(Demetra Fertilizantes is our operating partner).Ĭenturion Minerals Ltd. Photos of activities at the Ana Sofia Project in Santiago Del Estero Province, Argentina The Project is well situated within a region where other small producers are currently extracting agricultural gypsum and selling to fertilizer distributors and farmers.įor additional updates, follow our operations at:ĭemetra Fertilizantes – Instagram Account The Project comprises two mining concessions totalling 50 hectares (ha) in size within a larger (approximately 600 ha) exploration permit area. Agricultural gypsum (calcium sulfate dihydrate) is a valuable plant nutrient and plays a vital role in maintaining soil structure and nutrient balance in South American soils, resulting in crop yield enhancement. The plant is designed to produce a pellet-sized granular product and a fine powder product (comprised of a minimum 85% gypsum content) that are each packaged into one tonne tote bags. The gypsum rock is fed into primary and secondary crushers, then screened and sorted into two agri-gypsum fertilizer products. Gypsum is extracted from near-surface, flat-lying beds within the sedimentary formation that extends throughout the Ana Sofia Property, located in Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina. The Project includes an agri-gypsum mine and complete processing facility having a current design capacity of 4,000 tonnes/month. Optamagro will seek to maximize income from both tillable and non-tillable land wherever possible given the unique characteristics of each land package.
Optamagro integrates Centurion’s current agri-gypsum operations with cutting edge satellite imagery and on the ground soil testing that results in a revitalization of previously under-producing agricultural land. Upon revitalization, the partners intend to sell, or lease the revitalized land packages at a premium. Optamagro will provide contracted services that include procuring and applying agri-gypsum (from its Ana Sofia agri-gypsum facility), as well as organic minerals and seeds. Several local opportunities are being negotiated that include land ownership and fee for service contracting wherein Optamagro will implement the agricultural land optimization services and participate in profit-sharing arrangements. Approximately 10 million hectares of agricultural land in Argentina have been adversely affected by adverse weather patterns in the last 2 years and Optamagro, in partnership with a local agronomy group, intends to revitalize a portion of this distressed land. The targeted (distressed) land has been subjected to severe weather (flooding and drought) recently and the subsequent effects have resulted in high levels of soil compaction and salination. (CTN: TSX-V) (“Centurion”, or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has created, with its operating partner, (“Demetra Fertilizantes S.A.” or DFSA”) a new division called Optamagro Argentina (“Optamagro”) that will focus on acquiring and revitalizing, underutilized agricultural land. Vancouver, B.C., Octo– Centurion Minerals Ltd.
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