Verde AgriTech Announces Q4 & FY 2025 Earnings Results

Original announcement by tmx on

Company
Verde AgriTech
Ticker
NPK
Exchange
TSX
Region
Minas Gerais, Brazil
Primary commodity
Unavailable
Secondary commodities
None reported
Document categories
Drill results, Production, Metallurgy
Extracted
2026-09-14 14:57:54 UTC

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Minestarters Atlas analysis

Summary

Verde AgriTech announced its Q4 and FY 2025 earnings, reporting a decline in annual revenue and sales volume amidst challenging Brazilian agricultural market conditions, though net loss narrowed and EBITDA remained stable. The company also highlighted positive drill results and metallurgical test work from its Minas Americas Global Alliance rare earth project, which is being advanced with proceeds from a recently completed $4.5 million private placement.

Reasoning: Verde AgriTech reported mixed financial results for FY 2025, navigating a difficult agricultural market with disciplined credit management, leading to a narrowed net loss and stable EBITDA. Concurrently, the company announced significant positive advancements in its rare earth project, including high-grade drill intercepts and successful metallurgical test work, supported by a recent capital raise.

Positive factors

  • Narrowed net loss for FY 2025 and improved Q4 2025 revenue, indicating disciplined financial management in a challenging market.
  • Stable EBITDA despite lower revenue, demonstrating cost control.
  • Reduced allowance for expected credit losses, reflecting improved credit risk management.
  • Positive drill results for the rare earth project, including high-grade and shallow mineralization, expanding the known footprint.
  • Successful metallurgical leach tests confirming ionic-adsorption behavior and good rare earth concentrations.
  • Completion of a $4.5 million private placement to accelerate the rare earth project.

Negative factors

  • Decline in FY 2025 revenue and sales volume due to challenging Brazilian agricultural market conditions.
  • Elevated net finance expense in a high-interest rate environment.
  • Increased current liabilities due to reclassification of borrowings.

Facts used in scoring: 10

Classification and evidence

Bonanza Interceptpositive

Exceptionally high-grade zone, well above the deposit-type norm.

Why it applies: The intercept of 5.0 metres averaging 11,032 ppm TREO and 2,717 ppm MREO represents exceptionally high grades for rare earth elements.

Evidence · text

“5.0 metres averaging 11,032 ppm TREO and 2,717 ppm MREO”

Apparent Width Onlynegative

Interval given as downhole width with no true width or drill orientation — apparent width may overstate true thickness.

Why it applies: The drill intercepts are given as downhole lengths without true width or drill orientation information.

Evidence · text

“14.2 metres averaging 6,858 ppm TREO”

Step-Out Extensionpositive

Mineralization extended beyond the previously known limit.

Why it applies: The drill program has expanded the known footprint of the clay-hosted rare earth discovery to over 3.5 km² with ongoing drilling on additional targets.

Evidence · text

“footprint now exceeding 3.5 km² within a mapped and surface-sampled geological unit exceeding 15 km² and drilling ongoing across eight additional targets”

Bench Scale Onlynegative

Only preliminary bench tests completed — no locked-cycle or pilot work.

Why it applies: The metallurgical work involved leach tests, which are typically bench-scale and preliminary, not locked-cycle or pilot plant scale.

Evidence · text

“leach tests returning up to 667 mg/kg of DREO and 278 mg/kg of MREO in primary leach solution”

Single Domain Onlynegative

Testing limited to one composite or domain — representativeness not established.

Why it applies: only one composite was tested

Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 10. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

Drill Results (8)

Fact 1Minas Americas Global Alliance · rare earth elementsGrade: 6858Grade Unit: ppmIntercept: 14.2 mNeeds review: drill_no_hole_idView all details
Link to this fact

Identity

Project
Minas Americas Global Alliance
Commodity
rare earth elements
Region
brazil
Reported Region
brazil
Ticker
NPK

Geometry

Grade
6858
Grade Unit
ppm
Intercept
14.2 m

Classification

Program
exploration
Sample Type
drill
Mining Method
open_pit

QA/QC

QA/QC Methods
standards

Deleterious

Deleterious Flag
No
Deleterious Elements
thorium, uranium

Review

Needs Review
Yes
Review Reason
drill_no_hole_id
Interp. Status
scored
Historical
No

Dates

Event date
2026-03-26T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: A significant high-grade TREO intercept was reported from shallow mineralization, indicating strong exploration potential.

Positive factors

  • High-grade TREO intercept.
  • Shallow mineralization from surface.

Negative factors

  • Apparent width only, true width not stated.

Evidence · text

“14.2 metres averaging 6,858 ppm TREO”

Tags used in scoring

No QA/QC Disclosurenegative

Release does not disclose QA/QC — lab certification, CP/QP sign-off and assay protocols cannot be checked from this document.

Why it applies: qaqc_disclosed is not true

Cut-off Undisclosednegative

High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.

Why it applies: no cutoff_grade was stated

Fact 2Minas Americas Global Alliance · magnetic rare earth elementsGrade: 1673Grade Unit: ppmIntercept: 14.2 mNeeds review: drill_no_hole_idView all details
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Identity

Project
Minas Americas Global Alliance
Commodity
magnetic rare earth elements
Region
brazil
Reported Region
brazil
Ticker
NPK

Geometry

Grade
1673
Grade Unit
ppm
Intercept
14.2 m

Classification

Program
exploration
Sample Type
drill
Mining Method
open_pit

QA/QC

QA/QC Methods
standards

Deleterious

Deleterious Flag
No
Deleterious Elements
thorium, uranium

Review

Needs Review
Yes
Review Reason
drill_no_hole_id
Interp. Status
scored
Historical
No

Dates

Event date
2026-03-26T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: A significant high-grade MREO intercept was reported from shallow mineralization, indicating strong exploration potential.

Positive factors

  • High-grade MREO intercept.
  • Shallow mineralization from surface.

Negative factors

  • Apparent width only, true width not stated.

Evidence · text

“14.2 metres averaging 6,858 ppm TREO and 1,673 ppm MREO”

Tags used in scoring

No QA/QC Disclosurenegative

Release does not disclose QA/QC — lab certification, CP/QP sign-off and assay protocols cannot be checked from this document.

Why it applies: qaqc_disclosed is not true

Cut-off Undisclosednegative

High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.

Why it applies: no cutoff_grade was stated

Fact 3Minas Americas Global Alliance · rare earth elementsGrade: 0.83Grade Unit: %Intercept: 13 mNeeds review: drill_no_hole_idView all details
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Identity

Project
Minas Americas Global Alliance
Commodity
rare earth elements
Region
brazil
Reported Region
brazil
Ticker
NPK

Geometry

Grade
0.83
Grade Unit
%
Intercept
13 m

Classification

Program
exploration
Sample Type
drill
Mining Method
open_pit

QA/QC

QA/QC Methods
standards

Deleterious

Deleterious Flag
No
Deleterious Elements
thorium, uranium

Review

Needs Review
Yes
Review Reason
drill_no_hole_id
Interp. Status
scored
Historical
No

Dates

Event date
2026-03-26T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: A significant TREO intercept was reported from shallow mineralization, contributing to the project's exploration potential.

Positive factors

  • Significant TREO intercept.
  • Shallow mineralization from surface.

Negative factors

  • Apparent width only, true width not stated.

Evidence · text

“13.0 metres averaging 0.83% TREO”

Tags used in scoring

No QA/QC Disclosurenegative

Release does not disclose QA/QC — lab certification, CP/QP sign-off and assay protocols cannot be checked from this document.

Why it applies: qaqc_disclosed is not true

Cut-off Undisclosednegative

High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.

Why it applies: no cutoff_grade was stated

Fact 4Minas Americas Global Alliance · rare earth elementsGrade: 1.01Grade Unit: %Intercept: 8 mNeeds review: drill_no_hole_idView all details
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Identity

Project
Minas Americas Global Alliance
Commodity
rare earth elements
Region
brazil
Reported Region
brazil
Ticker
NPK

Geometry

Grade
1.01
Grade Unit
%
Intercept
8 m

Classification

Program
exploration
Sample Type
drill
Mining Method
open_pit

QA/QC

QA/QC Methods
standards

Deleterious

Deleterious Flag
No
Deleterious Elements
thorium, uranium

Review

Needs Review
Yes
Review Reason
drill_no_hole_id
Interp. Status
scored
Historical
No

Dates

Event date
2026-03-26T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: A higher-grade sub-interval was reported within a broader TREO intercept, enhancing the overall prospectivity.

Positive factors

  • Higher-grade sub-interval within a significant TREO intercept.
  • Shallow mineralization from surface.

Negative factors

  • Apparent width only, true width not stated.

Evidence · text

“8.0 metres at 1.01% TREO”

Tags used in scoring

No QA/QC Disclosurenegative

Release does not disclose QA/QC — lab certification, CP/QP sign-off and assay protocols cannot be checked from this document.

Why it applies: qaqc_disclosed is not true

Cut-off Undisclosednegative

High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.

Why it applies: no cutoff_grade was stated

Fact 5Minas Americas Global Alliance · rare earth elementsGrade: 8439Grade Unit: ppmIntercept: 10 mNeeds review: drill_no_hole_idView all details
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Identity

Project
Minas Americas Global Alliance
Commodity
rare earth elements
Region
brazil
Reported Region
brazil
Ticker
NPK

Geometry

Grade
8439
Grade Unit
ppm
Intercept
10 m

Classification

Program
exploration
Sample Type
drill
Mining Method
open_pit

QA/QC

QA/QC Methods
standards

Deleterious

Deleterious Flag
No
Deleterious Elements
thorium, uranium

Review

Needs Review
Yes
Review Reason
drill_no_hole_id
Interp. Status
scored
Historical
No

Dates

Event date
2026-03-26T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: A significant high-grade TREO intercept was reported from shallow mineralization, indicating strong exploration potential.

Positive factors

  • High-grade TREO intercept.
  • Shallow mineralization from surface.

Negative factors

  • Apparent width only, true width not stated.

Evidence · text

“10.0 metres averaging 8,439 ppm TREO”

Tags used in scoring

No QA/QC Disclosurenegative

Release does not disclose QA/QC — lab certification, CP/QP sign-off and assay protocols cannot be checked from this document.

Why it applies: qaqc_disclosed is not true

Cut-off Undisclosednegative

High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.

Why it applies: no cutoff_grade was stated

Fact 6Minas Americas Global Alliance · magnetic rare earth elementsGrade: 1965Grade Unit: ppmIntercept: 10 mNeeds review: drill_no_hole_idView all details
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Identity

Project
Minas Americas Global Alliance
Commodity
magnetic rare earth elements
Region
brazil
Reported Region
brazil
Ticker
NPK

Geometry

Grade
1965
Grade Unit
ppm
Intercept
10 m

Classification

Program
exploration
Sample Type
drill
Mining Method
open_pit

QA/QC

QA/QC Methods
standards

Deleterious

Deleterious Flag
No
Deleterious Elements
thorium, uranium

Review

Needs Review
Yes
Review Reason
drill_no_hole_id
Interp. Status
scored
Historical
No

Dates

Event date
2026-03-26T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: A significant high-grade MREO intercept was reported from shallow mineralization, indicating strong exploration potential.

Positive factors

  • High-grade MREO intercept.
  • Shallow mineralization from surface.

Negative factors

  • Apparent width only, true width not stated.

Evidence · text

“10.0 metres averaging 8,439 ppm TREO and 1,965 ppm MREO”

Tags used in scoring

No QA/QC Disclosurenegative

Release does not disclose QA/QC — lab certification, CP/QP sign-off and assay protocols cannot be checked from this document.

Why it applies: qaqc_disclosed is not true

Cut-off Undisclosednegative

High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.

Why it applies: no cutoff_grade was stated

Fact 7Minas Americas Global Alliance · rare earth elementsGrade: 11032Grade Unit: ppmIntercept: 5 mNeeds review: drill_no_hole_idView all details
Link to this fact

Identity

Project
Minas Americas Global Alliance
Commodity
rare earth elements
Region
brazil
Reported Region
brazil
Ticker
NPK

Geometry

Grade
11032
Grade Unit
ppm
Intercept
5 m

Classification

Program
exploration
Sample Type
drill
Mining Method
open_pit

QA/QC

QA/QC Methods
standards

Deleterious

Deleterious Flag
No
Deleterious Elements
thorium, uranium

Review

Needs Review
Yes
Review Reason
drill_no_hole_id
Interp. Status
scored
Historical
No

Dates

Event date
2026-03-26T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: A very high-grade sub-interval for TREO was reported, significantly enhancing the overall prospectivity of the project.

Positive factors

  • Very high-grade sub-interval for TREO.
  • Shallow mineralization from surface.

Negative factors

  • Apparent width only, true width not stated.

Evidence · text

“5.0 metres averaging 11,032 ppm TREO”

Tags used in scoring

No QA/QC Disclosurenegative

Release does not disclose QA/QC — lab certification, CP/QP sign-off and assay protocols cannot be checked from this document.

Why it applies: qaqc_disclosed is not true

Cut-off Undisclosednegative

High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.

Why it applies: no cutoff_grade was stated

Fact 8Minas Americas Global Alliance · magnetic rare earth elementsGrade: 2717Grade Unit: ppmIntercept: 5 mNeeds review: drill_no_hole_idView all details
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Identity

Project
Minas Americas Global Alliance
Commodity
magnetic rare earth elements
Region
brazil
Reported Region
brazil
Ticker
NPK

Geometry

Grade
2717
Grade Unit
ppm
Intercept
5 m

Classification

Program
exploration
Sample Type
drill
Mining Method
open_pit

QA/QC

QA/QC Methods
standards

Deleterious

Deleterious Flag
No
Deleterious Elements
thorium, uranium

Review

Needs Review
Yes
Review Reason
drill_no_hole_id
Interp. Status
scored
Historical
No

Dates

Event date
2026-03-26T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: A very high-grade sub-interval for MREO was reported, significantly enhancing the overall prospectivity of the project.

Positive factors

  • Very high-grade sub-interval for MREO.
  • Shallow mineralization from surface.

Negative factors

  • Apparent width only, true width not stated.

Evidence · text

“5.0 metres averaging 11,032 ppm TREO and 2,717 ppm MREO”

Tags used in scoring

No QA/QC Disclosurenegative

Release does not disclose QA/QC — lab certification, CP/QP sign-off and assay protocols cannot be checked from this document.

Why it applies: qaqc_disclosed is not true

Cut-off Undisclosednegative

High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.

Why it applies: no cutoff_grade was stated

Metallurgical Results (2)

leachMinas Americas Global Alliance Project · rare earth elementsHead Grade: 667Head Grade Unit: mg/kgView all details
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Identity

Project
Minas Americas Global Alliance Project
Commodity
rare earth elements
Region
brazil
Reported Region
Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ticker
NPK

Test Work

Program Status
preliminary
Test Type
leach
Processing Route
leach
Sample
primary leach solution

Recovery

Recovery Basis
actual_test
Head Grade
667
Head Grade Unit
mg/kg

Review

Needs Review
No
Historical
No

Dates

Event date
2026-03-26T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Preliminary leach tests confirmed ionic-adsorption behavior for rare earth elements, yielding good DREO concentrations in solution, which is a positive step for the project's metallurgical understanding.

Positive factors

  • Confirmed ionic-adsorption behavior for rare earth elements.
  • Good DREO concentration in primary leach solution.

Negative factors

  • Test work is preliminary (bench scale only).

Evidence · text

“leach tests returning up to 667 mg/kg of DREO”
leachMinas Americas Global Alliance Project · magnetic rare earth elementsHead Grade: 278Head Grade Unit: mg/kgView all details
Link to this fact

Identity

Project
Minas Americas Global Alliance Project
Commodity
magnetic rare earth elements
Region
brazil
Reported Region
Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ticker
NPK

Test Work

Program Status
preliminary
Test Type
leach
Processing Route
leach
Sample
primary leach solution

Recovery

Recovery Basis
actual_test
Head Grade
278
Head Grade Unit
mg/kg

Review

Needs Review
No
Historical
No

Dates

Event date
2026-03-26T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Preliminary leach tests confirmed ionic-adsorption behavior for rare earth elements, yielding good MREO concentrations in solution, which is a positive step for the project's metallurgical understanding.

Positive factors

  • Confirmed ionic-adsorption behavior for rare earth elements.
  • Good MREO concentration in primary leach solution.

Negative factors

  • Test work is preliminary (bench scale only).

Evidence · text

“leach tests returning up to 667 mg/kg of DREO and 278 mg/kg of MREO in primary leach solution”

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