Industrial Minerals


Marifil Mines to acquire Argentina potash project

24 January 2012

by Alex Feytis

Canadian company signs LOI for potash property near Vale’s Rio Colorado, Argentina

Keywords: Marifil Mine, potash, fertiliser, Argentina

Marifil Mines Ltd has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to acquire the Filo Morado potash property in Neuquen Province, west-central Argentina, the Canada-based company announced.

 

Filo Morado, now re-named K-5 by Marifil, comprises 14 claims totalling 30,100 hectares (301km2) and is bordered by Brazil’s Vale SA $4.6bn Rio Colorado potash project on the east, and El Porton potash deposit on the north. Germany’s K+S AG had an exploration agreement with an Argentinean company which holds the licence for El Porton....