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Brazil Potash Reports New Court Petition Concerning Autazes Project

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Brazil Potash Corp. (NYSE-American: GRO) provided an update on a petition in Brazil concerning the Autazes Project.

  • The DPU filed a Suspensão de Tutela Provisória directly with the STF president; Brazil Potash has not been formally notified.
  • The filing is part of an existing civil action brought by the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office in December 2016, not a new lawsuit or new allegations.
  • The petition seeks to reverse recent TRF-1 decisions favoring Brazil Potash and the CIM and suspend implementation activities.
  • TRF-1 decisions recognized the CIM’s standing, the consultation’s compliance with ILO Convention No. 169, and the consultation’s validity.
  • The consultation lasted more than six years, involved more than 35 Indigenous villages, and ended with approximately 90% voting to continue the Project.
  • On July 9, 2026, the PGR recommended that the petition not be considered on its merits, saying the DPU lacks standing and the procedure is unsuitable for reexamining facts and evidence.

Brazil Potash said the petition does not change the Autazes Project’s legal status or its environmental licenses, which remain in full force. The company is evaluating the petition, preparing its response, and intends to defend its position. It will provide further updates as needed.

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Brazil Potash Corp. (NYSE-American: GRO) said it became aware through publicly available court records that Brazil’s Public Defender’s Office, acting for certain Indigenous organisations opposed to the Project, had submitted a request directly to the President of Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court. The Company said it had not yet been formally notified. The request is a procedural application within an existing public civil action originally brought by the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office in December 2016; it is not a new lawsuit and, according to the Company, does not present new allegations or underlying facts.
The petition seeks to reverse recent decisions of the Federal Regional Court of the 1st Region, or TRF-1, which were issued in favour of Brazil Potash and the Mura Indigenous Council, and to suspend implementation activities related to the Autazes Project. The source describes it as a further procedural development within existing litigation.
Brazil Potash said the petition does not change the legal status of the Autazes Project or any environmental licences granted to the Company, which it said remain in full force and effect. The Company and its external Brazilian legal advisers are assessing the petition and preparing a response. The Company also said it intends to defend its position, while the petition itself seeks suspension of implementation activities.
The Company said the TRF-1 had previously recognised, among other matters, the standing of the Mura Indigenous Council as a representative organisation for Mura Indigenous communities in the municipality of Autazes; the compliance of the Indigenous consultation process with the requirements of Convention No. 169 of the International Labour Organization of the United Nations; and the validity of free, prior and informed consultation, allowing the environmental licensing process to continue. The consultation took place over more than six years, involved more than 35 Indigenous villages and concluded with an assembly at which approximately 90% of participating communities voted in favour of continuing the Project.
On 9 July 2026, Brazil’s Office of the Prosecutor-General issued a formal opinion in the proceeding, recommending that the request should not be considered on its merits. According to the Company, the opinion concluded that the Public Defender’s Office lacked standing to submit the request and that the procedural instrument used was unsuitable for reassessing facts and evidence. The opinion is a recommendation within the proceeding, not a statement that the petition has been finally dismissed.
The Company said the Autazes Project has an initially planned production of up to 2.4 million tonnes of potash per year. Management believes it could potentially supply approximately 20% of Brazil’s current potash demand and expects that 100% of Brazil Potash’s production will be sold in the domestic market. These are forward-looking statements attributed to management and the Company, and the source says they are subject to risks and uncertainties; it does not establish that these levels will be achieved.
The announcement says forward-looking statements concerning the expected benefits of the Autazes Project, expected production volumes, court proceedings, the expected outcome of the petition, the Company’s legal position, environmental licences, estimated emissions reductions and project, governmental and environmental regulation are subject to risks and uncertainties, many outside the Company’s control. It directs readers to the risk factors in the Company’s amended Form F-1 registration statement, its latest Form 20-F annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and its supplemented PREP prospectus. The Company said the statements speak only as of 16 July 2026 and that it does not undertake to update them except where required by law.

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