Harvest Minerals Ltd (LON:HMI) has appointed Lino Furia as its Brazilian-based sales manager to support sales of its KPfértil fertiliser and build a strong presence across the country’s agriculture sector.
Furia has more than 20 years of experience in managing crop production and developing new products in Brazil, having worked for several major fertiliser companies such as Vale Fertilisers, Yara Fertilisers and Mosaic Fertilisers.
He will be responsible for developing the market and increasing sales of KPfértil. Furia, previously marketing manager of phosphate miner Rio Verde Minerals, will also work alongside the company's technical team as it looks to optimise the product.
Chairman Brian McMaster said: “We are delighted to welcome Lino to the team; his contacts and previous experience in developing and selling new fertiliser products in Brazil will be invaluable as we look to build a strong sales pipeline.”
"Recent results from our ongoing agronomic studies highlight the quality of our product and we are confident that it will play a key role as Brazil focuses on hitting its stated target to be self-sufficient in fertilisers by 2020.”
The next step for the company will be to begin the registration process of KPfértil as a remineraliser by the end of 2017. Harvest will then make an application for registration as a fertiliser to further broaden the market.