Energem Biofuels Ltd Wins Frost & Sullivan Award for Competitive Strategy Leadership

    TSX/AIM : ENM

    VANCOUVER, Dec. 11 /CNW/ - Energem Resources Inc. (the "Company"), is
pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, Energem Biofuels Ltd,
has been presented with the 2008 Frost & Sullivan Award for Strategy
Leadership in the South Africa Biofuel Feedstock Market. This award recognises
the Company's innovative strategy, which has seen it build market share in the
biofuels sector.
    Frost & Sullivan particularly praised Energem's commitment to
environmental stability in using as a feedstock Jatropha, which is not
suitable for either human or animal consumption and which is to be grown on
land not suitable for the cultivation of food crops. Also singled out for
praise was the Company's leveraging of its experience and contacts in African
business, gained in over 20 countries and across a diverse range of
activities.

    Frost & Sullivan concluded that:

    "Operating in the agricultural industry poses many challenges for local
and foreign investors. Energem has strategically leveraged its position in the
energy sector to access the opportunities in Mozambique's biofuel sector."

    Tom Swithenbank, Chief Executive of Energem Biofuels Ltd, commented:

    "This award represents a powerful endorsement of Energem's biofuels
business, which we believe is well placed to address the enormous potential of
the biofuel market in Africa."

    Energem Resources Inc (TSX/AIM:ENM). is an Africa focussed company listed
on the Toronto Stock Exchange and on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market
and the holding company of a group of companies engaged in, mainly, several
African countries in the bio-fuels, oil and related sectors including
logistics and supply to the mining industry in South and Central Africa and
development of an up-stream oil exploration asset. The Company has offices
and/or logistics and support infrastructure in Johannesburg, London and a
number of African countries.

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