Expander Energy Secures Biomass Supply for Mackenzie Biofuel Project

Calgary, Alberta — November 28, 2025 — Leads & Copy — Expander Energy Inc. has signed a letter of intent with East Fraser Fiber Co. Ltd. to secure biomass feedstock and land for the Mackenzie Biofuel Project, a proposed Biomass Electrolysis to Liquids (BETL®) Bio-Synfuel facility in Mackenzie, British Columbia.

The facility will use BETL® technology to convert 84,000 dry tonnes per year of forestry wood waste into 30 million liters per year of renewable diesel, renewable naphtha and bio-wax. The life cycle carbon intensity of the fuel is expected to be 80% lower than fossil equivalents, potentially reaching as low as 14 gCO2e/MJ, according to the BC Low Carbon Fuels Branch (BCLCFS) GHGenius LCA model. The biofuel production is intended to displace fossil-derived fuels like diesel and aviation fuel, with a possible net avoidance of up to 90,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide annually.

Expander will also assess the potential to scale the Mackenzie Biofuel Project to process 336,000 tonnes of dry biomass annually to produce 120 million liters per year of Bio-Synfuel, potentially avoiding 360,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year.

With growing global demand for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), Expander is working with strategic partners from the aviation industry to assess initial market interest in producing 18 million liters per year of Synthetic Paraffinic Kerosene (FT-SPK), with a potential opportunity to expand SAF production to 72 million liters per year. The Mackenzie Biofuel Project aims to be the first facility in British Columbia and Canada to use forestry wood waste biomass (cellulose) for low carbon clean fuel production, which could meet much of British Columbia’s short-term SAF target.

Expander also announced that community and Indigenous leaders and organizations, including the McLeod Lake Indian Band (MLIB) and the District of Mackenzie (Mackenzie), have provided letters of support for further development of the project.

Expander aims to secure funding early in 2026 and begin production by 2029. Natural Resources Canada through the Clean Fuels Fund program supported a feasibility study that identified the Mackenzie site. The Clean Fuels Fund has also supported the Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) study, expected to be complete in early 2026, which will provide a facility design, cost, schedule and business plan.

Steve Kresnyak, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Expander Energy Inc., stated the company is on track to complete the fully funded $8 million FEED study by Q1 2026, with land and feedstock secured, and strong support from key community and Indigenous leaders. Dr. Stephen Bushby, CNL’s Vice-President of Science and Technology, commented that the new supply agreement brings the technology another step closer to the production of economical, ready-to-deploy, renewable fuels.

Ante Cirko, Vice President - East Fraser Fiber Co. Ltd., said that East Fraser Fiber sees the production of Biomass-based E-fuels as an important compliment to existing commercial operations in the Mackenzie BC area, with the potential for additional facilities at other Parallel Lumber Group facilities in Canada and the USA.

Chief Harley Chingee, MacLeod Lake Indian Band, said that the MacLeod Lake Indian Band is committed to environmentally responsible development of natural resources within their traditional lands that are consistent with the values of the Tse’khene people and provide significant economic opportunities.

Mayor Joan Atkinson, District of Mackenzie, said that the Mackenzie Bio-Synfuels facility is a huge step forward in promoting economic growth for their community and the region and will also provide additional support to their forest industry with their utilization of forest harvesting residuals.

Contact Information:
Gord N. Crawford, P.Eng. - President and CEO
g.crawford@expanderenergy.com 780-966-4673

Source: Expander Energy Inc.

Source: Expander Energy Inc.