Western Potash Corp. is pleased to announce today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Western Potash Corp. (“Western”), closed the second tranche, in the amount of US$31 million (C$41.6 million equivalent)  of its Cdn$85 million loan transaction with Appian Capital Advisory LLP (“Appian”), the terms of which were previously announced in the press release dated April 28, 2022.

The second tranche of funds from the loan transaction will be used by Western to finish the construction of the Milestone Phase 1 Project (the “Project”) and continue the development of the Project’s optimized mining plan. The construction of the processing plant for the Project is expected to be completed in early May, 2023, with plant production expected to be initiated in December 2023.   

Mr. Bill Xue, Western Potash Corp. CEO, commented, “We are pleased to have closed this final tranche of the loan with Appian. This will increase the financial stability sought by our contractors and suppliers which we expect will be beneficial for completing the Project in a timely and efficient manner.”

Bill Xue
Managing Director

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For more information on the contents of this release please contact Jack Xue, Corporate Secretary, at 306-924-9378.