HTC Purenergy graduates to Tier 1

Regina, Saskatchewan, September 23, 2008 – HTC Purenergy (“HTC”) announced that the TSX Venture Exchange Inc. has approved its graduation from a Tier 2 Issuer to a Tier 1 Issuer. Tier 1 is the Exchange’s premier tier and is reserved for the Exchange’s most advanced Issuers with the most significant financial resources.

We are pleased to announce this graduation of Issuer status to Tier 1 of the TSX Venture Exchange” stated Lionel Kambeitz, Chairman and CEO. “With our strategic partnerships and continued product development relationship with the world renowned International Test Centre for CO 2 Capture and the University of Regina, HTC continues to strengthen its business, and further its commercialization of CO 2 capture/storage technologies for Enhanced Oil Recovery and Geological Sequestration”, he continued.

 About HTC

HTC is a publically traded (HTC: TSX-V) energy technology company, that is commercializing CO 2 Capture and CO 2 Management Technology for power generation and other industrial CO 2 emitter facilities.

The TSX Venture Exchange Inc. does not take any responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of the information contained in this news release.

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