Verde AgriTech Plc (TSX: “NPK”) (OTCQB: “AMHPF”)
("Verde” or the “Company”) is pleased to declare commercial
production at its first processing plant in Brazil and announces
its third quarter 2018 results.
The Company inaugurated its plant in August this
year and has since been ramping up its production towards
operational capacity. Verde was sold out for this season, having
had to cancel some of the orders that totaled over 50,000 tonnes of
Super Greensand®, an amount that exceeded its production capacity
to year-end, of around 40,000 tonnes of Super Greensand®. Even
after sales were closed for the season, there was significant
purchase enquiries from farmers.
At the date of this release Verde has a solid
cash position of C$ 656,130 in addition to receipts of C$821,104
due from customers. For 2019 Verde plans to sell 200,000 tonnes of
products and start construction of a new processing facility
capable of a further 600,000 tonnes per year. The Company’s
pre-feasibility study shows a post-tax net present value discounted
at 8% of US$1.98 billion and internal rate of return of 290% (see
PR November 27, 2017).
Q3 2018 Highlights- At the date
of this release Verde has accepted binding orders for nearly 40
thousand tonnes of Super Greensand®, of which 9,000 tonnes were
delivered during Q3. The orders delivered in Q3 2018 generated
revenue of C$666,000 and a gross profit of C$265,000.- Net losses
were C$308,000 ($0.007 per share) during the quarter compared to
C$457,000 (C$0.011 per share) in Q2’18 and C$414,000 (C$0.011 per
share) in Q3’17.- In July 2018, the Group announced it was accepted
as a member of Bonsucro, an international non-profit
multi-stakeholder organization that promotes sustainable sugar cane
production. In Brazil alone, Bonsucro certified mills have the
potential to consume about 1 million tons of Super Greensand® as
they migrate from conventional potash salt source to Verde’s
sustainable product.- In August 2018, Verde announced it had
successfully commissioned and started up commercial production at
its processing plant. The Company has been operating its plant 24
hours a day and 7 days a week in order to fulfill existing orders
for Super Greensand® for the 2018 planting season.
Subsequent Event:- In October
2018, Verde announced its expansion plans to start the construction
of a new processing facility capable of producing an added 600
thousand tonnes per annum. The Company will continue the use of its
existing plant to produce 200 thousand tonnes per annum in parallel
of the construction. The total of 800 thousand tonnes per annum
capacity is expected to be reached in early 2020.- In October 2018,
Verde also announced it had received orders that surpassed its
total production capacity for 2018 and it had therefore to turn
down clients for this season.- In November 2018, Verde announced a
new business unit called Verde Marketplace. The Marketplace is
business-to-business (“B2B”) platform in which farmers can offer,
on a large scale, nutrient-rich and sustainably-produced food
directly to interested corporate buyers who serve a growing portion
of the population and are looking for these types of food.
Verde’s President & CEO, Cristiano Veloso
commented: “As previously mentioned, the first 50,000 tonnes of
sales would be the hardest. We are overcoming that landmark. The
market has rewarded our efforts by eagerly adopting Verde’s
products and spreading the word about its positive farming results.
Here onwards our sales will only grow and become even more
profitable on a per tonne basis. Above all, Verde is poised to
expand relying mostly on growing sales and without the need to
issue new equity”.
About Verde AgriTechVerde
AgriTech promotes sustainable and profitable agriculture through
the development of its Cerrado Verde Project. Cerrado Verde,
located in the heart of Brazil’s largest agricultural market, is
the source of a potassium-rich deposit from which the Company
intends to produce solutions for crop nutrition, crop protection,
soil improvement and increased sustainability.
For additional information please
contact:Cristiano Veloso, President &
Chief Executive OfficerTel: +55 (31) 3245 0205; Email:
cv@verdeagritech.com www.verdeagritech.com
| www.supergreensand.com
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Marketplacewww.verde.ag
Cautionary Language and Forward Looking
Statements
All Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resources
estimates reported by the Company were estimated in accordance with
the Canadian National Instrument 43-101 and the Canadian Institute
of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum Definition Standards (May 10,
2014). These standards differ significantly from the requirements
of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Mineral Resources
which are not Mineral Reserves do not have demonstrated economic
viability.
This document contains "forward-looking
information" within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation
and "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the United
States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. This
information and these statements, referred to herein as
"forward-looking statements" are made as of the date of this
document. Forward-looking statements relate to future events or
future performance and reflect current estimates, predictions,
expectations or beliefs regarding future events and include, but
are not limited to, statements with respect to:
- the estimated amount and grade of Mineral Resources and Mineral
Reserves;
- the PFS representing a viable development option for the
Project;
- estimates of the capital costs of
constructing mine facilities and bringing a mine into production,
of sustaining capital and the duration of financing payback
periods;
- the estimated amount of future production, both produced and
sold; and,
- estimates of operating costs and
total costs, net cash flow, net present value and economic returns
from an operating mine.
Any statements that express or involve
discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs,
plans, projections, objectives or future events or performance
(often, but not always, using words or phrases such as "expects",
"anticipates", "plans", "projects", "estimates", "envisages",
"assumes", "intends", "strategy", "goals", "objectives" or
variations thereof or stating that certain actions, events or
results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur
or be achieved, or the negative of any of these terms and similar
expressions) are not statements of historical fact and may be
forward-looking statements.
All forward-looking statements are based on
Verde's or its consultants' current beliefs as well as various
assumptions made by them and information currently available to
them. The most significant assumptions are set forth above, but
generally these assumptions include:
- the presence of and continuity of resources and reserves at the
Project at estimated grades;
- the geotechnical and metallurgical
characteristics of rock conforming to sampled results; including
the quantities of water and the quality of the water that must be
diverted or treated during mining operations;
- the capacities and durability of various machinery and
equipment;
- the availability of personnel,
machinery and equipment at estimated prices and within the
estimated delivery times;
- currency exchange rates;
- Super Greensand® sales prices, market size and exchange rate
assumed;
- appropriate discount rates applied to the cash flows in the
economic analysis;
- tax rates and royalty rates applicable to the proposed mining
operation;
- the availability of acceptable financing under assumed
structure and costs;
- anticipated mining losses and dilution;
- reasonable contingency requirements;
- success in realizing proposed operations;
- receipt of permits and other regulatory approvals on acceptable
terms; and
- the fulfilment of environmental assessment commitments and
arrangements with local communities.
Although management considers these assumptions
to be reasonable based on information currently available to it,
they may prove to be incorrect. Many forward-looking statements are
made assuming the correctness of other forward looking statements,
such as statements of net present value and internal rates of
return, which are based on most of the other forward-looking
statements and assumptions herein. The cost information is also
prepared using current values, but the time for incurring the costs
will be in the future and it is assumed costs will remain stable
over the relevant period.
By their very nature, forward-looking statements
involve inherent risks and uncertainties, both general and
specific, and risks exist that estimates, forecasts, projections
and other forward-looking statements will not be achieved or that
assumptions do not reflect future experience. We caution readers
not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements as
a number of important factors could cause the actual outcomes to
differ materially from the beliefs, plans, objectives,
expectations, anticipations, estimates assumptions and intentions
expressed in such forward-looking statements. These risk factors
may be generally stated as the risk that the assumptions and
estimates expressed above do not occur as forecast, but
specifically include, without limitation: risks relating to
variations in the mineral content within the material identified as
Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves from that predicted;
variations in rates of recovery and extraction; the geotechnical
characteristics of the rock mined or through which infrastructure
is built differing from that predicted, the quantity of water that
will need to be diverted or treated during mining operations being
different from what is expected to be encountered during mining
operations or post closure, or the rate of flow of the water being
different; developments in world metals markets; risks relating to
fluctuations in the Brazilian Real relative to the Canadian dollar;
increases in the estimated capital and operating costs or
unanticipated costs; difficulties attracting the necessary work
force; increases in financing costs or adverse changes to the terms
of available financing, if any; tax rates or royalties being
greater than assumed; changes in development or mining plans due to
changes in logistical, technical or other factors; changes in
project parameters as plans continue to be refined; risks relating
to receipt of regulatory approvals; delays in stakeholder
negotiations; changes in regulations applying to the development,
operation, and closure of mining operations from what currently
exists; the effects of competition in the markets in which Verde
operates; operational and infrastructure risks and the additional
risks described in Verde's Annual Information Form filed with SEDAR
in Canada (available at www.sedar.com ) for the year ended December
31, 2016. Verde cautions that the foregoing list of factors that
may affect future results is not exhaustive.
When relying on our forward-looking statements
to make decisions with respect to Verde, investors and others
should carefully consider the foregoing factors and other
uncertainties and potential events. Verde does not undertake to
update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that
may be made from time to time by Verde or on our behalf, except as
required by law.
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