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Strategic Alliance with Major Fertiliser Company
Strategic Alliance with Major Fertiliser Company.
About this update from Harvest Minerals Limited
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 8035V Harvest Minerals Limited 26 July 2018 \n\n \n \nHarvest Minerals Limited / Index: LSE / Epic: HMI / Sector: Mining\n26th July 2018\nHarvest Minerals Limited ('Harvest' or the 'Company')\nStrategic Alliance with Major Brazilian Fertiliser Producer & Distributor \nto Sell KPfértil \n \nHarvest Minerals Limited, the AIM quoted natural fertiliser producer, is pleased to announce that it has signed a strategic alliance agreement (\"the Agreement\") with Geociclo Biotecnologia S/A (\"Geociclo\"), one of the largest developers, producers and distributors of organic fertilisers in Brazil to market and sell Harvest's KPfértil product. \n \nHighlights:\n· Strategic alliance with internationally recognised Geociclo will enable: \no KPfértil, Harvest's Ministry of Agriculture ('MAPA') certified remineraliser, to be marketed and sold by Geociclo's established sales force\no Access to new agricultural regions in Brazil dominated by Geociclo and the expansion of Harvest's existing market penetration for the product \no Unrestricted access to Geociclo's MAPA accredited research and trial production facility, expected to expediate the development of any future products \no Storage of significant quantities of KPfértil in Geociclo's storage facilities \n· Geociclo is established in the Brazilian fertiliser sector having worked with international organisations including the Federal University of Uberlândia, the Agricultural Research Company of Minas Gerais and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology \n· Geociclo's facilities are located in Uberlândia in Minas Gerais, Brazil, the country's largest agricultural region, approximately 450km from Harvest's Arapua project and outside of the geographic location originally targeted by Harvest's sales and marketing functions\n \nBrian McMaster, Executive Chairman of Harvest, said, \"Geociclo is an internationally recognised agricultural company and we believe that this alliance will significantly enhance our sales channels and complement our existing arrangements with other parties. As market leaders in the Minas Gerais region, Brazil's largest agricultural region, Geociclo have an established sales team that will now work to promote KPFértil. Additionally, t...