EarthZyme 2013; SMART

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• Non-toxic clay-based-soil stabilizer

• 100% Biodegradable

• 1 litre of EarthZyme treats 33 m3

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EarthZyme is a non-toxic soil stabilizer used on

clay-based soils that results in a reduction in road

maintenance costs due to increased and lasting

compaction and strength values.

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Application Rate: EarthZyme

Road Length = 1000 m (1 km) Road Width = 40 m Depth = 0.50 m (50 cm) Volume Soil = 20,000 m3 (compacted) Amount of EarthZyme (EarthZyme is applied on average 1 liter / 33 m3 of compacted soil) = 20,000 m3 divided by 33 m3 = 629 liters of EarthZyme *An optional slurry application of EarthZyme may be recommended, see step 7

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Application Rate: (Optimal Moisture)

Say the current moisture content is 7 %,

The optimum moisture content is 11 % and the soil has a density of 2.2 tons/m3

Required moisture to be added: = (11 % - 7 %) x 2.2 x 20,000 m3 (compacted

soil)

= 1,760,000 liters of water

At 2% below OMC

= 800,000 liters of water

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Before EarthZyme After EarthZyme

EarthZyme is 100% biodegradable and works on the clay-based fraction of the soil.

After EarthZyme’s application, the clay particles in the soil are no longer attracted

to water, allowing for any water present in the soil to drain away freely resulting

in the clay/soil particles settling closer together and producing lasting soil stabilization.

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EarthZyme reacts permanently with clay in the soil to produce long-term stabilization.

Other products glue the clay particles together.

Once the glue is gone... so are the results of the stabilization process.

Because EarthZyme uses the

clay as the natural binder, which

remains in the soil indefinitely, it

produces the long term effects

that are desired.

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Action Savings with EarthZyme

Material transported 95 %

Use of machinery 59 %

Material 27 %

Labour 33 %

Total Project Savings 47 %

Short Term Economic Benefits

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* Project in Ecuador

Rolling Resistance (%) Production (%) Fuel Cost (%)

Clay Shale; 7.0 - 42 100

Clay Shale + EarthZyme; 2.7 - 7 10

Savings (%) 35 90

Long Term Economic Benefits

Rolling Resistance

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Rolling Resistance (%) Production (%) Fuel Cost (%)

Clay Shale; 7.0 - 42 100

Clay Shale + EarthZyme; 2.7 - 7 10

Savings (%) 35 90

Long Term Economic Benefits

Rolling Resistance

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Rolling Resistance (%) Production (%) Fuel Cost (%)

Clay Shale; 7.0 - 42 100

Clay Shale + EarthZyme; 2.7 - 7 10

Savings (%) 35 90

Long Term Economic Benefits

Rolling Resistance

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Tests Needed:

A) Dry Density/Moisture Content Relation Proctor Test ASTM_D698

B) Liquid Limit, Plastic Limit and Plastic Index Test (Atterberg Limits) ASTM D4318-10

C) Particle Size Analysis ASTM D422

D) Hydrometer Analysis ASTM D1140 18

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Project Type Location CBR No EZ CBR With EZ Increase in CBR (Avg. % Change)

Primary Unpaved

Road

Puerto Plata

Dominican Republic 43 196 353%

Primary Unpaved

Road Peru 12 37 208%

Secondary Unpaved

Road

Huiyang District

China 37 135 265%

Haul Road

Pallancata Silver

Mine, Peru 55 102 85%

Municipal Road Ghana 69 296 328%

Highway Cajamarca Peru 14 41 192%

Paved Parking Lot

Guangdong Province

China 64 286 347%

Municipal Paved

Road

Metropolitan

District of Quito

Ecuador 61 92 51%

Soil Strength Increases - EarthZyme

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PrimaryUnpaved

Road

PrimaryUnpaved

Road

SecondaryUnpaved

RoadHaul Road

MunicipalRoad

HighwayPaved

Parking LotMunicipal

Paved Road

CBR No EZ 43 12 37 55 69 14 64 61

CBR With EZ 196 37 135 102 296 41 286 92

Project Type Location EarthZyme* Untreated*

Swell (%

Reduction)

Municipal Paved Road

Caupicho Quito

Ecuador 0.3 0.81 63%

Secondary Unpaved Road

Hainan Province

China 0.08 0.26 69%

Primary Unpaved Road

Hainan Province

China 0.06 0.28 79%

Municipal Paved Road

Metropolitan District

of Quito Ecuador 0.01 0.32 97%

Highway Cajamarca Peru 0.88 1.8 51%

*(percentage; vertical deflection divided by initial thickness/height of compacted soil)

Durability - EarthZyme

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Municipal PavedRoad

Secondary UnpavedRoad

Primary UnpavedRoad

Municipal PavedRoad

Highway

EarthZyme* 0.3 0.08 0.06 0.01 0.88

Untreated* 0.81 0.26 0.28 0.32 1.8

Durability - EarthZyme

Once applied, EarthZyme will reduce the tendency for a road to exhibit common maintenance issues like:

wash-boarding, rutting, heaving, potholing and dust.

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Xilinhot, China

Columbia

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Mongolia

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Required Equipment:

• Pulverizing Mixer/Reclaimer,

• Haul Truck • Steel Drum Roller/Vibrator

• Grader

• Water Truck

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