Minbos Resources Limited announced that, due to strong potential local demand for its raw Phosphate Rock (PR), the Company has decided to include new plant configurations to capture the current market opportunities in the Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS) for the Cabinda Phosphate Project. Globally, phosphate markets are surging propelled by buyer concerns that major disruption to global ammonia supplies could, in the near-term, lead to DAP and MAP production cuts. More critically, supply constraints are accentuated in smaller markets with consumers and importers in Angola unable to source MAP and DAP regardless of price. MAP and Phosphate Rock are the key ingredients in Cabinda Phosphate Granules. While the Company's Phosphate Rock is still available at cost, at current prices, MAP would comprise approximately 90% of the cost of raw material input costs for the granules, having a large and
outsized impact on product pricing. The granulation flow sheet was designed to be flexible allowing for different products and formulations to be produced. An external review of the flowsheet by the IFDC concluded that the
current plant is capable of producing beneficiated phosphate rock-based products with minor modifications. The mass and energy balances can be simply calculated and will verified in a pilot plant trial scheduled in early June. Updating the DFS requires updating the production flowsheet which can be repurposed to switch from granulation to Phosphate Rock beneficiation campaigns with relatively minor changes The engineering calculations will be completed in the coming weeks and will be confirmed in the next pilot trial scheduled for the second week of June at the IFDC Headquarters. This trial will produce 7 tonnes of product for agronomic demonstration trials in Angola later this year. The engineering component of the revised DFS can be completed in approximately 3 months and the Company will provide an update on the market component after technical discussions with new potential customers. Meanwhile, the Company will continue to build its Phosphate Plant through its EPCM contractors.