AMZ: Well-Positioned to Meet Demand

The Energy Report Interview with Tom MacNeill (01/28/2010)
TER: Is Saskatchewan's potash dominance threatened by Amazon Mining Holding Plc (TSX-V:AMZ), which is drilling on a big potash play at their Cerrado Verde project in Brazil?

TM: Not at all. More power to them. In my lifetime the population of this planet has doubled, growing from 3 billion to more than 6 billion. Demand growth for potash will continue. We're just realizing the shortages in the market now, and because it takes a long time to bring these things to production we'll see supplies tighten up even further.

The Brazilian agriculture industry, if it isn't already the world's largest consumers of potash, is on the verge. Good on them. Amazon is doing very well and has a very large resource. I hope it will be easy for them to mine. The local supply will take out all of the transportation costs. The potash content is lower (11%) than what we mine in Saskatchewan. Typically, ours runs from 20% to 25%. Theirs uses different processing mechanisms and has a different chemical structure. But it's all potash and more potash production is a good thing.

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