Agripower Introduction
Agripower Australia Limited is an Australian Public Company
Agripower owns the world’s largest deposit of amorphous
silica, near the town of Greenvale in north Queensland
This led to establishing various testing and trials of the
amorphous silica applications and development of products
Agripower built a pilot processing plant site at Charters
Towers, north Queensland in 2015/2016
Agripower have established an international marketing
network for sales and distribution
Agripower is at the forefront of an expanding supply chain
and expanding its operations and with it, future development
opportunities in north Queensland
Agripower History
2011 - 2016
Trials and
registration of
products,securing
markets overseas
and in Australia
1999-2008
Research and
studies on
Amorphous Silica
2008
Incorporated as
Agripower
Australia Limited
2003/09
Secured a 2 billion
tonnes deposit of
amorphous silica
located in north
Queensland
2013 / 2016
Site establishment
and design of
Processing Facilities
at Charters Towers
Mine site approximately 300kms
by road NE of Charters Towers
Mined product trucked to Charters
Towers processing plant
Mined product is stockpiled at
Charters Towers and processed to
produce a number of Silicon
based fertiliser products
Mine Site and Plant Site Locations
Cairns
Townsville
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2
1. Mine Site
2. Charters Towers Processing Site
Agripower’s Amorphous Silica
Sydney
Cairns
Brisbane
Amorphous silica resource
▪ World’s largest holding of Amorphous Silica, with approximately 2
billion tonnes located in north Queensland Australia, which enables
production of a range of high quality “natural” silicon fertilisers.
▪ The deposit is located near surface to a depth of 30 metres.
▪ The mined product is solar dried then transported by road to the
plant site at Charters Towers.
▪ Mined product is stockpiled at Charters Towers and processed to produce
a number of Silicon based fertiliser products.
Townsville Greenvale
Resource Outline
Resource
Resource covers an area of approximately 9,000
hectares to an average depth of approximately 25m
and contains approximately 2B cubic metres of
amorphous silica
Wyandotte
Creek
Foresters
Creek
5kms
20kms
15kms
20kms
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Various uses of amorphous silica
Of the various uses of amorphous silica, Agripower’s target market is agriculture
Medical grade silica for the health care market
Filtration products
Cosmetics
Chemical and oil spills absorbent products
Animal Health
Fertilisers
Animal sanitary
Pesticides/Insecticides – Animals / Plants
Grain Storage
Desiccants and absobents for dampness and home care
o 26% total silicon that is readily available
o Agrisilica is composed of amorphous silica, which uniquely provides a continuous and high level of monosilicic acid (plant available silicon)
o A natural product that has been approved for use in organic agriculture
There are few sources of
silicon fertilisers that are
used in agriculture, the
most common:
o 11% total silicon
o Slags are a byproduct of steel furnace production
o Slags were the first sources of silicon to be used on crops in India, Japan, China, USA, Brazil and South Africa but in many cases they had heavy metal contaminants and the use was stopped
o Slags are not an approved input into organic agriculture
Agrisilica has high Soluble Silicon
Agrisilica
Calcium Silicate Slags
Over the years:
Agripower has been researching, developing and
in some cases initialising trials of products such
as foliar sprays and liquid fertilisers. GrainSave
grain pest and storage products, DriSorb for
chemical spills and absorbents range and
Gallus10 chicken pesticide range.
Agripower has also established an internationally
recognised brand through its trials and
developments with the international parties,
patents and trademarks are in place in most
countries worldwide.
Agripower has designed and developed its
processing operations allowing for future
expansion of production of up to 1M tpa.
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Some other Milestones
Agripower Certifications
Agripower Registered its products as inputs into organic agriculture in various regions worldwide
Accredited by FIFA
(Fertiliser Industry
Federation of Australia)
Accredited Product
of Australia
Inspected by
ECOCERT SA F - 32600
Product suitable for use
in Organic Agricultur e
conforming to (CE) r egulation
n° 834/2007 and 889/2008
Listed by OMRI
(Third party reviewer of
inputs for organic use
under the U.S. National
Organic Program)
One Cert India Appr oved
as an input into
Organic Agriculture
as per NPOP
(Australian Organic)
as an input into
Organic Agricultur e
(European Union)
Distribution Partnerships
TURKEY
MALAYSIA
INDONESIA
AUSTRALIA
INDIA
BRAZIL
MOROCCO
SPAIN
CHINA
o Key to Agripower’s commercialisation strategy is the use of partnerships.
o Agripower's commercialisation and market penetration strategy is to partner with major conglomerates and
market influencers to achieve product registrations and target market specific distribution solutions. These
parties are called “Market Partners”.
Distribution Partnerships
Agripower has conducted over 300 trials
(scientific and commercial -
independently monitored work).
Over 35 different crop types aimed at
proving the benefits of Agrisilica
fertilisers.
These trial results have consistently
shown yield increases and improved
quality parameters in a wide
range of crops.
Trials have focused on the addition of
Agrisilica fertilisers to existing fertiliser
practice.
Examples of some trial results
India Trials Agreement
In 2012 Agripower entered into an Agreement with 11 Agricultural Universities from 11 States in India in a 4 year trial agreement program.
These programs have now finalised with very positive results achieved.
In the past few weeks Agripower has now obtained Fertiliser Control Order for India, which means that Agripower will be the only Silicon Fertiliser provider throughout India.
India’s demand for Fertilisers in the order of 48M tonnes per annum.
Middle East and Europe
Agripower has executed a Distribution Agreement for product trials and sales in the Middle East and Gulf Region.
In Spain Agripower has executed an Agreement with the largest fertiliser producer in Spain and Portugal and a sales and marketing team is being developed.
Brazil
Agripower has ongoing trials in Brazil and is establishing a current distribution network throughout Brazil.
Agripower’s relationship is with the largest agricultural group in Brazil.
Current Plant
Agripower commissioned the pilot
plant for Granular, Chip and Powder
production with estimated granular
production at 30,000 tonnes per
annum and 50,000 tonnes per annum
of chip product.
As the demand is growing Agripower
has entered into Funding Agreements
to expand the processing plant.
Present Project Development Plans
1. Electrical, finalising plans to supply power for the
new processing plant and beyond.
2. Queensland Rail finalising rail siding for the new
processing plant. Agripower land adjoins the main
Townsville – Mt Isa rail line. Trains, once loaded, will
then travel directly into the Port of Townsville.
3. Port of Townsville reviewing Agripower plans for
immediate future and beyond in terms of rail,
warehousing, ship loading facilities.
Future Plans - Transportation
4. When Agripower expands production beyond 500,000
tpa, transportation methods of raw, mined product, from
the mine requires re-assessing.
5. If Agripower were only to increase production to 1M tpa
then existing transportation and processing land at
Charters Towers would be suitable.
Future Plans – Development
6. Agripower has spent the last 9 months finalising the
engineering design and plans for the plant expansion
both in the immediate future and long term and also
looking at long term power supply, rail, port and
transportation of mined product to processing facilities.
This has been quite an extensive engineering
assessment as a number of technical and commercial
decisions are required, now, prior to this next
processing plant being built.
7. Final engineering will be completed by early August
2017, already all major items of plant and equipment
have been ordered with deposits paid. It is expected
that the first stage of the new processing facility will be
completed late 2018.
Future Plans - Development
8. The Chinese market for silicon fertilisers is massive. Beijing have
a silicon fertiliser institute who have determined that the market
size for silicon fertilisers in China would be in excess of 5M tpa.
9. In Russia, Agripower have received strong interest from
distributors and supermarkets setting out opportunities for
Agrisilica into the Russian market and confirmation of the desire
to move things forward into a full business marketing plan.
10. All the above supports all of the studies Agripower have been
undertaking, as part of a master plan to look at transportation, rail,
port and ultimately far larger processing facilities.
11. The present plant expansion will take production up to 500,000
tpa at a capital cost of around US$45M and will add an additional
55 jobs directly.
12. Further expansions in production capacity will not only involve
increases to plant size but also capital expenditure in relation to
rail, port storage, ship loading and transportation from the mine to
the processing facilities. As a guide once production is in the
order of 1M tpa, the capital expenditure requirements covering the
aforementioned key areas will amount to $400M and result in an
additional 250 new jobs.
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