KAAPA Ethanol LLC

ABOUT US

Owners:

KAAPA Ethanol LLC www.kaapaethanol.com Minden, NE

Al-Corn Clean Fuel Cooperative www.al-corn.com Claremont, MN

Heartland Corn Products Winthrop, MN

Chippewa Valley Ethanol LLLP www.cvec.com Benson, MN

Golden Grain Energy LLC www.goldengrainenergy.com Mason City, IA

Central MN Ethanol Co-Op www.centralmnethanol.com Little Falls, MN

Timeline

Oct. 2005- U.S. BioEnergy announces plans to build a new ethanol plant near Janesville, MN.

Jan.2007- U.S. BioEnergy begins construction on the Janesville ethanol plant, a large biorefinery that will be capable of producing 110 million gallons of fuel a year.

April 2008- Brookings, S.D. based Vera Sun Energy becomes the owner of the Janesville plant following a merge with U.S. BioEnergy. The Janesville plant is scheduled to begin operations before the end of the year.

October 2008- VerSun Energy files for bankruptcy.

March 2009- AgStar purchases the Janesville plant.

August 2009- Guradian Energy announces that they have signed a purchase agreement for the Janesville plant.

September 2009- Guardian Energy closed on the Janesville plant.

Attached Press Release ETHANOL INFO:

How Ethanol is made: The production of ethanol or ethyl alcohol from starch or sugar-based feedstocks is among man's earliest ventures into value-added processing. While the basic steps remain the same, the process has been considerably refined in recent years, leading to a very efficient process. There are two production processes: wet milling and dry milling. The main difference between the two is in the initial treatment of the grain.

Importantly, companies today are involved in technological innovations such as cold starch fermentation, corn fractionation and corn oil extraction. Companies are also utilizing biomass gasification and methane digesters to reduce natural gas consumption. Additional work is being done to reduce energy consumption and production costs, increase efficiency and reduce emissions using the best available control technologies.

THE ETHANOL PRODUCTION PROCESS - DRY MILLING

Ethanol Myths: See attachment

RFA Website Link www.ethanolrfa.org Grain:

Grain Bid Sheet

Dumping Hours 7:00am-4:30pm Monday-Friday

CONTACT US:

Board of Directors:

Randall J. Doyal President Bennett Brown Secretary Chuck Woodside Director William Lee Director Walter Wendland Director Kerry Nixon Director

Guardian Energy LLC, 4745 380th Ave P.O. Box 207 Janesville, MN 56048

507-234-6001-phone 507-234-6090 – fax www.guardiannrg.com

Office Hours:

8:00am-5:00PM Monday-Friday

Closed Saturday and Sunday

Dumping Hours:

7:00am -4:30pm Monday-Friday Pictures:

First delivery of corn was on October 2nd 2009 by Richard & Kristin Guse