For Immediate Release: Austin Texas August 19, 2008 — Spectrum Acquisitions Holding, Inc. (SPAH) announces assignment of patent on INTRINSICALLY- SAFE SYSTEM FOR MINESHAFT ILLUMINATION.

The need for illumination systems in a mineshaft is inevitable, as is the unwanted accumulation of naturally occurring flammable gases. When such gas accumulations reach potentially explosive concentrations, there is a potential for a large loss of life should those gases be ignited. This potential is an ever present concern when using conventional lighting systems to illuminate the mineshafts and tunnels.

Spectrum Acquisition Holdings has made a strategic patent acquisition of a Lighting system for safely illuminating tunnels and shafts for operation in the deep rock Mining industry. “Our intrinsicallysafe approach to mine shaft lighting systems locates the light source and all electrical circuits outside of the mine explosion hazard where the light is distributed through the tunnels and shafts through a light guide such as an optical fiber”. David Lindemann CEO/President

Spectrum’s Intrinsically safe system for illuminating a mineshaft or tunnel utilizes large diameter optical fibers to remotely transport light from a light source to an area to be illuminated. Bundles of glass fibers cladded with a special refractive cladding, where each fiber is configured to provide a visible spectrum radiant flux that approaches the fiber’s full modal carrying capacity.

Conventional lighting systems, including incandescent, fluorescent, gas discharge and electrical technologies all make use of material that are energized sufficiently so as to be capable of igniting accumulations of explosive gases. Managing the threat of explosion is usually accomplished through the use of ventilation means so as to combat the accumulation of the gases, gas detection means so as to determine when gas accumulations reach dangerous levels, and ignition suppression procedures so as to prevent ignition of the gases as by electrical lighting systems.

With intrinsic approaches, the goal is to remove the threat of ignition altogether by creating an intrinsically safe environment, an environment in which the gas will not come into contact with the potential igniter. Because intrinsic ignition suppression approaches eliminate the threat of ignition completely, they will save lives, are ecosystem neutral, biologically friendly and economically more desirable.