December 5, 2006

PRESS RELEASE

AMERICAN ELEMENTS PRESENTS POLONIUM 210 ISOTOPE INFORMATION, HISTORY, APPLICATIONS, PROPERTIES

[December 5, 2006, Los Angeles , CA] American Elements announced today the addition of Polonium information including applications and properties to the database of elemental information at https://www.americanelements.com/po.html to provide academic and generally useful background into the history and discovery of the Polonium element. Information includes its original discovery by Madame Curie through its uses during World War II, its discovery in smoking tobacco to the recent assassination by radiation poisoning of former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko.

American Elements does not produce or distribute Polonium or other radioactive isotopes, but does supply stable non-radioactive isotopes under its AE Isotopes™ product group

For further technical and pricing information on AE Isotope™ products, please contact your local American Elements distributor or American Elements U.S. corporate headquarters. American Elements is a Los Angeles based global manufacturer and developer of engineered and advanced materials with the world's largest industrial catalogue of rare earth materials accessible electronically at www.americanelements.com. For further information on the new Chinese rare earth tax rates, please contact your local American Elements distributor or American Elements U.S. corporate headquarters at (1)310-208-0551, FAX (1)310-208-0351 or customerservice@americanelements.com.