Gensource Provides Business Update
09 Abril 2018 - 6:00AM
Business Wire
Gensource Potash Corporation (“Gensource” or the
“Company”) (TSX.V: GSP) is pleased to provide the following
general business update to shareholders and to announce a scheduled
shareholder conference call.
The Company, in late March, in two separate news releases,
announced two non-binding memorandums of understanding (“MOU”) with
large, well established players in the North American agriculture
industry, both of which are based in the USA. The subject of the
MOUs was off-take for the future potash product from a Gensource
production facility (the term “off-take” is simply the commitment
to purchase product), and both MOUs were similar in that they
contemplated the purchase of the full production from one of
Gensource’s modules of 250,000 t/year production capacity for an
extended period. With these MOUs now signed, Gensource is
proceeding with the next steps, which are: 1) the negotiation of
definitive off-take agreements based on the MOUs and, 2) Project
financing based on the off-taker agreement(s). With these two items
completed, the Company will proceed with construction of the first
project as expeditiously as possible.
An MOU is the first step towards a definitive off-take
agreement, and an off-take agreement is a key milestone for
Gensource. Shareholders will be aware that the Company’s business
plan is based on two pillars: 1) be small, efficient and respectful
of both your community and the environment, and; 2) be vertically
integrated. A definitive off-take agreement is important for a
number of reasons: 1. It removes the
perceived “market risk” from developing a project – “market risk”
is summed up in the statement “where will you sell all the product
you produce?”. 2. It acts as a financing
“instrument” – i.e., if the terms of the definitive agreement are
acceptable to financial institutions, they may provide project
financing on the basis of the off-take agreement,
and 3. Most importantly, an off-take
agreement with the parties that Gensource is dealing with
represents the second pillar (“be vertically integrated”) in the
Company’s business plan – both of the parties Gensource is dealing
with have direct retail access to the US and Canadian farmer and
that fits very well, philosophically, with Gensource’s aim to be
vertically integrated and to be part of the supply chain that
reaches directly to the farmer and circumvents current restrictive
potash distribution models for the farmers’ benefit.
As outlined in the news releases of March 22 and March 27, the
goal is to complete off-take agreements by the end of April and
work is well underway in that regard. Simultaneously with the
negotiation of off-take agreements, Gensource is in discussions
with project finance organizations (both equity and debt providers)
to begin the financing process and make the timelines to completion
of both the off-take agreements and the financing packages as
efficient as possible. Timing is always difficult to pin down
definitively, but if our current schedule can be maintained, we
hope to be in the field with initial construction activities this
summer.
Gensource will host its next quarterly conference call on
Thursday April 12, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. Dial-in number
for the conference call is: 1-866-486-8901. We invite you to join
us to hear directly how your company is progressing, and also
encourage you to submit questions in advance to info@gensource.com
– we will work to address every question we receive during the
conference call. We look forward to your participation. The call
will also be archived through the Company’s Investor News page at
www.gensource.ca.
Gensource’s President & CEO, Mike Ferguson, said, "We at
Gensource felt it was important to provide this general business
update. A lot has happened over the past short period and we wanted
to be sure that our shareholders, firstly, understood what is going
on at the Company, and secondly, understood the context of all this
activity. We are very excited with the current activities because
they represent significant steps towards the construction of the
first module, but also because the path followed by the company
to-date is in complete alignment with our goals and objectives. As
we’ve stated many times, we are here to become a new and
independent potash producer, with the aim of providing better, more
efficient access to potash for agricultural producers … not just
producing more tonnes to throw into the general market.”
About Gensource
Gensource is based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and is focused on
developing the next potash production facility in that province.
Gensource’s President and CEO, Mike Ferguson, P.Eng., has assembled
a management and technical team with direct and specific expertise
and experience in potash development in Saskatchewan.
Gensource operates under a business plan that has two key
components - vertical integration with the market to ensure that
all production capacity built is directed to a specific market,
eliminating market-side risk; and, technical innovation which will
allow for a small and economic potash production facility, while
the same time demonstrating significant reductions in community and
environmental impact.
Neither 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
Statements
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 completion of the definitive offtake
agreement on terms as announced or at all, securing project
financing on terms which are economic or at all, the establishment
of vertical integration partnerships and the sourcing of end use
potash purchasers. 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 relating to Gensource’s financial condition and prospects,
completion of the definitive offtake agreement on terms as
announced or at all, securing project financing on terms which are
economic or at all, the ability to establish viable vertical
integration partnerships and the sourcing of end use potash
purchasers could differ materially from those currently anticipated
in such statements for many reasons such as: failure to settle a
definitive joint venture agreement with a party and advance and
finance the project; changes in general economic conditions and
conditions in the financial markets; the ability to complete the
offtake agreement on terms as announced or at all or to find and
source other off-take agreements; the ability to secure project
financing on terms which are economic or at all; 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; 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.
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Gensource Potash CorporationMike Ferguson,
306-974-6414President & CEOmike@gensource.ca
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