TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - April 21, 2011) - Amazon Mining Holding plc (News - Market indicators) ("Verde" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the shareholders have approved a name change to Verde Potash Plc at its Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on April 12, 2011. Accompanying the change of name shall be a new trading symbol, 'NPK'. The changes will be effective as of market open on Tuesday, April 26, 2011.The Company's shares will continue to trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange Venture and all other attributes of the Company remain unchanged. The name Verde Potash, and ticker symbol 'NPK' were selected to better reflect the Company's business and focus on fertilizers.

Sekita Agronomic Trials Update

ThermoPotash trials at Grupo Sekita Agronegôcios ("Sekita") provided inconclusive results. Testing conducted by Sekita was implemented in order to compare the agronomic efficiency of granular ThermoPotash with potassium chloride (KCl), on the productivity and quality of carrot crops. Sekita reports: There was no statistical difference in productivity and quality of carrot between treatments using ThermoPotash (TK) and potassium chloride (KCl) and combined application of these two sources, and also compared to the control treatment. With regard to the efficiency of the sources of potassium, the Company expected greater agricultural efficiency from granular ThermoPotash as compared to potassium chloride or the control. However, the release of nutrients from ThermoPotash was observed to be hampered in the field because the granules of the product showed a high degree of hardness and resistance to fragmentation. This decreased the contact and reaction of these particles with the soil preventing the release of total nutrients, thus reducing the efficiency of the product. The Company did not previously observe these characteristics when it supplied ThermoPotash in coarse form as opposed to granules. The company's engineering team expects to resolve this issue by making a simple change to the granulation process.

About Verde

Verde Potash, founded by Brazilians, is a mineral exploration and development company focused on fertilizers. The Company is developing the Cerrado Verde project in Brazil, a source of potash-rich rock from which Verde plans to produce a slow-release, non-chloride, multi-nutrient, fertilizer product named ThermoPotash. Founded as Amazon Mining in 2005, the Company changed its name to Verde Potash in April 2011 to better reflect its main business. The Company is also exploring for phosphate and limestone.

On behalf of the Board of Directors of Verde Potash plc

Jed Richardson, Vice President of Corporate Development

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