Nicola Mining Inc. Corporate Presentation May 2024
Fiberstar bio ingredients Agfunder
1. Helping
create
a
more
sustainable
world
by
producing
highly
func7onal
natural
ingredients
from
citrus,
sugar
beet,
and
potato
food
processing
waste
streams.
Securi'es
Offered
by
WealthForge,
LLC
a
member
of
FINRA/SIPC
2. Market
Need
Consumers
want
great
tas'ng
foods
and
beverages
to
be
made
with
simple
natural
ingredients
• They
want:
– Uncompromised
taste
and
texture
– To
understand
what
they
are
ea'ng
– Ingredients
with
names
they
understand
• They
prefer:
– All-‐natural,
non-‐GMO
minimally
processed
ingredients
Simple
formula
3. A
disrup7ve
technology:
Modi-‐FI
Low
Func'onality/Low
Value
Citrus
Fiber
Problems
with
exis7ng
natural
op7ons:
GriDy
mouthfeel/texture
Bad
taste
Higher
cost-‐in-‐use
Highly
Func'onality/High
Value
Pec'n
Problems
with
Pec7n
Not
e-‐number
free
(Europe)
Higher
cost-‐in-‐use
Slimy
texture
Modi-‐Fi
–
a
disrup've
technology
Modi-‐Fi
is
the
Solu7on
All-‐Natural
Ingredient
Clean
Label
Clean
mouthfeel,
texture
and
taste
Lower
produc7on
costs
High
func7onality
Lower
cost-‐in-‐use
Sustainable
5. An
addressable
global
market
of
$1.2
billion
Modi-‐Fi
offers
many
hydrocolloid
type
func7onal
proper7es:
• Thickening
• Suspending
• Emulsifying
• Stabilizing
• along
with
the
benefits
of
being
an
all
natural
ingredient.
Growing
market
demand
for
natural
ingredients
that
are:
• Clean
label
• Highly
func'onal
• BeVer
tas'ng
with
beVer
texture
and
mouthfeel
• Eco-‐friendly
and
sustainable
• E-‐number
free
(important
in
Europe)
• Lower
cost-‐in-‐use
Our
Target
Market
Xanthan
and
Pec'n
Replacement:
$
634
Million
–
Xanthan
$
566
Million
–
Pec'n
$1,200
Million
Total
6.
0.25%
Modi-‐Fi™
• No
separa'on
observed
at
8
days.
• Benefits:
Hea'ng
and
homogenizing
are
not
necessary.
• No
E
number
• Proposed
customer
price
for
Modi-‐Fi:
~$8.82/
lb.
0.25%
thickener
• Non
homogenized:
separated
within
10
minutes.
• Homogenizing
is
necessary.
• Hea'ng
is
recommended.
• E
number
• Cost:
$10.27/lb.
Dairy
Juice
Beverage
Modi-‐Fi™
simplifies
processing
Homogeniza'on
Needed!!!
Homogeniza'on
Not
needed!!!
Modi-‐Fi™
Commonly
used
thickener
7. We
Enhance
the
Func7onality
of
Natural
Plant
Materials™
JUICE
PULP
&
FIBER
FRUIT
ALL-‐NATURAL
FUNCTIONAL
INGREDIENTS
Our
Pla[orm
Technology
• A
mechanical,
non-‐chemical
process
• Increases
the
internal
surface
area
of
fiber
by
up
to
20
'mes
Citri-‐Fi’s
Value
Proposi7on
• Holis'c
• All-‐natural
• GMO
free
• Labeled
as
citrus
fiber
or
citrus
flour
• High
water
binding:
1
lb.
of
Citri-‐Fi
and
21
lbs.
of
water
can
replace
22
lbs.
(~$16.50)
of
eggs
in
baked
goods
such
as
cakes
and
muffins
Bimbo’s
Dole
Udi’s
McDonalds
Examples
of
Citri-‐Fi’s
Customer
Base
8. Proven
global
leadership
team
Dr.
Brock
M.
Lundberg
President
&
CEO
Dale
C.
Lindquist
Director
of
Sustainable
New
Business
Development
Alex
Jasper
Research
&
Development
Engineer
At
Fiberstar,
Inc
our
team
developed
and
commercialized
Citri-‐Fi
2004—Built
produc'on
facility
2005—Frost
&
Sullivan’s
U.S.
Food
Fiber
Markets
Entrepreneurial
Company
of
the
Year
2007—Food
Ingredient
Europe’s
Silver
Award
for
Most
Innova've
Ingredient
in
2007
2009—Silver
Award
for
the
Most
Innova've
Imported
Ingredient
at
Russia’s
8th
Interna'onal
Contest
2011,
2012,
and
2014
–
Named
to
Inc5000
list
of
fastest
growing
US
companies
Now
preparing
to
launch
a
new
all
natural
thickening
and
suspending
ingredient,
Modi-‐Fi