30 Year Veteran from Potash Corp Joins Encanto Potash Corp.

TSX-V: EPO

VANCOUVER, April 25, 2018 /CNW/ - Encanto Potash Corp. ("Encanto" or the "Company") (TSX-V: EPO) is pleased to announce that Mr. Richard Lively joins Encanto following a distinguished career at Potash Corp where he was responsible for many operations involving areas such as, surface and mill operations, including gas plant, wet mill, compaction plant, evaporator and crystallizer plant, tailings system and central control room, all related circuits within these plants and operations of a Delta-V process control system.

Mr. Lively was responsible for the supervision of all personnel such as shift mechanics, control room supervisors, all operators, contractors and brings great experience with all aspects of process and operations.

Mr. Lively has been with Potash Corp when they were called Potash Corp of America and joined in difficult times where operational efficiency is paramount, and knows what works and what doesn't work.

"We are very excited to bring a man of such experience, expertise and dedication to Encanto Potash Corp.," commented CEO Stavros Daskos.

Mr. Lively will be reviewing Encanto's current development position with the MFN property, and providing oversight on direction forward during Q2 for Encanto's mining plan.

About Encanto Potash Corp.

Encanto Potash Corp. is a TSX Venture Exchange listed and traded Canadian Resource Company engaged in the development of potash properties in the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada, the largest producing potash region in the world. Through a joint venture agreement with Muskowekwan Resources Ltd, Encanto has secured a project land package which totals approximately 61,000 largely contiguous acres. Pre-Feasibility Study dated February 28, 2013 titled "Encanto Potash Corp. Technical Report Summarizing the Preliminary Feasibility Study for the Muskowekwan First Nations Home Reserve Project in South Eastern Saskatchewan, Canada" confirms the Proven and Probable KCI Reserves totaling 162 Mt grading 28% KCl (average) which supports primary and secondary mining for over 50 years at an assumed annual rate extraction rate of 2.8 Mt of MOP. The PEA dated May 24, 2017 titled " NI 43-101 Technical Report on a Preliminary Economic Assessment and Preliminary Feasibility Study of the Muskowekwan Potash Project, South-Eastern Saskatchewan, Canada" summarizes an alternative development option that supports primary and secondary mining of the Mineral Resources for 48 years at an annual extraction rate of 3.4 Mt of MOP. On December 30, 2016, Encanto signed a 20-year off-take agreement with the National Federation of Farmers' Procurement, Processing, and Retailing Cooperatives of India Ltd., (NACOF) registered under the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India to supply 5 million metric tons a year of potash. 

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SOURCE Encanto Potash Corp.