NEWS

BERLIN, WISCONSIN – November 30, 2016 – Badger Mining Corporation (BMC) announced today the release of its newest product offering for the oil and gas industry, a proven proppant transport technology known as TURBOprop™. TURBOprop™ utilizes a patented surface modification technology that creates an attraction to gaseous phases present in the fluid. The result is a fluidized proppant that flows further and allows for increased proppant concentrations without the need for increased fluid viscosity. Having been tested by more than 50 different operators and pumped into over 500 wells in more than 8,000 stages, case study after case study has shown that TURBOprop™ can improve cumulative production by as much as 60 percent while reducing completed cost per BOE.

TURBOprop™ works in multiple ways. First, it eliminates duning, yielding longer propped fracture half lengths. Second, it creates more productive fractures by improving vertical distribution of proppant throughout the fracture. And third, it reduces the frequency of screen outs and coil tubing intervention. The water system needed to run TURBOprop™ also differs vastly than those needed for existing proppants.

“Unlike other self-suspended proppants, TURBOprop™ does not require a fresh water system,” says Adam Katz, sales and marketing leader at BMC. “Part of what makes TURBOprop™ great is how easy it is to incorporate into your existing treatment design. It truly is plug-and-play technology with proven benefits.”

With over 35 years in the hydraulic fracturing industry, Badger Mining continues to innovate to meet its customers’ changing needs.

“We’re very excited to bring TURBOprop™ to all of our customers so they too can realize the benefits that more than 50 operators are realizing today,” says Katz.

TURBOprop™ can be available at any of BMC’s 26 current transloading facilities throughout North America. More information about TURBOprop™ can be found on this brochure.

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TAYLOR, WISCONSIN – November 8, 2016 – Beginning this year, a previously unoccupied building in the Taylor Business Park is now home to Badger Mining Corporation’s (BMC) new state-of-the-art Research and Development Center. Renovations to the 5280-square foot building, which at one time housed an athletic apparel business and more recently was used for larger meetings and gatherings, began in September 2015 and were completed in early 2016. Final additions to the lab area continued until completion this past summer.

Before moving to this building, research and development for Badger Mining took place in multiple locations throughout the state of WI. “The new R&D Center allows our Team to be in a central location, as opposed to being spread out between multiple locations, which aids in ability to work together as a cohesive team,” says Erica Grant, research and development leader at BMC. “It also gives us the space to adapt to changes in the industries we serve, to bring in new equipment, and to perform tests that we have not conducted or were not able to perform in the past. There is currently 1450 square feet of lab space, with approximately 25% of the space open for new testing equipment.”

Advanced testing equipment surrounds associates of BMC’s Research and Development Team in this new location. Devices in the lab allow the Team to conduct many types of tests, such as measuring the capacity of a proppant sample to allow fluid to pass through it (conductivity testing), calculating viscosity of fluids in different conditions, sorting chemical species in a sample of mass, running crush tests with a steady ramp, creating small batches of new products for performance testing, and performing multiple unconfined compressive strength tests at one time.

Investing in a new Research and Development Center showcases Badger Mining’s commitment to the future. “With expanded R&D capabilities, we will be able to keep our current products optimized, while coming up with new ways to solve our customers’ problems,” says Grant. “R&D will help move the company into the future through innovation and diversification into new markets. Our world is changing at a rapid pace, and we have to change with it. By investing in research and development, BMC is proving that we plan to play an important role in our industry for many years to come.”

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SEXSMITH, Alta. – October 13, 2016 – Badger Mining Corporation (BMC), a family-owned industrial sand supplier based out of Berlin, Wis., further committed to the Canadian market recently with the asset acquisition of Di-Corp’s state-of-the-art transload facility in Sexsmith, Alberta, Canada, located 20 km (12 miles) north of Grand Prairie, Alta. Along with the acquisition, BMC and Di-Corp are working together to execute an immediate expansion of the site, including land purchases and railroad additions, to increase the facility’s capacity as well as to accommodate unit train shipments. Construction of this expansion is scheduled to be complete by the end of 2016 or early 2017.

“This is all part of Badger Mining’s commitment to the Deep Basin,” says Lori Phillippi, BMC Advisory Team associate and third generation family member. “With this purchase, we are reinforcing our commitment by further deepening our roots, preparing for a rebound in activity, and implementing our plan of establishing the best, fastest, and most reliable distribution network in Western Canada.”

Badger Mining will again be working with CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) to provide cost-effective and efficient transportation of high quality industrial sand from Wisconsin to BMC’s operations in Alberta.

“CN is pleased to once more be expanding its successful partnership with Badger Mining,” said Fiona Murray, vice president of industrial products at CN. “The investments we have made in our network, particularly in Wisconsin and Alberta, provide efficient transportation services to partners like Badger Mining and Di-Corp, allowing them to grow their businesses and make these commitments to certain markets.”

The transloading site is one of Badger Mining’s 26 current distribution locations throughout the United States and Canada. Service at the site will be unchanged, as Di-Corp will continue as the Transload Operator at the facility.

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Fox Creek, Alta. – September 21, 2016 – Badger Mining Corporation (BMC) has signed a long-term agreement to become an exclusive sand tenant of ANC Transloading, Inc.’s Fox Creek facility, located 260 km (160 miles) northwest of Edmonton, Atla. on the CN railroad. For customers in the Deep Basin of Western Canada, this agreement not only adds another BMC transload location to the area, but also calls for an immediate expansion of the facility that will triple the site’s current capacity.

“ANC Transloading Inc. is very pleased to have completed this deal for the Phase 1 development of our Fox Creek (Marsh Head) facility with Badger Mining Corporation becoming one of the site’s anchor tenants,” says President of ANC Transloading, Inc. Cornel Notenboom. “We are very delighted to be partnered with a first-class organization such as Badger Mining, where together we can work to achieve our goal of having world-class transload facilities in both Whitecourt, Alta. and Fox Creek, Alta. (Marsh Head).”

Adam Katz, leader of sales and marketing at BMC, adds, “Our long term agreement with ANC Transloading, Inc. to be the exclusive sand tenant of the Fox Creek facility is almost as exciting as our plans for immediate expansion of the site. Job sizes are only getting bigger and our customers deserve best in class service throughout Western Canada. The expansion of our Fox Creek site is a key part of our plan to be the largest and most competitive supplier of industrial sand throughout the Deep Basin.”

Like many of BMC’s transloading facilities in Alberta, the company will again be working with the CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) to become the largest sand supplier in the region. Fiona Murray, vice-president, industrial products, for CN, says, “CN plays a key supply chain role for both Badger Mining and ANC Transloading, transporting high-quality frac sand on its rail network from Wisconsin to northwestern Alberta. Our agenda of operational and service excellence is helping both companies pursue their growth plans in emerging western Canada energy markets like the Duvernay, potentially one of North America’s leading shale gas plays.”

The expansion of the facility is set to be complete by the end of the current year. For Badger Mining, a family-owned company out of Berlin, Wis., the facility will join the other 26 transloading sites currently in its distribution network. It also represents BMC’s third new transload addition in the past month.

Product is already on-site, and will continue to be available while construction occurs.

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Obed, Alta. – September 12, 2016 – Badger Mining Corporation (BMC) has completed arrangements to start shipping its raw and coated Premium Northern-White industrial sand to a new storage and rail-to-truck transloading facility in Obed, Alta., west of Edmonton, operated by Wayfinder Corp. The site, with its capability of accommodating up to three unit trains of industrial sand at one time, sits along the CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) main line and will allow BMC, a family-owned, value-driven company based in Berlin, Wis., to better supply its quality products to customers of the Deep Basin of Western Canada. Wisconsin is home to significant reserves of high-quality and in-demand industrial sands. One large end-user of these sands is the oil and gas industry in the hydraulic fracturing process, which utilizes sand as a proppant to hold fractures open and stimulate oil and gas production.

“We’re very excited to work with Wayfinder Corp. and the CN to bring our latest terminal in Obed to market,” says Adam Katz, leader of sales and marketing at BMC. “Looking ahead to brighter times in our industry, high capacity, unit train sites like Obed will be key to servicing our customers in Western Canada.”

JJ Ruest, CN executive vice-president and chief marketing officer, says, “CN is pleased to work with Badger Mining and Wayfinder to improve supply chain efficiencies and to increase their frac sand market share. CN has made important strategic capital investments in its network to help accommodate the business of frac sand producers in Wisconsin and receivers in Alberta.”

The new Obed facility joins Badger Mining’s 25 existing transloading locations throughout the United States and Canada, stretching from George West, Texas to Grande Prairie, Alta.

“As the industry recovers from historically low activity levels, we see significant opportunity for Wayfinder and Badger to work together in supplying Deep Basin customers the proppants they require,” says Chad Bremner, CEO of Wayfinder.

“We are wasting no time getting material to the site and ready to load,” says Katz. “In fact, the facility received its first unit train of 102 cars of 40/70 just last night.”

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