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POWER OF ATTORNEY

	I, Darrell B. Lee, hereby authorize and designate each of W. Morgan
Burns, Matthew R. Kuhn and Brook T. Nuernberg signing singly, as my true
and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

	(1)	execute for and on my behalf, in my capacity as an officer
and/or director of Ikonics Corporation (the "Company"), Form ID or Forms
3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder;

	(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on my behalf which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form ID
or Forms 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority, and the
National Association of Securities Dealers; and

	(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may
be to my benefit, in my best interest, or legally required of me, it
being understood that the statements executed by such attorney-in-fact
on my behalf pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form
and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may
approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

	I hereby further grant to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the
rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes
as I might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this
Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  I hereby
acknowledge that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such
capacity at my request, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming,
any of my responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

       This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
I am no longer required to file Form ID or Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect
to my holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by me in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any such
attorney-in-fact hereafter ceases to be at least one of the following: (i)
a partner of Faegre Baker Daniels LLP or (ii) an employee of Faegre
Baker Daniels LLP, then this Power of Attorney shall be automatically
revoked solely as to such individual, immediately upon such cessation,
without any further action on my part.

	I hereby revoke all previous Powers of Attorney that have been
granted by me in connection with my reporting obligations under Section
16 of the Exchange Act with respect to my holdings of and transactions
in securities issued by the Company.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have caused this Power of Attorney to be duly
executed as of this 23rd day of April, 2012.

						/s/ Darrell B. Lee





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