Amazon Files Patent Application for Production of KCl and SOP From Verdete

   Amazon Mining Holding Plc (TSX VENTURE: AMZ) ("Amazon" or "The Company"), is pleased to report it has filed a patent application in the U.K. on the 1st of December for the production of conventional potash product, muriate of potash (KCl) and sulphate of potash (SOP) from verdete slate of the Cerrado Verde Project. The technology was developed by Dr. Derek Fray, Professor and Director of Research at the University of Cambridge, UK.

The Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy at the University of Cambridge, UK, sponsored by Amazon has invented a method for reacting verdete slate with a simple mixture of salts to form water-soluble potash. The reactions occur at moderate temperatures of 800-1000 degrees C and most reagents are regenerated in process. The route allows for the production of potassium sulphate (SOP) and muriate of potash (KCl).

The Company's primary focus and immediate goal remains the development of its Cerrado Verde potash property and bringing its ThermoPotash fertilizer product into production. The Company continues, in parallel, to develop a method for producing a conventional potash export commodity. The next step in the KCl and SOP product development process will be to initiate studies for a pilot plant. The current processing concept is simple and straight-forward and the Company believes it can be scaled up to industrial levels.

About Amazon

Amazon Mining is a mineral exploration and development company founded and led by Brazilians since 2005. The company is focused on the development of the Cerrado Verde project. Cerrado Verde is source of a potash rich rock from which Amazon plans to produce a slow-release, non-chloride, multi-nutrient, fertilizer product. Amazon Mining is a UK public company with shares listed on the TSX Venture Exchange since November 2007.

On behalf of the Board of Directors of Amazon Mining Holding Plc, Cristiano Veloso, President and CEO.

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