Sioux Falls, SD - The Broin Companies are pleased to announce the Grand Opening of Frontier Ethanol, LLC. The Grand Opening Event will take place at the plant site near Gowrie, Iowa, on Thursday, May 25, 2006. Public tours will be held from 10 a.m. to noon and 2 to 4 p.m. Lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Vanguard Squadron, an ethanol-powered airplane fleet will provide a fly-over show at 12:30 p.m. The program begins at 1 p.m.

Public parking is not allowed at the plant site. Parking areas in Gowrie are located at:

1. North Beek Street
(primary parking)

2. Zion Lutheran Church, 1003 Church Street
(secondary parking)

3. Gowrie Country Club, 601 4th Street
(overflow parking)

Buses will run continuously to and from the plant. News media wishing access to the site should register in advance for press credentials by e-mailing rebecca.sevening@broin.com.

Frontier Ethanol will consume more than 21 million bushels of corn from the area to produce 60 million gallons of ethanol per year. The plant will also produce around 178,000 tons of premium Dakota Gold Enhanced Nutrition Distillers Products™ for regional, national, and international markets.

"The Broin Companies are excited to start up our sixth world-class ethanol facility built in Iowa," said Jeff Broin, CEO of the Broin Companies. "This plant will improve the local corn basis and provide approximately 40 high quality jobs with an approximate annual payroll of $1.8 million. In addition to the many positive impacts the plant will have on the regional area, Frontier Ethanol will be producing a high performance, American made, environmentally friendly fuel."

Frontier Ethanol is the 23rd ethanol plant built by the Broin Companies, who provide turnkey development, design, engineering, construction, management, and marketing services for their premier partner plants. Broin Companies plants currently operating in Iowa include Tall Corn Ethanol in Coon Rapids; Iowa Ethanol in Hanlontown; Otter Creek Ethanol in Ashton; Voyager Ethanol in Emmetsburg; and Horizon Ethanol in Jewell.

"Frontier Ethanol’s workforce and our community are one in the same - high quality people, committed to the future," explains Dale Calendine, General Manager of Frontier Ethanol. "The support of Webster County and the local community has been instrumental in bringing Frontier Ethanol this far and, as we begin operations, we look forward to realizing the true potential of this partnership - the world class technology of the Broin Companies and a community energized to make a difference."