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AGORACOM Welcomes DuSolo Fertilizers (TSX-V:DSF) Capitalizing on Brazil’s Growing Demand for Fertilizer

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 5:25 PM on Wednesday, June 10th, 2015

BY BEING A DOMESTIC FERTILIZER PRODUCER, DUSOLO IS ABLE TO OFFER A PREMIUM PRODUCT AT A SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER COST

  • Entered into a two-year, 60,000 tonne sales contract (30,000 tonnes per year) for its 15% P2O5 Direct Application Natural Fertilizer product with a local Brazilian fertilizer distributor
  • Over the term of the Contract, the Buyer has agreed to pay BRL230 per tonne for total proceeds of BRL13,800,000 or approximately C$5,500,000


  • Assets host at surface, high-grade phosphate mineralization, which allows for a simple mining and processing method
  • Direct Application Natural Fertilizer (DANF) product is in high demand in the region
  • No additional transportation or logistics costs are added to our DANF product prices

BRAZIL IS ONE OF THE WORLD’S FASTEST GROWING AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIES

  • World’s largest exporter of sugar, coffee and orange juice and the second largest in soybean exports
  • Domestic fertilizer supply does not meet current demands
  • Brazil currently imports more than 50% of phosphate fertilizers from it uses overseas
  • Significant transportation and logistic-related costs are added to imported fertilizers

MANY NEAR TERM CATALYSTS EXPECTED

  • Entering into additional DANF product sales contracts

  • Doubling capacity at  processing facility to 160,000 tonnes per year
  • Updating the National Instrument 43-101 Resource Estimate to include results from the 2015 drill campaign – Recent drill results confirm presence of additional high-grade phosphate mineralization beyond areas identified in initial resource estimate
  • Third Party Economic Evaluation of Operations Planned for 2015
  • Cash flow from operations

PHOSPHATE IS BECOMING AN IMPORTANT COMMODITY


  • The growing global population is creating an ever-increasing demand for food

  • Agricultural production requires the use of fertilizers from three essential minerals Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (P) and Potassium (K) or (“NPK”)
  • Demand for phosphate-based fertilizers is rising, while existing global phosphate reserves are declining
  • It’s estimated that “peak phosphorus” production will occur by 2030
  • Brazil’s has a substantial shortage of domestically produced phosphate fertilizers; as a result the government considers it to be a strategic commodity

ADVANTAGES OF OPERATING IN THE CERRADO REGION

  • The Cerrado region is home to the largest arable land mass in the world – Majority of future increases in global food production is expected to come from this region

  • The tropical rains in the Cerrado wash away nutrients, leaving the soil poor for farming and needing to be fertilized frequently
  • Cerrado is land locked, therefore making fertilizer imports very expensive
  • Within a 500 km radius of DuSolo’s processing facility:
    • 1.2 million tonnes of phosrock is being consumed every year
    • 585 farms and agricultural centres exist
    • DANF consumption is growing at a compound annual growth rate f 6%
    • No domestic production

DuSolo Secures Multi-Year DANF Sales Contract for Proceeds Totaling C$5.5M

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 8:17 AM on Thursday, June 4th, 2015

  • Entered into a two-year, 60,000 tonne sales contract (30,000 tonnes per year for its 15% P2O5 Direct Application Natural Fertilizer (“DANF”) product with a local Brazilian fertilizer distributor 
  • Over the term of the Contract, the Buyer has agreed to pay BRL230 per tonne for total proceeds of BRL13,800,000 or approximately C$5,500,000 (all figures as per the June 3, 2015 exchange rate).

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(June 4, 2015) – DuSolo Fertilizers Inc., (TSX VENTURE:DSF)(OTC PINK:ELGSF)(FRANKFURT:E6R) (“DuSolo” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a two-year, 60,000 tonne sales contract (30,000 tonnes per year) (the “Contract”) for its 15% P2O5 Direct Application Natural Fertilizer (“DANF”) product with a local Brazilian fertilizer distributor (the “Buyer”). Over the term of the Contract, the Buyer has agreed to pay BRL230 per tonne for total proceeds of BRL13,800,000 or approximately C$5,500,000 (all figures as per the June 3, 2015 exchange rate).

“We are happy to be entering into yet another significant sales contract for this planting season,” said Eran Friedlander, President and CEO of DuSolo. “Being the sole local supplier of DANF in the region, our product is in demand as it offers local farmers a high quality fertilizer at competitive prices. We are currently in negotiations with a number of local agri-businesses for our DANF product and expect to announce more sales contracts in the coming weeks.”

The Buyer has made an advance payment of BRL115,000 or approximately C$45,600 for immediate delivery of 500 tonnes of DANF product. The Buyer has further committed to pay BRL575,000 or approximately C$228,500 for an additional 2,500 tonnes of DANF product, to be delivered by July 1, 2015.

This year the Company has secured the following sales contracts: 40,000 tonnes for approximately C$4,400,000 (announced January 12, 2015), 10,000 tonnes for approximately C$1,300,000 (announced April 7, 2015) and 1,100 tonnes for approximately C$102,000(announced April 21, 2015). In total, DuSolo has sales contracts in place for 81,100 tonnes of DANF product totaling approximately C$8,500,000 for the 2015 planting season, and an additional 30,000 tonnes for the 2016 planting season.

ABOUT DUSOLO

DuSolo Fertilizers Inc. is focused on developing a fully integrated process to produce phosphate based fertilizers within the Cerrado region of Brazil as part of a nationwide effort, incentivized by the government, to increase supply of domestically sourced fertilizers and achieve agricultural self sufficiency.

The Company’s shares are publicly traded on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol DSF, on the OTC Pink Sheets under the symbol ELGSF and on Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol E6R.

On behalf of the Board of Directors

DuSolo Fertilizers Inc.

Eran Friedlander, President and CEO

Forward-looking statements

Certain information contained in this press release constitutes “forward-looking information”, within the meaning of Canadian legislation. Generally, these forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “plans”, “expects” or “does not expect”, “is expected”, “budget”, “scheduled”, “estimates”, “forecasts”, “intends”, “anticipates” or “does not anticipate”, or “believes”, or variations of such words and phrases or statements that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might” or “will be taken”, “occur”, “be achieved” or “has the potential to”. Forward-looking statements contained in this press release may include statements regarding the future operating or financial performance of DuSolo which involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties which may not prove to be accurate. Actual results and outcomes may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in these forward-looking statements. Such statements are qualified in their entirety by the inherent risks and uncertainties surrounding future expectations. Among those factors which could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: market conditions and other risk factors listed from time to time in our reports filed with Canadian securities regulators on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. The forward-looking statements included in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and DuSolo disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as expressly required by applicable securities legislation.

Disclosure

The Company is not basing its decision to begin production of DANF on a feasibility study of mineral reserves demonstrating economic and technical viability. Without a technical report demonstrating economic and technical viability, there is increased uncertainty as to whether DuSolo will be able to economically produce DANF products and as to whether DuSolo will be confronted with any unforeseen technical impediments. Similarly, the Company has not completed a preliminary economic assessment before making production and project expansion decisions.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange Inc. nor its Regulation Service Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange Inc.) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this press release.

DuSolo Fertilizers Inc.
Eran Friedlander
President and CEO
(604) 272-7157
[email protected]
www.DuSolo.com