Alternative Fuels Americas Successfully Concludes Biodiesel Research Trials, Moves Towards Production

HOLLYWOOD, Fla., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Alternative Fuels Americas, Inc. (AFAI) announced today that it has successfully completed research trials targeting Jatropha trees as a feedstock source for profitably produced, sustainable biodiesel, and is moving to establish above ground oil fields in Central America as a staged entry into a market forecasted to exceed $500 billion by 2019.

AFAI operates a 25 acre pilot plantation with 40,000 mature Jatropha trees in Tempate, Costa Rica. During the past years AFAI has conducted trials to establish best-practice protocols for maximum crop yield and production profitability. AFAI has successfully concluded its trials and plans to transition its activities to commercial scale.

"We have a strong degree of certainty that we can successfully farm and harvest Jatropha for the purpose of profitably producing biodiesel. We have dedicated much time and substantial resources to reaching this goal, which was a necessary rite of passage," comments AFAI CEO Craig Frank. "Now that we have reached our breakthrough we can continue towards profitably producing and selling biodiesel and initiate our plans to enter additional markets worldwide."

About Alternative Fuels Americas

AFAI (OTC-QB: AFAI) is a "seed to pump" vertically integrated energy company. The raw material (feedstock) used for green oil production is grown on our own farms and will be processed into biofuel in company owned oil refineries and sold into local markets. For more information, visit http://www.alternativefuelsamericas.com or contact David Jones at 561-210-7664.

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SOURCE Alternative Fuels Americas, Inc.