Natural Nano : The Future is Now

NaturalNano Inc. is based in Rochester, New York and was founded in 2004 to discover, refine, and commercialize naturally occurring nanoscale materials.

The Company's near-term goal is to make commercial quantities of high-quality naturally occurring nanotubes -- along with licenses based on the Company's proprietary technologies -- available for a wide variety of uses. These include applications in engineered plastics and polymers, cosmetics and other personal care products, absorbent materials, and electronic components. More than 200 applications have been identified.

Natural nanotubes

Patents have been filed covering these applications, and additional patents are pending for processing and classification technologies being developed by NaturalNano to extract, separate, and classify nanomaterials such as the nanoporous nanotubes found in halloysite clay.

Halloysite nanotubes are hollow tubes with high aspect ratios that are tens to hundreds of nanometers (billionths of a meter) in diameter, with lengths typically ranging from about 500 nanometers to over 1.2 microns (millionths of a meter). Their unique geometry enables them to be used for storing, delivering and controlling the release of various chemicals and materials, making possible a wide range of commercial applications. NaturalNano has identified additional applications, not yet publicly disclosed, for these unique and abundantly available materials.

Proprietary processing

Atlas Mining (OTC BB: ALMI) has the largest known commercial halloysite clay deposit in North America. Halloysite clay found at Atlas' Dragon Mine in Utah contains some of the world's richest content of nanotubes. NaturalNano has an initial contract for 500 tons of processed nanotubes, extracted from clay from the Dragon Mine. The Company's arrangement with Atlas Mining allows for placing NaturalNano's proprietary processing techniques at Atlas' facilities for nanotube separation and extraction.

NaturalNano will provide refined halloysite nanotubes, along with licenses to the Company's proprietary technologies, to commercial firms in the polymers and plastics, cosmetics, absorbents, and electronics industries.

The Company's strong patent portfolio, including the rights to multiple patents covering processes, compositions, and derivatives, will enable it to realize maximum value in the marketplace for the unique attributes of these nanotubes. Naturally occurring halloysite nanotubes are readily available in quantity, environmentally benign, and generally regarded as safe.

Halloysite nanotubes are available to academic, government, and commercial prospective customers and business partners. NaturalNano is engaged in several unannounced business alliances with other organizations to develop and bring its nanomaterials to market.

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