[Bioconversion] the herbaceous pellet industry is setting roots

[Roger Samson]

See this press release below on a major new announcement. The herbaceous
pellet fuel industry from grasses is about to grow up the pellet industry
that wood pellets started into a major new global energy industry. Once the
bagasse is all used up, expect purpose grown grasses to be the next emerging
feedstock. We are starting in 2006 to grow purpose grown switchgrass for
pellets in eastern Canada as all the residues are disappearing fast.  With
$75/barrel oil and the futures market at $13/GJ for natural gas, $6-7/GJ
herbaceous pellets are looking pretty interesting to all users of heat
related energy. 

Roger Samson
www.reap-canada.com 
 

First American Scientific Corporation Announces Signing of Joint Venture
Agreement to Introduce KDS Technology in Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina
9:00 AM EDT April 18, 2006
Brian Nichols, President of First American Scientific Corp. (OTC BB: FASC)
is pleased to announce the signing of an agreement in principle to form a
joint venture to be named First American Scientific Brazil Ltda., with South
American Bio-Energy Corp Ltda of Uruguay and Bruno Industrial Ltda of Brazil
www.bruno.com.br for the manufacture, marketing, and operation of KDS
equipment in Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina. 

The first installation of a fully operational KDS system is planned to
commence operation in September 2006 as part of a new $US 50 million sugar
refinery and ethanol plant in Sao Paulo state. The KDS will process diverted
waste bagasse to a pelletizer and bagging house to create "bagasse pellets"
which will be burned in conventional pellet burners to create green energy.
The initial target will be to deliver 300,000 tonnes of pellets in the local
region, then to look beyond the borders of South America to Europe where an
order for 1,000,000 tonnes of pellets is anticipated. 

Brazil, the fourth largest country in the world, has an abundant supply of
biomass (bagasse) that is eliminated during the refining of sugar cane. With
the KDS, we can now capture overflow waste material and efficiently convert
it to a high BTU biomass pellets. Our Brazilian partner has identified 80
sugar refining operations in Brazil alone that will be suitable candidates
for our system. 

According to Mr. Nichols, "This ties in nicely with our recent announcement
of the signing of a distribution agreement with EnergyCabin
www.energycabin.com to market their pellet burning equipment in North and
South America, and also opens up opportunities in Asia where there is an
abundant supply of biomass that could be pelletized and sold through our
joint venture partners in Malaysia, Korea or Japan." 

Under the proposed joint venture, in addition to receiving a royalty on all
equipment sold and 50% of all profits, FASC will receive a royalty on every
ton of pellets produced in Brazil. FASC's contribution to FASBrazil will be
the exclusive license to the KDS while the Brazilian partners must provide
all required startup capital until FASB achieves positive cash flow. 

This is the fifth license agreement signed by FASC around the globe with
installations in Malaysia, Japan, Korea, Europe, North America and now South
America. Please refer to our web site for further details. www.fasc.net 

Certain information and statements included in this release constitute
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Federal Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act. 

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

C. Kantonen, Chairman 

 Contact: Call Market Smart Communications toll free: 1-877-261-4466   

SOURCE: First American Scientific Corporation