Aeroquest International and Optimal Geomatics Complete Plan of Arrangement

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Attention business/financial editors and reporters:

Aeroquest International Limited (TSX:AQL) and Optimal Geomatics Inc. (TSX
VENTURE:OPG) jointly announce the completion of the plan of arrangement today
resulting in Aeroquest International acquiring all of the issued and outstanding
common shares of Optimal Geomatics. Under the terms of the plan of arrangement,
Optimal Geomatics shareholders received 1 common share of Aeroquest
International for each 21 common shares of Optimal owned, resulting in an
aggregate of 2,923,130 common shares of Aeroquest International being issued.


Optimal has applied to have its shares delisted from trading on the TSX Venture
Exchange, which should occur on or about September 30, 2009.


"We are pleased to welcome Optimal Geomatics into the Aeroquest Group of
Companies," said Roy Graydon, Aeroquest's President & CEO; "This is an important
new market for Aeroquest and we're pleased to have access to the strength and
capabilities of Optimal."


About Aeroquest International

Aeroquest International is a global information and technology services company
and a leader in the development and operation of innovative and proprietary
geophysical surveying platforms for the mineral and petroleum exploration, and
environmental services industries. Through its subsidiary companies Aeroquest
Surveys, UTS Geophysics and Geophex, Aeroquest International fields a fleet of
over two dozen helicopter and fixed wing survey systems and is active around the
world. More information about Aeroquest International can be found at
www.aeroquest.ca.


About Optimal Geomatics

Optimal Geomatics, a geospatial mapping company, provides engineering and
geospatial professionals with customized products designed to meet their mapping
needs. Optimal Geomatics specializes in the science and technology of gathering,
analyzing, interpreting, distributing, and using geographic information. Optimal
applies the disciplines of aerial surveying, mapping, remote sensing, geographic
information systems (GIS), and global positioning systems (GPS) to translate
remotely-acquired raw imagery into intelligent digitally-mapped data for use
according to the application involved, such as land management, environmental
information management and engineering design. More information about Optimal
can be found at www.optimalgeo.com.


This news release may include statements about expected future events that are
forward-looking in nature and subject to risks and uncertainties. Both Aeroquest
and Optimal caution that actual performance will be affected by a number of
factors, many of which are beyond their control. Future events and results may
vary substantially from what Aeroquest and Optimal currently foresee.
Discussions of the various factors that may affect future results are contained
in Aeroquest's and Optimal's recent filings, available on SEDAR. All forward
looking statements contained in this press release are qualified by this
cautionary statement.

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