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• Non-toxic clay-based-soil stabilizer

• 100% Biodegradable

• 1 litre of EarthZyme treats 33 m3

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 EarthZyme is a non-toxic soil stabilizer used on

clay-based soils that results in a reduction in road

maintenance costs due to increased and lasting

compaction and strength values.

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Application Rate: EarthZyme
Road Length = 1000 m (1 km)

Road Width = 40 m

Depth = 0.50 m (50 cm)

 Volume Soil = 20,000 m3 (compacted)

 Amount of EarthZyme
 (EarthZyme is applied on average 1 liter / 33 m3 of compacted soil)

= 20,000 m3 divided by 33 m3
= 629 liters of EarthZyme
*An optional slurry application of EarthZyme may be recommended, see step 7

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Application Rate: (Optimal Moisture)
Say the current moisture content is 7 %,

The optimum moisture content is 11 % and the soil has a density of 2.2 tons/m3

 Required moisture to be added: = (11 % - 7 %) x 2.2 x 20,000 m3 (compacted

soil)

= 1,760,000 liters of water

At 2% below OMC
= 800,000 liters of water

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 Before EarthZyme After EarthZyme

EarthZyme is 100% biodegradable and works on the clay-based fraction of the soil.
After EarthZyme’s application, the clay particles in the soil are no longer attracted
to water, allowing for any water present in the soil to drain away freely resulting
in the clay/soil particles settling closer together and producing lasting soil stabilization.

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EarthZyme reacts permanently with clay in the soil to produce long-term stabilization.

Other products glue the clay particles together.

Once the glue is gone... so are the results of the stabilization process.

Because EarthZyme uses the

clay as the natural binder, which
remains in the soil indefinitely, it
produces the long term effects
that are desired.

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 Short Term Economic
Benefits
Action Savings with EarthZyme
Material transported 95 %
Use of machinery 59 %

Material 27 %

Labour 33 %

Total Project Savings 47 %

* Project in Ecuador

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Long Term Economic Benefits
Rolling Resistance

Rolling Resistance (%) Production (%) Fuel Cost (%)

Clay Shale; 7.0 - 42 100

Clay Shale + EarthZyme; 2.7 -7 10

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Savings (%) 35 90
Long Term Economic Benefits
Rolling Resistance

Rolling Resistance (%) Production (%) Fuel Cost (%)

Clay Shale; 7.0 - 42 100

Clay Shale + EarthZyme; 2.7 -7 10

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Savings (%) 35 90
Long Term Economic Benefits
Rolling Resistance

Rolling Resistance (%) Production (%) Fuel Cost (%)

Clay Shale; 7.0 - 42 100

Clay Shale + EarthZyme; 2.7 -7 10

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Savings (%) 35 90
Tests Needed:
A) Dry Density/Moisture Content Relation Proctor Test ASTM_D698
B) Liquid Limit, Plastic Limit and Plastic Index Test (Atterberg Limits) ASTM D4318-10
C) Particle Size Analysis ASTM D422
D) Hydrometer Analysis ASTM D1140 18
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 Soil Strength Increases - EarthZyme
Project Type Location CBR No EZ CBR With EZ Increase in CBR (Avg. % Change)
Primary Unpaved Puerto Plata
Road Dominican Republic 43 196 353%
Primary Unpaved
Road Peru 12 37 208%
Secondary Unpaved Huiyang District
Road China 37 135 265%
Pallancata Silver
Haul Road Mine, Peru 55 102 85%
Municipal Road Ghana 69 296 328%
Highway Cajamarca Peru 14 41 192%
Guangdong Province
Paved Parking Lot China 64 286 347%
Metropolitan
Municipal Paved District of Quito
Road Ecuador 61 92 51%

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 Durability - EarthZyme
Swell (%
Project Type Location EarthZyme* Untreated* Reduction)
Caupicho Quito
Municipal Paved Road Ecuador 0.3 0.81 63%
Hainan Province
Secondary Unpaved Road China 0.08 0.26 69%
Hainan Province
Primary Unpaved Road China 0.06 0.28 79%
Metropolitan District
Municipal Paved Road of Quito Ecuador 0.01 0.32 97%
Highway Cajamarca Peru 0.88 1.8 51%
*(percentage; vertical deflection divided by initial thickness/height of compacted soil)

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Durability - EarthZyme

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Once applied, EarthZyme will reduce the tendency for
a road to exhibit common maintenance issues like:
wash-boarding, rutting, heaving, potholing and dust.
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 Mongolia

…Several Months Later

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 Required Equipment:

• Steel Drum Roller/Vibrator • Water Truck • Haul Truck

• Pulverizing Mixer/Reclaimer, • Grader 30

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