Xethanol raises up to US$46M in equity capital

Kleanthis Economou

NEW YORK , February 7, 2007 (press release) – Xethanol Corporation (OTCBB:XTHN - News), a biotechnology driven ethanol company, announced today that that it has closed its previously announced equity financing transactions, in which it has raised approximately $34 million and could raise up to an additional approximately $12 million in equity capital.

In the first transaction, Xethanol received more than $30 million from the issuance of shares of its common stock to institutional and private investors. Over the next three years, Xethanol could receive up to an additional $10.6 million from the exercise of warrants issued to these investors.

In the second transaction, Xethanol received $4 million from the issuance of shares of its common stock to Goldman Sachs & Co. Over the next three years, Xethanol could receive up to an additional $1.4 million from the exercise of warrants issued to Goldman Sachs.

Northeast Securities LLC acted as placement agent for these financings. Christopher d'Arnaud-Taylor, Chairman and CEO of Xethanol stated, "It was a pleasure working with David Chiang and his team at Northeast Securities. The Company is extremely fortunate to gain the support of the investors brought to these financings."

Details and terms of the transaction are contained in the Company's filings of form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

About Xethanol Corporation

Xethanol Corporation's goal is to be the leader in the emerging biomass-to-ethanol industry. Xethanol's mission is to optimize the use of biomass in the renewable energy field and convert biomass that is currently being abandoned or land filled into ethanol and other valuable co-products, especially xylitol. Xethanol's strategy is to deploy proprietary biotechnologies that will extract and ferment the sugars trapped in these biomass waste concentrations. Xethanol's strategic value proposition is to produce ethanol and valuable co-products cost effectively with ethanol plants located closer to biomass sources. In Iowa, Xethanol owns two ethanol production facilities, where it is deploying these technologies. For more information about Xethanol, please visit its website at http://www.xethanol.com.

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