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Pat: What do think about investing in BioExx Specialty Proteins? Thanks.

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BioExx Specialty Proteins Inc., $2.40, symbol BXI on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 191.2 million; Market cap: $458.8 million, www.bioexx.com), is focused on the extraction of oil and high-value proteins from oilseeds. BioExx believes that its patented technology will extract active ingredients and oils from oilseeds using much less heat than conventional methods. That would result in higher yields and higher-quality meal, oils and proteins. The company’s process is designed to let it produce vegetable oil and animal feed, as well as specialty proteins that it can sell at high profit margins. These specialty proteins, called protein isolates, have a minimum protein content of 90% on a moisture-free basis. The company hopes to sell large quantities of these protein isolates to food makers, since they have the potential to replace egg, dairy and other proteins in broad applications, such as emulsifying, gelling and binding. Plant-based proteins also have appeal to the vegetarian or vegan ingredient markets, because they can take the place of eggs…