Aguia wins final approval to launch Brazil phosphate sales

Aguia Resources has cleared the final regulatory hurdle needed to launch commercial sales of its Pampafos phosphate fertiliser product in southern Brazil, opening the gate to the company’s first meaningful revenue stream from the operation.

Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture has granted Aguia a licence to issue the mandatory Nota Fiscal invoices for commercial transactions. The approval unlocks sales agreements, delivery scheduling and a pre-order campaign designed to pull cash flow forward into July.

The licence caps almost eight years of permitting, development and commissioning work, shifting the company’s phosphate business from build mode into commercial growth.

Operations are already in full swing, with mining and haulage kicking off on 18 May, followed by plant commissioning four days later at a processing rate of 24 tonnes per hour.

’Today’s approval to commercialise Pampafos in Rio Grande do Sul is another major milestone for Aguia.

Stockpiles are stacking up at the nearby town of Lavras do Sul, with 445 tonnes of phosphate ore already in the yard for blending to 12 per cent phosphate pentoxide before the first truckloads are transported to its processing plant in Caçapava do Sul from 1 June.

The company is sweetening the launch with discounts of up to 15 per cent for customers who pre-pay by 8 July, a move management expects will pull cash flow into July while guaranteeing deliveries before year-end.

Aguia Resources managing director and chief executive officer Timothy Hosking said: “Today’s approval allows our commercial team to start marketing the product for delivery in the second half of 2026 and to launch a sales campaign with payment due before 8 July 2026, and guaranteed delivery by 31 December 2026.”

The Pampafos product is sourced from Aguia’s Tres Estradas phosphate project in Rio Grande do Sul, deep in Brazil’s agricultural heartland. Ore is selectively mined, blended and processed through drying, grinding and bagging to produce a market-ready fertiliser product.

The project is geared towards supplying local farmers with a home-grown phosphate source and reducing reliance on imported fertilisers.

Aguia’s timing appears pitch-perfect, stepping into a Brazilian phosphate sector grappling with import disruptions and geopolitical supply pressures. The tightening market has created a major opening for local producers, particularly as fertiliser prices continue to climb. Against that backdrop, Aguia’s A$222-per-tonne Pampafos product is shaping up as a low-cost alternative with a significant nutrient-adjusted pricing advantage over imported MAP, TSP and SSP fertilisers.

Management estimates the Pampafos fertiliser product could deliver savings of 20 to 40 per cent compared with imported fertilisers, giving Brazilian farmers a cheaper local alternative while bolstering supply security and reducing exposure to volatile global supply chains.

While Aguia also holds a portfolio of gold projects in Colombia, those assets remain earlier-stage growth opportunities. Its emerging Brazilian phosphate business is rapidly shaping as the company’s near-term cash cow, providing the financial fuel to feed broader growth ambitions across both the fertiliser and gold portfolios.

Having ticked off the permitting and commissioning milestones, management is now focused on where the real value gets created - building stockpiles, ramping throughput, locking in customers and getting trucks rolling. The second half of the year shapes as Aguia’s first real chance to prove it can translate phosphate production into recurring sales and cash flow.

With permits secured, mining underway and the processing plant commissioning, Aguia has largely completed the heavy lifting. As imported fertiliser supply lines tighten and costs climb, the company’s phosphate business appears well placed to turn phosphate rock into recurring sales, growing cash flow and a valuable foothold in Brazil’s vast fertiliser market.

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