Harvest Minerals Limited Positive Court Ruling (8616P)

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RNS Number : 8616P

Harvest Minerals Limited

14 February 2023

Harvest Minerals Limited / Index: LSE / Epic: HMI / Sector: Mining

14 February 2023

Harvest Minerals Limited ('Harvest' or the 'Company')

Positive Court Ruling for the Compliance of KPFértil Sales Order by Agrocerrado

Harvest Minerals Limited, the AIM listed fertiliser producer, is pleased to provide an update regarding the Contract with Agrocerrado Produtos Agrícolas e Assistência Técnica LTDA ("Agrocerrado"), as announced on March 8, 2018.

Pursuant to the Contract, Agrocerrado committed to buy a total of 36,000 tonnes including a minimum of 18,000 tonnes of Harvest's "KPFértil" for a pre-established price over 24 months. Effective March 8, 2020 (that is, the effective conclusion date of the Contract), the tonnes acquired by Agrocerrado totalled 1,800 tonnes, approximately 10% of the total minimum commitment under the Contract. Harvest has always contended that the failure by Agrocerrado to acquire the minimum tonnes required constituted a breach of the Contract.

Consequently, in September 2020 the Company instigated legal proceedings to recover the debt from Agrocerrado at the local civil court jurisdiction (the "Court") in the municipality of Patos de Minas, estate of Minas Gerais.

On September 25, 2020, the Court issued judgment against Agrocerrado for the full amount of the debt plus costs. Subsequently, Agrocerrado presented a preliminary defence and applied to the Court to preclude Harvest from enforcing the judgment.

On February 1, 2023, the Court provided its judgement in relation to Agrocerrado's defence, and the Court has ruled again in favour of Harvest and further, the Court has now determined that Agrocerrado is required to execute the payment of R$ 2,407,690.18 million (approximately US$ 463,000) to Harvest.

Brian McMaster, Chairman of Harvest, said: "This recent Court ruling reaffirms, again, Harvest's contention that it had a bona fide sales agreement with Agrocerrado and that Agrocerrado was obligated to pay its debt. While we are disappointed that it has required extensive litigation to reach this point, we are pleased with the result of the Court ruling which protects our rights and commercial milestones. Harvest has fully provided for this amount in its annual accounts and now we will proceed with recovery action which we expect is the last stage in this process."

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For further information, please visit www.harvestminerals.net or contact:

 
 Harvest Minerals Limited   Brian McMaster     Tel: +44 (0) 203 
                             (Chairman)         940 6625 
 
 Strand Hanson Limited      Ritchie Balmer     Tel: +44 (0) 20 
  Nominated & Financial      James Spinney      7409 3494 
  Adviser 
 
 Tavira Securities          Jonathan Evans     Tel: [phone] 
  Broker                                        1733 
 
 St Brides Partners Ltd     Ana Ribeiro        [e-mail] 
  Financial PR               Isabel de Salis 
 

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