Additional Detail on Sekita ThermoPotash Product Trials

Verde Potash (TSX VENTURE:AMZ) ("Verde" or the "Company") wishes to provide
additional information regarding the ThermoPotash product trials conducted by
Grupo Sekita Agronegocios ("Sekita"), a leading Brazilian agribusiness company.
The trial program compared the agronomic efficiency of granular ThermoPotash
with potassium chloride, on the productivity and quality of carrot crops. The
trial showed no statistical difference between ThermoPotash, Verde's new
proposed fertilizer, and potassium chloride (KCl) the most common potash
fertilizer. In isolation this would be considered a positive result because the
Company proposes that ThermoPotash be used as a substitute for KCl. However,
there was also no statistical difference between carrots fertilized with KCl and
the carrots that received no fertilizer at all (the control group of carrots).
Given the performance of the unfertilized carrots our agronomists have deemed
the tests inconclusive.


It is important to note that the agronomic trials performed at Sekita and our
other development partners are not clinical efficacy trials, they are product
trials allowing Verde's agronomists and partners to see how ThermoPotash reacts
in real world conditions, allowing potential customers to experiment with how
ThermoPotash can be seamlessly incorporated into their commercial operations.
Agronomic efficacy of ThermoPotash has already been demonstrated in tests
performed by the University of Uberlandia (see release August 11, 2010).


The test was inconclusive because the overall variation in productivity,
considering the control group of carrots, was less than the statistical margin
of error. Therefore the lack of conclusive results does not indicate product
failure and does instruct the Company on how to better tailor future trials in
commercial environments.


Sekita's trial was conducted under commercial conditions, which meant the
application of ThermoPotash to fields that have been used in carrot production
for several years. The local climate allows Sekita to plant crops back to back
year round; so that thanks to carrot's short maturity cycle several yearly
harvests are grown. The better than expected performance of the unfertilized
control group of carrots was thus likely due to the presence of residual potash
leftover from previous harvests. 


Moreover, despite the lack of results in terms of agronomic productivity,
agronomists from Verde and Sekita learned a lot from the trial. Sekita
agronomists tested different application timings and mixtures of ThermoPotash
and KCl. While, Verde agronomists discovered there was room for significant
improvement by softening ThermoPotash's granules, which will enable better
nutrient release.


Sekita is continuing to test ThermoPotash with oats, garlic, corn, soybeans,
wheat and pasture for dairy cattle. Its farms are located less than 10km from
the Cerrado Verde Project. Sekita hopes to utilize the slow release
characteristics of ThermoPotash to provide a more sustainable and more efficient
source of potash.


Commenting, Eduardo Sekita de Oliveira, Agronomic Director of Sekita said, "I am
very encouraged by the ThermoPotash product. We, at Sekita, are pleased to
partner with Verde in the development of this new fertilizer alternative for
Brazil. We look forward to an ongoing relationship through the development
process with a view to become a customer after the trials have been completed
and the product proves satisfactory." 


About Sekita 

Sekita Agribusiness is one of the largest Brazilian producers of vegetables.
Established in the 1970's, it currently has 350 permanent employees working in
the production of garlic, carrots, corn, soybeans, wheat and milk. Their
productive activities are distributed over 3000 hectares of farmland, located
directly adjacent to Amazon's Cerrado Verde project. The group was one of the
pioneers in adapting many crop plantation techniques to the Cerrado, Brazil's
savannah, including the use of slow-release ThermoPhosphate fertilizer,
limestone soil pH adjustment and crop rotation to control pests. Sekita carrots
are famous throughout Brazil. It has also recently become one of the largest
milk producers in the country.


About Verde Potash 

Verde Potash, founded by Brazilians, is a mineral exploration and development
company focused on fertilizers. The Company is developing the Cerrado Verde
project in Brazil, a source of potash-rich rock from which Verde plans to
produce a slow-release, non-chloride, multi-nutrient, fertilizer product named
ThermoPotash. Founded as Amazon Mining in 2005, the Company changed its name to
Verde Potash in April 2011 to better reflect its main business. The Company is
also exploring for phosphate and limestone. 


On behalf of the Board of Directors of Verde Potash, 

Jed Richardson, Vice President of Corporate Development

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