Alter NRG announces completion of $11 million financing

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CALGARY, Jan. 31, 2013 /CNW/ - (TSX: NRG) (OTCQX: ANRGF) Alter NRG Corp. ("Alter NRG" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced financing whereby 34,153,845 common shares were issued on a private placement basis, at a subscription price of $0.325 per common share, for gross proceeds of approximately $11 million.  The four investors involved in the financing were Ervington Investments Limited ("Ervington"), Ms. Zara Shvidler, Eturab Trade Corp. ("Eturab") and CCM Master Qualified Fund, Ltd. ("CCM").

Net proceeds of the financing will be used to fund market expansion opportunities for the Westinghouse Plasma Gasification solution.

The Company has granted Ervington the right to nominate and have appointed two directors to the board of the Company at closing of the financing and the right to nominate two directors so long as it continues to hold at least 10% of the Company's issued and outstanding common shares.  Mr. Eugene Tenenbaum and Mr. Paul Heagren have been appointed to the Company's board.

The common shares issued to Ervington, Ms. Shvidler and Eturab under this financing will be subject to a hold period of one year and the common shares issued to CCM will be subject to a statutory hold period of four months.

Effective immediately, Joseph Schwager has resigned from the Board of Directors.  The Company would like to thank Mr. Schwager for his valuable efforts during his term as a Director.

ABOUT ALTER NRG
Alter NRG provides alternative energy solutions to meet the growing demand for environmentally responsible and economically viable energy in world markets. Alter NRG's primary objective is to further commercialize the Westinghouse Plasma Gasification Technology, through its wholly owned subsidiary, to provide renewable and clean energy solutions from a wide variety of feedstocks, and provide a wide variety of energy outputs - including liquid fuels like ethanol and diesel, electrical power, and syngas.

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The Corporation cautions that the foregoing list of assumptions, risks and uncertainties is not exhaustive. The forward-looking information and statements contained in this news release speak only as of the date of this news release, and the Corporation assumes no obligation to publicly update or revise them to reflect new events or circumstances, except as may be required pursuant to applicable securities laws.

SOURCE: Alter NRG Corp.

Walter Howard, Chief Executive Officer
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Daniel Hay, Chief Financial Officer
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