Verde AgriTech Confirms Ionic Adsorption with High-Value Magnet Rare Earths; Leachate MREO up to ~300 mg/kg with No Uranium Contaminant

The October 21, 2025 press release confirms that the company's new rare earth element (REE) discovery, the Minas Americas Global Alliance project, is an ionic adsorption clay deposit. Initial ion-exchange tests on trench samples yielded leachate with Magnet Rare Earth Oxides (MREO) up to approximately 300 mg/kg. Crucially, the tests showed that high-value magnet rare earths (Nd, Pr, Dy, Tb) make up over 40% of the leached rare earths, and there were no detections of penalty elements like Uranium (U) or Thorium (Th). The company also noted that stage two metallurgical work for a Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) is expected in Q2 2026.

This news is materially positive and represents a significant de-risking event for what is now the company's primary value driver. The confirmation of ionic adsorption clay-hosted mineralization is the best-case geological scenario for this type of deposit, as these deposits are often amenable to simpler, lower-cost processing compared to hard-rock REE deposits.

This release directly delivers on a key milestone outlined just one week prior, on October 14, 2025: "Confirm ionic clay mineralization with summary of ionic adsorption diagnostics...". The speed of this confirmation demonstrates strong execution capability. More importantly, the results are of high quality: - High-Value MREO: The MREO proportion of over 40% in the pregnant leach solution (PLS) is excellent, indicating a favorable composition for the high-demand magnet market. - Clean Concentrate: The absence of radioactive contaminants like uranium and thorium is a major advantage. These elements often add significant complexity and cost to permitting, processing, and waste disposal for REE projects. Their absence here is a considerable hidden benefit.

Looking at the progression of news, Verde AgriTech has transformed from a struggling fertilizer company into a high-potential REE exploration story in a matter of weeks. - Pre-October 2025: The company's financials were weak, showing consistent net losses and undergoing a critical debt restructuring to avoid insolvency. The stock was trading below C$0.50. - October 6, 2025: The company announced the initial district-scale REE discovery from surface trenching, with very high grades (up to 8,930 ppm TREO). This was a game-changing event that caused the stock to more than double on massive volume. - October 14, 2025: The Board approved an aggressive, fast-track development plan, laying out clear milestones including this metallurgical confirmation, a maiden resource in Q1 2026, and a PEA by mid-2026. They also confirmed initial work was funded by existing liquidity. - October 21, 2025: Today's news successfully achieves the first, and arguably one of the most critical, of those milestones. It provides the first concrete evidence that the high grades seen at surface can be easily leached, which is the key to economic viability for an ionic clay deposit.

This news validates the market's recent enthusiasm and provides a fundamental basis for the stock's significant re-rating. It reduces metallurgical risk, a primary concern for all REE projects, and strongly suggests the project has a viable path forward.

Verde AgriTech is historically a producer and seller of potash-based fertilizers for the Brazilian agricultural market. However, in October 2025, the company announced a major, district-scale, high-grade magnetic rare earths discovery on its existing mineral claims in Minas Gerais, Brazil. This project, now named the "Minas Americas Global Alliance rare earths project," has become the company's flagship asset and the primary focus for investors. It is an ionic-adsorption clay-hosted REE deposit.