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Excellent Test Results from the Arapua Project
Excellent Test Results from the Arapua Project.
About this update from Harvest Minerals Limited
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 7555P Harvest Minerals Limited 05 September 2017 \n\n5 September 2017\n \nTo view the press release with the photographs, please use the following link:\nhttp://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/7555P_-2017-9-4.pdf\n \nHarvest Minerals Limited\n(\"Harvest\" or the \"Company\")\n \n Excellent Coffee Agronomic Test Results from the Arapua Fertiliser Project\n \nHarvest Minerals Limited, the AIM quoted fertiliser development company, is pleased to announce further positive results from the ongoing agronomic test work conducted on KPfértil, its direct application natural fertiliser and remineraliser product produced from the Company's 100% owned Arapua Fertiliser Project in Brazil (\"Arapua\"). \n \nHighlights\n· Results of tests conducted over 180 days on juvenile (±1.5 year) and mature (+12 year) coffee plants indicate that KPfértil, a completely natural, slow release, single product fertiliser, is as effective as traditional fertilisers in supplying potassium (\"K\") and phosphate (\"P\") to plants\n· As part of the test, a total of 12 treatments were applied to compare KPfértil to conventional fertilisers as a source of K and P\n· Results are part of the ongoing agronomic efficiency study on the application of KPfértil on coffee crops\n· Further tests will be conducted to examine the long-term benefits of using KPfértil over conventional fertilisers\n \nSantinato & Santinato Cafés Ltda ('Santinato'), a renowned agronomic consulting company in Brazil specialising in coffee cultivation, conducted the tests at one of the Veloso Agropecuária ('Veloso') coffee plantations. Veloso is considered one of the largest coffee producers in the Brazilian Cerrado. \n \nHarvest's Executive Chairman, Brian McMaster, said, \"These results are excellent and build on the successful tests carried out on rice crops which demonstrated a substantial increase in dry matter production following the application of KPfértil. We have identified the coffee growers in the Cerrado Region as an important customer base and tests results indicating that our local, 100% organic product acts as efficiently as imported KCl, a conventional source of potassium, represent a signi...