Our Company - Advanced Refining Concepts

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Advanced Refining Concepts, LLC, a CRT company was founded in 2008 to commercialize the patented ClearRefining^® Technology and products for the fuels industry worldwide. At ARC we foster a unique culture of experienced-based innovation with specific emphasis on environmental stewardship.

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Our management team has decades of public and private company energy sector experience in the fields research and development, creation of clean, alternative fuels as well as process equipment design, construction and implementation.

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ClearRefining^® Technologies is a Nevada registered limited liability company. The Company is charged with the oversight of research and intellectual property ownership initiatives related to the ClearRefining^® Technology. CRT also provides management services to ARC and the CRT group of companies.

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Chairman of the Advisory Board

Mr. Gunnerman has spent the majority of his professional career in senior management positions of publicly traded and privately held clean energy technology companies. Mr. Gunnerman co-founded Advanced Refining Concepts, LLC (“ARC”) in 2008 and ARC’s parent company ClearRefining Technologies, LLC (“CRT”) in 2017. He currently serves as Managing Partner of ARC, Managing Member of CRT and Chairman of the CRT Advisory Board. He is a named inventor on multiple national and international patents in the field of refining and fuels and has authored and presented numerous industry related papers. Mr. Gunnerman served on the County Manager’s Advisory Council in Washoe County, NV. He previously served on the Board of Directors of Advanced Fuels, LLC, a joint venture company with Caterpillar Inc. based in Peoria, Illinois; Fujairah Oil Technology Limited, based in the United Arab Emirates; and the Reno/Tahoe chapter of Entrepreneurs’ Organization. Mr. Gunnerman attended Ruprecht-Karls University in Heidelberg, Germany and graduated from the University of Oregon with BA degrees and honors in History and German in 1988.

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Advisory Board Member

Mr. McIntyre has over 20 years of investment banking experience at both Canadian and international investment banks and is currently Managing Director and Group Head of the Consumer, Industrial and Retail Group in the investment banking division of Scotia Capital, a subsidiary of Scotiabank. Prior to joining Scotia Capital, Mr. McIntyre was a Principal at Origin Merchant Partners, Managing Director in the Diversified Industries Group at Macquarie Capital in Canada and prior to that Mr. McIntyre was Managing Director in the Diversified Industries Group at CIBC World Markets, a subsidiary of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. Mr. McIntyre has extensive experience managing equity and debt financing as well as M&A transactions across multiple sectors, including agriculture, industrial, cleantech, retail and consumer products and business services. Mr. McIntyre holds an Honors BA from the University of Western Ontario and an MBA from the Schulich School of Business at York University.

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Advisory Board Member

Mr. Beckmen brings legal and financial expertise focused specifically on Capital Markets and Energy Regulations. In addition to his work with ClearRefining, Mr. Beckmen is a Partner at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP, based in their Dallas office. Scott’s legal practice is focused on acquisitions and divestitures; complex corporate and commercial transactions; securities offerings; entity, joint venture and partnership structuring and formation; general business counseling; private equity investments; and project implementation. Scott began his legal career in the energy space and offers significant experience in oil and gas asset and entity acquisitions and transactions involving exploration, production, development and transportation. He has negotiated master agreements, including the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) Master Agreement, the North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB) Base Contract for Sale and Purchase of Natural Gas, and the Leadership for Energy Automation Practices (LEAP) Master Agreement for Purchasing and Selling Refined Petroleum Products and Crude Oil. He also has advised clients with respect to the regulations of the Department of Energy (DOE), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Mr. Beckmen graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2004 with a degree in Government and received his J.D. from The University of Tulsa College of Law in 2006. During Law School, Scott interned at the British Telecom Corporate headquarters in London assisting mainly on International Transactions and Litigation. Mr. Beckmen enjoys spending time and traveling with his wife Loren, and their five children – Leyton, Brooks, Ainsley, Hollis and Bellamy.

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Advisory Board Member

Mr. Rocholl has over twenty years of experience in marketing and project management in the European and Australasian shipping and tourism industries. He has managed large‐budget cruise ship retrofit projects in Europe and Asia using local labor and adhering to strict international maritime environmental and safety regulations. Mr. Rocholl is the managing partner of EUPROM LLC, a consulting company with its main focus on international clean energy related project management and oversight.

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Advisory Board Member

Mr. Hans-Peter Floren is one of Europe’s leading energy managers. Mr. Floren began his career at Ruhrgas AG based in Essen, Germany at which he held senior management positions including Sr. VP Transmission and Storage Management, Dispatching and System Planning, CEO of E.ON Gas Storage GmbH and Member of the Executive Board of E.ON Ruhrgas AG. Mr. Floren has also served as a member on the Executive Board of OMV Aktiengesellschaft based in Vienna, Austria with responsibility for Gas & Power, as well as on further OMV subsidiary Supervisory Boards in Turkey, Romania, Austria and Germany. Mr. Floren has further served on the Supervisory Board of EUROGAS based in Brussels, Belgium, the Supervisory Board of Verbundnetz Gas AG based in Leipzig, Germany, the Supervisory Council of Latvijas Gaze based in Riga, Latvia, and is currently the Chief Executive Officer of FLORENGY AG, based in Essen, Germany among other duties. Mr. Floren is a Diplom-Ingenieur, and Diplom-Kaufmann having studied mechanical engineering and economics at the University of Essen, Germany.

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Advisory Board Member

Mr. Aaron Hill joined Lincoln Energy Solutions as it’s Chief Financial Officer, responsible for all financial aspects of the company to include financial reporting, analysis and forecasting along with the management of the Company’s liquidity, capital structure and risk mitigation strategies. Prior to joining Lincoln, Aaron spent thirteen years in the banking industry with the last five years focused on providing senior debt financing and other banking services to middle market companies and large corporations. Aaron earned a BBA in Finance from Augusta State University and a MS in Finance from Georgia State University.

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Advisory Board Member

Mr. Varner has dedicated over 20 years to working in the petrochemical and aviation industry. He is president of Attaway Services Carolina, Inc. which specializes in electrical, mechanical, and civil construction. Jesse is a certified Master Electrician in several states. In addition to his work which spans across the eastern United States, he has managed projects in Trinidad, Aruba and the Dominican Republic. As president, he is responsible for negotiating and managing design build and capital projects, which include storage facilities, loading racks and process skids. He has constructed several biodiesel blending, ethanol blending, and butane blending projects. Based out of Charlotte, North Carolina, he is an avid outdoorsman, enjoys traveling and spending time with his family.

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ARC has donated clean GDiesel to non-profit agencies across Nevada such as the Food Bank of Northern Nevada.

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Former Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval, Kylee Bozarth, and Peter Gunnerman at an Economic Development awards ceremony

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ARC has sponsored community-based events such as the PGA Barracuda Championship in Reno, NV.

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