30 April
2024
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2023 Final Results and Board Change
Gensource Potash Releases Audited Financial Statements and
Management's Discussion and Analysis for the year ended December
31, 2023
SASKATOON, Saskatchewan and London, U.K., April 30,
2024 - Gensource Potash Corporation ("Gensource" or the "Company")
(AIM/TSXV: GSP), a fertilizer development company focused on
sustainable potash production, announces that it has released its
Audited Financial Statements and Management's discussion and
Analysis (MD&A) for the year ended December 31, 2023.
The detailed results of the Audited
Financial Statements and MD&A are available under the Company's
SEDAR+ profile on https://www.sedarplus.ca/landingpage/
or at https://gensourcepotash.ca/financials-
and-presentations/).
The highlights in this release should be read in conjunction with
the Audited Financial Statements and MD&A. The MD&A
provides an analysis of comparisons with previous periods, trends
affecting the business and risk factors.
Summary of Key Activities During Q4 2023 and the
year ending December 31
In today's interconnected world, fostering social
and environmental consciousness is not just a choice but an
imperative. Gensource's commitment to social and community values
reflects our purpose and role in supplying a hungry world with
potash, a sustainably produced macronutrient (critical mineral)
essential for society's transition towards a more food-secure
future. What sets us apart is our commitment to environmental
stewardship, evident in our utilization of leading approaches to
potash extraction, such as scalable potash production systems and
other practices to minimize our ecological footprint.
The completion of the financing for the Tugaske
Project, our primary focus, is progressing towards the close of the
first step to a multi-stage funding that will provide total
construction finance (see news release dated December 7,
2023). Tugaske, our first project of potentially many
similar projects, has been thoroughly vetted by independent third
parties through the senior debt due diligence process. The project
is fully permitted and ready for construction.
Gensource prioritizes community engagement and
empowerment, working closely with local stakeholders to ensure that
its operations benefit the communities in which it operates. Being
a partner in sustainable resource development means participating
in making business decisions that create wealth for a growing
Indigenous community and a growing province. Our community
partnership is a testament to our commitment to sustainable
resource development and our dedication to making business
decisions that benefit our shareholders, the Indigenous community,
and the province.
In 2023, Nekaneet First Nation joined Gensource as
an investor to implement a Saskatchewan project that will bring
multi-generational benefits to our shareholders and the local
community. The Company's Tugaske potash project rests on Treaty 4,
encompassing the lands of the Cree, Saulteaux, Dakota, Nakota and
Lakota, and homeland to the Metis Nation and the lands included in
the traditional territory of Nekaneet First Nation. We are all part
of this Treaty and must take our corporate responsibility seriously
to create real change through meaningful engagement.
A significant move in our corporate
senior management strategy was to welcome Wayne Brownlee to our
team as an independent director (Chair of the audit committee).
Wayne will significantly enhance our collective knowledge and
experience in the finance and fertilizers industry, not only for
moving Tugaske into construction but also for implementing future
projects. With over three decades of successful senior leadership,
communication, and market planning expertise, Mr. Brownlee will be
instrumental in boosting Gensource's market strategy. With the
addition of Mr. Brownlee as an independent director and Chair of
the audit committee, non-independent director Alton Anderson, CFO,
will not seek re-election to the board at this year's annual
meeting and will step down effective April 30, 2024 from the board.
The result is improved corporate governance with only one
non-independent director remaining on the board (Mike Ferguson,
CEO). The Company thanks Mr. Anderson for his time
serving as a non-independent director during the transition to
an independent director. Mr. Anderson will continue in his
role as CFO of the Company.
According to the International Fertilizer
Association (IFA), consumption of fertilizers worldwide was
expected to recover by 4% in 2023 to 192.5 million metric tons
(mmt), but supply and demand to some degree has been impacted by
risk from war, and supply chain interruption in
delivery.
Gensource focuses on delivering long-term value to
our shareholders, customers, employees, and other stakeholders.
Throughout the year, we made significant strides in advancing our
strategic initiatives. Looking ahead, we remain optimistic about
Gensource's prospects. While uncertainties persist in the global
economic landscape, our resilient business model, with Management
and Board's commitment of time, expertise and financing, the
Company will continue to support the innovations that will enable
it to navigate challenges and capitalize on opportunities.
We are optimistic about the initiatives planned for
the upcoming year, such as new market expansion strategies and
investments in technology and infrastructure. We are proud of our
accomplishments and confident in our ability to sustain growth and
profitability in the years to come.
The following is a recap of significant events in
2023:
· On January 27, 2023,
the Company closed the second and final closing of the non-brokered
private placement. The Company issued 11,969,998 Units for
aggregate gross proceeds of $1,795,499.70. Each Unit consists of
one common share in the capital stock of the Company (a "Common
Share") and one Common Share purchase warrant of the Company (a
"Warrant"). Each whole Warrant is exercisable for one Common Share
(a "Warrant Share") at an exercise price of $0.30 per Warrant Share
for a period of 24 months following the date of issuance.
· On May 29, 2023, the
Company completed a non-brokered private placement offering of
Units at a price of $0.15 per unit. At the closing, the Company
issued 6,118,583 units for aggregate gross proceeds of $917,787.45.
Each Unit consists of one common share in the capital stock of the
Company (a "Common Share") and one Common Share purchase warrant of
the Company (a "Warrant"). Each whole Warrant is exercisable for
one Common Share (a "Warrant Share") at an exercise price of $0.30
per Warrant Share for a period of 24 months following the date of
issuance.
· On October 2, 2023, the
Company completed a non-brokered private placement offering of
Units at a price of $0.15 per unit. At the closing the
Company issued 4,763,588 units for aggregate gross proceeds of
$729,538. Each Unit consists of one common share in the capital
stock of the Company (a "Common Share") and one Common Share
purchase warrant of the Company (a "Warrant"). Each Warrant will be
exercisable for one Common Share (a "Warrant Share") at an exercise
price of $0.30 per Warrant Share for a period of 24 months
following the date of issuance.
· The Company had cash of
$409,488 as at December 31, 2023 compared to $973,520 at September
30, 2023 and $337,831 at December 31, 2022.
For
further information on Gensource Potash, please contact:
Gensource Potash Corporation
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Mike Ferguson - President &
CEO
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+1-306-974-6414
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Strand Hanson Limited(Nominated &
Financial Adviser)
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+44 (0) 20 7409 3494
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Ritchie Balmer / Rory Murphy /
Charles Hammond
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Peel Hunt LLP (Broker)
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+44 (0) 20 7418 8900
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Ross Allister / David McKeown /
Georgia Langoulant
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For any press enquiries please
contact Gensource at 306-974-6414.
Further information on Gensource
Potash Corporation can be found at www.gensourcepotash.ca
Follow us on twitter @GensourcePotash
About Gensource
Gensource is a fertilizer development company based
in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and is on track to become the next
fertilizer production company in that province. With a modular and
environmentally leading approach to potash production, Gensource
believes its technical and business model will be the future of the
industry. Gensource operates under a business plan that has two key
components: (1) vertical integration with the market to ensure that
all production capacity built is directed, and pre-sold, to a
specific market, eliminating market-side risk; and (2) technical
innovation which will allow for a modular and economic potash
production facility, that demonstrates environmental leadership
within the industry, producing no salt tailings, therefore
eliminating decommissioning risk, and requiring no surface brine
ponds, thereby removing the single largest and negative
environmental aspect of potash mining.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation
Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the
TSX Venture Exchange) accepts
responsibility for the
adequacy or accuracy
of this
release.
Caution Regarding Forward-Looking
Statement
This news release may contain forward looking
information and Gensource cautions readers that forward- looking
information is based on certain assumptions and risk factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from the
expectations of Gensource included in this news release. This news
release includes certain "forward-looking statements", which often,
but not always, can be identified by the use of words such as
"believes", "anticipates", "expects", "estimates", "may", "could",
"would", "will", or "plan". These statements are based on
information currently available to Gensource and Gensource provides
no assurance that actual results will meet management's
expectations.
Forward looking statements include estimates and
statements with respect to Gensource's future plans, objectives or
goals, to the effect that Gensource or management expects a stated
condition or result to occur, including any offering of securities
by Gensource. Since forward-looking statements are based on
assumptions and address future events and conditions, by their very
nature they
involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual
results could differ materially from those currently anticipated in
such statements for many reasons such as: failure to finance the
Tugaske Project or other projects on terms which are economic or at
all; failure to settle a definitive joint venture agreement with a
party and advance and finance the Tugaske Project; changes in
general economic conditions and conditions in the financial
markets; the ability to find and source off-take agreements;
changes in demand and prices for potash; litigation, legislative,
environmental and other judicial, regulatory, political and
competitive developments; technological and operational
difficulties encountered in connection with Gensource's activities;
an inability to predict and counteract the effects of COVID-19 on
the business of Gensource, including but not limited to the effects
of COVID-19 on the price of commodities, capital market conditions,
restriction on labour and international travel and supply chains,
failure to obtain required regulatory approvals; and other matters
discussed in this news release and in filings made with securities
regulators. This list is not exhaustive of the factors that may
affect any of Gensource's forward-looking statements. These and
other factors should be considered carefully, and readers should
not place undue reliance on Gensource's forward-looking statements.
Gensource does not undertake to update any forward- looking
statement that may be made from time to time by Gensource or on its
behalf, except in accordance with applicable securities
laws.