Verde Potash Announces Results of the 2014 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
TORONTO, June 20, 2014 /CNW/ - Verde Potash (TSX: "NPK") ("Verde" or the "Company") held its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of shareholders on Friday June 20, 2014 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and would like to announce the final voting results.
At the AGM, all director nominees listed in the Company's management information circular dated May 14, 2014 were elected as directors of the Company. In addition, shareholders adopted the Directors' Report, the Audited Statement of Accounts and the Auditors' Report for the year ended December 31, 2013 and appointed BDO LLP as auditors of the Company to hold office until the next annual meeting. The detailed results of the vote are as follows:
| Item Voted Upon | Voting Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. To receive and adopt the Directors' Report, the Audited Statement of Accounts and the Auditors' Report for the year ended December 31st, 2013. | * The resolution was approved by shareholders on a show of hands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2. To appoint the auditors, BDO LLP, as the Auditors of the Company for the ensuing year, and to authorise the directors of the Company to fix their remuneration. | * The resolution was approved by shareholders on a show of hands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3. Election of Directors nominated in the Company's management information circular dated May 14th, 2014. | * The nominees proposed by management were elected by ballot by shareholders, as follows:
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At the conclusion of the meeting, President & CEO, Cristiano Veloso, gave a presentation which will be made available on the Company's website at www.verdepotash.com.
About Verde Potash
Verde Potash, a Brazilian fertilizer development company, is focused on advancing the Cerrado Verde Potash Project located in the heart of Brazil's largest agriculture market. Cerrado Verde is the source of a potash-rich deposit from which the Company intends to produce both ThermoPotash ("TK") and potassium chloride ("KCl"). TK is a controlled-release, non-chloride, multi-nutrient fertilizer that is ideally suited for Brazilian soils. In addition, the Company is developing its Calcario limestone project, limestone being a key raw material in the Company's process to produce both TK and KCl.
About the Cerrado Verde Potash Project
Cerrado Verde is a unique project: 1) its high grade potash rock outcrops and is amenable to strip mining, allowing fast construction of a scalable operation; 2) it is located in the midst of the world's third largest and fastest growing fertilizer market; 3) it connects to Brazil's largest fertilizer distribution districts via existing and high quality infrastructure; 4) it has the potential to supply both TK and KCl to Brazil's local agriculture market from its large potash-rich deposit.
| Forward Looking Information This news release contains certain forward-looking information, which includes but is not limited to, statements with respect to the Company's strategy, funding of the Cerrado Verde project, the commercial production of ThermoPotash and KCl, design and building of a Flex Plant, timing and completion of a prefeasibility study, receipt of environmental permits, and the generation of cash flow from Phase 1 of the new strategy. Forward-looking information involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to differ materially from the forward-looking information. Material risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking information include, but are not limited to, the failure to obtain necessary regulatory approvals, failure to obtain financing on acceptable terms, risks associated with the mining industry in general (e.g., operational risks in development, exploration and production; delays or changes in plans with respect to exploration or development projects or capital expenditures; the uncertainty of estimates and projections relating to production, costs and expenses, and health, safety and environmental risks), commodity price, demand for ThermoPotash and KCl in Brazil, exchange rate fluctuations and other risk factors set out in the Company's most recently filed Annual Information Form under the heading "Risk Factors". Currently, ThermoPotash is not commercially produced or sold in Brazil. As a consequence, there is no current market for this product. Should commercial demand for ThermoPotash fail to develop, the Company's business model may not be appropriate. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on such forward-looking information. Material factors or assumptions used to develop such forward-looking information include, but are not limited to, the demand for ThermoPotash and KCl in Brazil, the ability to secure necessary environmental and mining permits, the ability to secure financing, and other assumptions set out in the Company's current technical report. The Company does not currently intend to update forward-looking information in this news release except where required by law. |
SOURCE Verde Potash Plc
Contact
Cristiano Veloso, President & Chief Executive Officer
Tel: +55 (31) 3245 0205; Fax: +55 (31) 3245 0205; Email: cv@verdepotash.com
Iwona Zakrzewski, Investor Relations
Tel: (416) 844-7337 / (416) 866-2966; Email: iz@verdepotash.com