Empire Energy subsidiary to supply China dairy and agricultural markets with water purification technology

LENEXA, KS, June 21, 2007 -- Empire Energy Corporation International today announced that its 47 percent-owned subsidiary, Pacific Rim Foods Ltd. (PRF), has signed an exclusive license agreement with Proton Laboratories to market that company's water treatment technology to the dairy and agricultural processing markets in China.

In the dairy sphere, the technology produces a functional water, consumed by dairy cows, that is free of various strains of bacteria, virus, fungi, spores and communicable disease and has hydrating abilities superior to existing water sources. In the agriculture sector, Proton's technology can be used as a growth medium for organic produce, as a replacement for fungicides, and as a tool for eliminating salmonella, listeria, E coli and other dangerous bacteria.

Pacific Rim plans to sub-license the technology to both the leading dairy and the leading agricultural roll-up company in China, which will install the technology in dairy farms and fresh fruit and vegetable processing plants across that nation.

China's water supply is generally acknowledged to be ravaged by a series of organic and inorganic pollutants. The lack of clean water creates the threat of tainted milk and widespread disease carried by other animal products as well as by agricultural produce.

According to Euromonitor International, the world's leading independent provider of business intelligence, sales of bottled functional water in China in 2005 amounted to RMB1.2 billion (approximately US$148 million).

Potential annual functional water sales to China's dairy and agricultural markets could be significantly higher, said PRF.

Today's announcement, combined with Pacific Rim's recent investment in Mach One Corporation -- a maker of a synthetic colostrum (an antibody- and mineral-rich fluid that passes on a cow's immune system to its newborn) -- expands PRF's ability to satisfy the demand for numerous dairy and agriculture-based products in China.

Malcolm Bendall, CEO of Empire Energy, said, "We are pleased with the continued equity growth of our investment in Pacific Rim, consistent with our plans to grow the business to a level that it can be separately traded publicly on an exchange such as the Alternative Investment Market in London."

Pacific Rim Foods Ltd., a 47 percent-owned subsidiary of Empire Energy Corporation International, specializes in growing, canning and marketing the first sweet corn brand in China. With over 50 people on the ground in China, PRF, through its Jilin Jimei Foods Ltd. interests, is positioned to extend its operations into a number of developing markets in the growing agricultural and dairy sector.

Proton Laboratories is a biotech-focused company specializing in the development and marketing of industrial, environmental and residential systems and applications that alter the properties of water to produce "Functional Water." Proton utilizes various forms of electrolytic ion separation to gain properties that substantially enhances its functionality. The end result is a non-chemical, non-toxic, renewable, cost-effective solution that addresses a myriad of today's industrial, health, food handling, environmental and safety issues.

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