106 - The International Resource Journal

FEBRUARY 2013 The International Resource Journal165Partner. Develop. Deliver.Building successful partnerships.Heenan Blaikie is a leading law firm in the LatinAmerican market, helping shape, develop and growthe business of our local clients and our Canadianclients seeking to do business in Latin America. Throughour guidance, expertise and collaborative efforts, wework with our clients to achieve their business goals.Phosphate is a key element required in fertilisers,so it is vital that agro-minerals are explored anddeveloped in phosphate-rich areas. With a similarneed for nitrogen and potash, companies need toexplore in areas that have known reserves of all ofthese types of agro-minerals. Rio Verde MineralsDevelopment Corp. (TSE:RVD) focuses on the acquisition,exploration and development of fertiliserprojects in Brazil.According to the IFA, Brazil ranks fifth in theworld for nitrogen, fourth for phosphate and thirdfor potash, making it a region of unique agriculturalsupply and demand. Rio Verde is committed tobeing socially and environmentally responsibleon its way to becoming Brazil’s leading fertilisermining and development company.Alongside its collection of phosphate projects– including the Bonito Phosphate Project and thePhosphate Pipeline – in the North and Northeasternregions of Brazil, Rio Verde has the SergipePotash Project located near the coastline city ofAracaju in Sergipe State.Phosphate findsThe estimated budget for Rio Verde’s Bonito PhosphateProject’s construction and development