working with strategic partners to grow the technology platform globally and are developing international markets.

MagneGas believes there are significant synergies with this transaction related to our common customers and complimentary product offerings.  In addition, MagneGas believes the coal combustion company brings multiple new customer opportunities for the MagneGas technology and related applications. It is anticipated that the transaction will close on or about January 31, 2017.

"We have identified several acquisition targets that we believe are synergistic to our mission that will add accretive value to the top line and bottom line with a focus on fundamentals. We believe that the acquisition of this coal combustion technology company will bring significant value to MagneGas through their product offerings, common marquee customers, and real world combustion expertise with power companies.  This acquisition, if closed, will be a major milestone for MagneGas in terms of revenue and growth potential.  Both management teams feel strongly that the combined companies will bring significant shareholder value," stated Ermanno Santilli, CEO of MagneGas Corporation.

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About MagneGas Corporation  

MagneGas® Corporation (MNGA) owns a patented process that converts various renewables and liquid wastes into MagneGas fuels. These fuels can be used as an alternative to natural gas or for metal cutting. The Company's testing has shown that its metal cutting fuel "MagneGas2®" is faster, cleaner and more productive than other alternatives on the market. It is also cost effective and safe to use with little changeover costs.  The Company currently sells MagneGas2® into the metal working market as a replacement to acetylene.

The Company also sells equipment for the sterilization of bio-contaminated liquid waste for various industrial and agricultural markets. In addition, the Company is developing a variety of ancillary uses for MagneGas® fuels utilizing its high flame temperature for co-combustion of hydrocarbon fuels and other advanced applications.  For more information on MagneGas®, please visit the Company's website at http://www.MagneGas.com.

The Company distributes MagneGas2® through Independent Distributors in the U.S and through its wholly owned distributor, ESSI (Equipment Sales and Services, Inc.). ESSI has four locations in Florida and distributes MagneGas2®, industrial gases and welding supplies. For more information on ESSI, please visit the company's website at http://www.weldingsupplytampa.com

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS 

This press release contains forward-looking statements as defined within Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  These statements relate to future events, including our ability to raise capital, or to our future financial performance, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements since they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which are, in some cases, beyond our control and which could, and likely will, materially affect actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Any forward-looking statement reflects our current views with respect to future events and is subject to these and other risks, uncertainties and assumptions relating to our operations, results of operations, growth strategy and liquidity. We assume no obligation to publicly update or revise these forward-looking statements for any reason, or to update the reasons actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future. The Company is currently using virgin vegetable oil to produce fuel while it configures its systems to properly process waste within local regulatory requirements.

For a discussion of these risks and uncertainties, please see our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Our public filings with the SEC are available from commercial document retrieval services and at the website maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov.

Investor Contacts:
KCSA Strategic Communications
Philip Carlson
+1-212-896-1233
[email protected]

SOURCE MagneGas Corporation