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SCIDEV LTD Investor Presentation 2010

Jul 22, 2010

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ABN 25 001 150 849

Level 3 2 Elizabeth Plaza North Sydney NSW 2060 Australia PO Box 1507 North Sydney NSW 2059 Australia

Phone: 02-9954-7888 Fax: 02-8904-0334 Email: [email protected] Website: www.intec.com.au ASX code: INL

Companies Announcements Office 23 July 2010 Australian Securities Exchange

Intec Presentation to the Enviro 2010 Conference

As part of ongoing marketing and industry communication, Intec Ltd (ASX: INL) today delivers the attached presentation to the Enviro 2010 Conference in Melbourne, Victoria.

The Enviro 2010 Conference and Exhibition will be presented by 'Enviro Conventions' – a joint venture between the Australian Water Association and the Waste Management Association of Australia.

Furthermore, Intec was last night announced the runner-up for the "Sulo Innovation in Sustainability Award". The award recognises individuals, groups or companies who have recently completed a successful, innovative and sustainable project.

You can view Intec's Enviro 2010 conference paper in full, entitled 'Making Light Work of Heavy Metals' at www.intec.com.au.

Yours faithfully Intec Ltd

Philip R Wood Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

Operations: Recycling Heavy Metals at Burnie, Tasmania

Element Concentration inWaste FeedstockpH 10-11 Average Recoveryto Product Clear DischargeClear DischargeConcentrationpH 6-9
Lead 43 wt% >99% <10 mg/l
Iron 1.6 wt% >99% <10 mg/l
Copper 2.4 wt% >99% <10 mg/l
Tin 7.5 wt% >99% <10 mg/l
Nickel 8.7 wt% >99% <10 mg/l

Developing and Future Opportunities

  • Four waste recycling projects in China
  • Metal sludges, solids, filter cakes and waste waters
  • Metal wastewaters (chlorides, fluorides, sulphates, ammonia, etc)
  • Chromium wastes plating industry, timber industry 'CCA' (copper chrome arsenate), and more
  • Battery chemical wastes, particularly NiCad or NiMH
  • Acid mine drainage and mineral residues (jarosites, py , g ) rites, tailings)
  • Electronic wastes (lead from CRT monitors, precious metals from circuit boards)

General Challenges to Waste Industry Market Entrants

Waste Industry Structure: A Race to the Bottom

  • Small companies are typically not well resourced, either in terms of capital or human inputs.
  • The market is dominated by the big players, competing strongly on price.
  • Waste generally has only a negative effect on industry's bottom line.
  • New companies and technologies can be a threat to the status quo.

Limited Resources

  • Limited working capital capital.
  • New business needs to be self-sustaining as soon as possible.
  • Small companies can't afford to loss-lead or to make too many mistakes in developing and learning the business.
  • The commitment of human resources is disproportionately high for a small company. This requires careful selection among opportunities.

Challenges in Environmental Regulation

Assessment and Information

  • It can be difficult for regulators to assess the true merits of various options.
  • A goal of regulation is to foster best practice, but…
  • There are restrictions limiting the ability of regulators to foster communication between companies.
  • Information is gathered through mandatory reporting avenues, but is not collated or made available, even in non-identifying form.

State-Based Legislation

  • Environmental regulation is largely state-based and highly fragmented.
  • It can be difficult for small companies to operate or market in more than one or two jurisdictions, but smaller operations are less efficient.
  • Most states are happy to export wastes, few are happy to import.
  • It is in the common interest of the people, government and industry to find the best environmental outcomes at the lowest costs, within Australia.