KAP RESOURCES ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT.VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 28, 1994-- Paul L. Deutz, Jr., Chairman of the Board for KAP Resources Ltd. (VSE See DOS/VSE. VSE - Virtual Storage Extended :KAR) is pleased to announce that the Company has reached an agreement with a consortium of Canadian potash producers for their participation in the Yolanda Natural Nitrates Project in Chile. The producers are members of Canpotex Ltd. and include Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan The Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, today generally referred to as PotashCorp, is a Canadian corporation based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan that is the world's largest producer of potash. The company was created by the government of Saskatchewan in 1975. Inc., Cominco Fertilizers, Inc., International Minerals & Chemicals Corporation (Canada) Limited, Kalium Canada, Ltd. The Vigoro Vigoro is a sport like both cricket and baseball and has been mainly played by women. It is most popular in Australia. History The game was invented by Englishman John George Grant. Corporation, the parent of Kalium Canada, Ltd., which owns and operates a potash mine near Belle Plaine, Saskatchewan Belle Plaine is a village in the rural municipality of Pense No. 160, in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Belle Plaine is located on Highway 1 or the Trans Canada Highway 21 kilometers east of Moose Jaw in south central Saskatchewan. , has recently entered into a letter of intent to purchase the Central Canada Potash mine. The participation will consist of an equity investment and the supply of potash feed stock required by the Yolanda Project, together with a subsidiary of Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan acting as exclusive sales agent outside Chile for all potassium nitrate produced by the Project. The potash producers will in the aggregate invest U.S. $2.5 million for approximately 2,456,428 Common shares, and will receive warrants to acquire a further approximately 2,456,428 Common shares at CDN (Content Delivery Network) A system of distributed content on a large intranet or the public Internet in which copies of content are replicated and cached throughout the network. $ 1.40 per share. The Company will be able to compel the exercise of these warrants upon certain conditions. Accordingly, the group's total commitment is U.S. $5 million and the total number of shares issuable represents approximately 19% of Kap's presently outstanding shares (after giving effect of the placement). PCS's investment is the largest of the investor group, representing approximately U.S. $2,875,000 million. IMC (Internet Mail Consortium, Santa Cruz, CA, www.imc.org) An industry trade association founded in 1996 by Paul Hoffman and Dave Crocker that promotes Internet e-mail standards and features. will invest U.S. $800,000, Kalium U.S. $950,000, and Cominco U.S. $375,000. The investment proceeds will be used as part of the project financing Project financing A form of asset-based financing in which a firm finances a discrete set of assets on a stand-alone basis. required for the Yolanda Project, which is held by KAP's wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. , Minera Yolanda S.A. The placement is subject to regulatory approval. Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Sales Inc., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. , has agreed with KAP Resources to become the exclusive worldwide export marketing and sales agent for Minera Yolanda's potassium nitrate products. Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan produced and sold nearly 4 million tonnes of potash in the world market in 1993. Approximately one-half of PCS's sales volume of potash is exported around the world. Minera Yolanda is expected to produce approximately 250,000 metric tonnes of potassium nitrate annually at full production. PCS Sales has agreed to sell minimum annual volumes of potassium nitrate, which satisfies the required financing conditions. This agreement will provide for the further development of the market for a high value potash fertilizer, potassium nitrate, which will be of benefit to both companies. Minera Yolanda will also produce sodium nitrate and iodine. It is anticipated that Minera Yolanda's sales staff will coordinate these sales, but, PCS Sales and Minera Yolanda may enter into further agreements for the sale of these products. An agreement in principle has been reached with Canpotex Limited for a long term potash supply arrangement. Canpotex Limited is a Canadian export company owned by Canada's largest potash producers. Under this agreement, Minera Yolanda will purchase from Canpotex all of Yolanda's requirements of potassium chloride potassium chloride, chemical compound, KCl, a colorless or white, cubic, crystalline compound that closely resembles common salt (sodium chloride). It is soluble in water, alcohol, and alkalies. . The agreement provides the Company with a long term, consistent, high quality supply of potassium chloride. The combination of the equity investment, the sales representation agreement and arrangements relating to potash feed stock represents a significant step in the development of KAP's Yolanda Project. It is expected that this will allow Kap to secure commitments for the remaining financing components within a reasonable time. Kap expects to be in production by late 1996. -0- Note to Editors: The Vancouver Stock Exchange Vancouver Stock Exchange (VSE) A securities and options exchange in Vancouver, British Columbia, (Canada), specializing in venture capital companies. Vancouver Stock Exchange See Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX). has neither approved nor disapproved the information contained in this news release. CONTACT: KAP Resources Ltd., Vancouver Ted J. Roth, 619/943-0826 |
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