Potash is now 130% more expensive than 2020*

In November 2021 it reached an average price of US$800/t. The largest price rise since 2009

Potash Price (CFR Brazil)

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Source: Acerto Limited Report / Agribusiness Intelligence for Latin America 

* As of November 04, 2021

Geopolitical risks impacted a market controlled only by 3 countries:

Russia, Belarus and Canada.

Belarus protests against president Alexander Lukashenko, Europe’s last dictator 

Each year, an additional 80 million people need to be fed, while arable land per capita declines, requiring more potash.

Population Growth - Estimates (1950-2020) and Medium Variant (2021-2050)

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Source: United Nations Population Division

Brazil is the second largest consumer of potash in the world.

More than 95% of the potassium consumed in Brazil is imported, which also makes the country the world’s largest potash importer. 

In 2021 Brazilian Farmers will spend around US$billion in potash purchases. 

Verde is an agricultural technology company that develops and produces fertilizers.

Rooting our solutions in nature, we make agriculture healthier, more productive, and profitable for farmers. We work to improve the health of all people and the planet. 

Verde is an agricultural technology company that develops and produces fertilizers.

Rooting our solutions in nature, we make agriculture healthier, more productive, and profitable for farmers. We work to improve the health of all people and the planet. 

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Our shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the trading symbol NPK.

Our potash mine in Brazil has 777.28 MT in reserves and 1,472 MT in resources, sufficient to last generations supplying most of the Brazilian market. 

Source: See pages 127 and 138 from NI 43-101 Pre-Feasibility Technical Report Cerrado Verde Project, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 

We’ve been experiencing an expressive growth since we started production in 2017.

Verde’s revenue per year (R$ ‘000) 

1 – EBTIDA before non-cash events for 2020 = R$6.11M 

2 – Targeted revenue based on FY guidance, revised upwards on August 16, 2021. 


3 – See NI 43-101 Pre-Feasibility Technical Report Cerrado Verde Project, MG, Brazil, page 201. PFS currency exchange: US$1.00 = R$3.28 

4 – EBTIDA for Phase 2 = R$452M. EBTIDA for Phase 3 = R$1,417M. PFS currency exchange: US$1.00 = R$3.28 

We’ve been experiencing an expressive growth since we started production in 2017.

1 – EBTIDA before non-cash events for 2020 = R$6.11M 

2 – Targeted revenue based on FY guidance, revised upwards on August 16, 2021. 


3 – See NI 43-101 Pre-Feasibility Technical Report Cerrado Verde Project, MG, Brazil, page 201. PFS currency exchange: US$1.00 = R$3.28 

4 – EBTIDA for Phase 2 = R$452M. EBTIDA for Phase 3 = R$1,417M. PFS currency exchange: US$1.00 = R$3.28 

Verde has 186% compound annual growth rate since production started in 2017*, with 62% of gross margin achieved in 2020.

*CAGR calculation based on yearly total sales volume in tonnes from 2018 to 2020.

Our net present value per share is C$ 50.17*

* Based on C$2.607 billion NPV after tax divided by 50,378,619 shares outstanding as of August 16, 2021. Estimated Net Present Value after tax of US$1.99 billion, with 8% discount rate and Internal Rate of Return of 287% (see NI 43-101 Pre-Feasibility Technical Report Cerrado Verde Project, MG, Brazil, page 207).  

Currency exchange: US$1.00 = C$1.27. 

Project economics are outstanding because our delivered cost is the lowest among all producers.

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1 – Delivered cost of 600kg of K2O, equivalent to 1 tonne of KCl or 6 tonnes of K Forte.  

2 – Freight from Taquari-Vassouras mine, in Rosário do Catete (SE), to Minas Gerais. Currency exchange rate: US$1.00 = R$5.30 

3 – Ben’s Fert Playbook, Global Fertilizers. Scotibank, March 2021, page 25. 

4 – Operating costs for meeting the market demand of 16.84M tonnes of K Forte. See NI 43-101 Pre-Feasibility Technical Report Cerrado Verde Project, MG, Brazil, page 198.

5-Weighted average freight for meeting the market demand of 16.84M tonnes of K Forte. See NI 43-101 Pre-Feasibility Technical Report Cerrado Verde Project, MG, Brazil, page 175  

6 – Acerto Limited Report, Agribusiness Intelligence for Latin America. Port costs, Demurrage and Freight to the Farm calculated from Santos (SP) Port to Uberaba (MG), as of August 19, 2021. 

7 – Average margin considered as 10% of the sale price. 

We supply salinity and chloride free potassium specialty fertilizers directly to farmers for the same cost as imported conventional fertilizers. 

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Sources: Malavolta, E.; Usherwood, N.R. Adubos e adubação potássica. 5. ed. Instituto da Potassa, 1984. 56p. / Sci, J. E., C. Change, M. Ma, D. Oh, and E. Ng. 2019. Import of Potash Fertilizer in Egypt by Using Glauconite Deposits as an Indigenous Alternative Source of Potassium. 10(2):2–5. / Dr. Felipe Santinato and Dr. Fernando Dini Andreote  research – Verde.ag. Blog October 28, 2020. / Stomaite, K., Zagorskis, A. (2014). Research Into Efficiency of Ammonia Removal from Polluted Air Using na Adsorber with Glauconite Packing Material. In Enviromental Engineering. Proceedings of the Internacional Conference on Environmental Engineering. ICEE (Vol. 9, p. 1). Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Department of Construction Economics & Property. / TEDROW JOHN. Greensand and Greensand Soils of New Jersey: A Review. Rutgers NJAES Cooperative Extension, 2003. / SILVA, Rodrigo Vieira et al. Effects of silicon on the penetration and reproduction events of Meloidogyne exigua on coffee roots. Bragantia,  Campinas ,  v. 74, n. 2, p. 196-199,  June  2015. / Role of silcon in plant resistance to water stress. Journal of Elementology. 14. 619-630. 10.5601/jelem.2009.14.3.20. 

Our strong board of directors counts with UN World Food Prize winner Alysson Paolinelli, who is also a contender for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize.

Our strong board of directors counts with UN World Food Prize winner Alysson Paolinelli, who is also a contender for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize.

We have a scalable project being developed in a non-dilutive way to shareholders, through accumulated cash flow and debt. 

Verde raised over C$60 million over the years, cautiously invested in exploration, project development, production and expansions. 

This strategy has been validated by the Company’s profitable and constant growth so far 

We have a scalable project being developed in a non-dilutive way to shareholders, through accumulated cash flow and debt. 

Verde raised over C$60 million over the years, cautiously invested in exploration, project development, production and expansions. 

This strategy has been validated by the Company’s profitable and constant growth so far 

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