Amazon Mining Holding Plc: Brazil's Centre for Mineral Technology to Fund Metallurgical Study on Verdete

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Amazon Mining Holding Plc (TSX VENTURE:AMZ) ("Amazon" or the "Company") is
pleased to report that Brazil's Centre for Mineral Technology ("CETEM"), a
government sponsored research and development institute, has agreed to fund
metallurgical tests on verdete slate ("Verdete") from Amazon's Cerrado Verde
Potash Project ("Cerrado Verde"). 


Cerrado Verde is a source of abundant and accessible Verdete, a potash rich rock
from which Amazon plans to produce a slow-release, non-chloride and
multi-nutrient fertilizer product. The CETEM team commenced work on April 20th,
2009 with a site visit to Cerrado Verde during which Verdete sample collection
took place. 


Working with CETEM, Amazon and its consultant groups hope to gain objective data
that will assist in determining the economic and metallurgical parameters
associated with the manufacture of ThermoPotash and to quantify the delivery of
potash and other required plant nutrients that may be carried in the potential
fertilizer product. CETEM will also investigate from the manufacture of other
potash products from Verdete. This work could benefit Amazon by improving potash
product concentrations, the developing of specialty products and/or the creation
of products for long-haul export. Amazon expects CETEM will present its initial
results to the Company by mid-year 2009. CETEM is a publicly funded Brazilian
entity and results generated from this study will be made public. 


CETEM has assembled a multi-disciplinary team of experts to conduct the study
including Dr. Joao Sampaio, Dr. Adao da Luz, Dr. Adriana Soeiro and Dr. Andrea
Rizzo. Collectively the group will build on the previous studies that were
conducted on Verdete in the 1980's, update the understanding of Verdete, test
the technical feasibility of methods to deliver the contained potash to plants
and investigate methods to concentrate potash within the product. The team will
be working from the research budget of CETEM, electric furnaces and rotary kilns
required for the study have already been commissioned by CETEM. 


In conjunction with CETEM, Amazon reports that Agrominerais, a Brazilian
agricultural research program financed by Sectorial Fund, CT Agro and CT Energy,
will carry out its own Verdete research study investigating the proposed
fertilizer product as a source of potash for specific use in sugar cane and oil
seed plants in support of Brazil's world-leading and rapidly expanding biofuels
industry. 


CEO Cristiano Veloso stated, "It is a strong validation to Amazon and its
investors that Cerrado Verde receive this level of attention from the Brazilian
research and development community. We welcome the esteemed professionals both
at CETEM and Agrominerais to our project and trust that their expertise and
focus will assist Amazon to advance Cerrado Verde to a stage where it can offer
the Brazilian agricultural industry a locally sourced, slow-release,
non-chloride and multi-nutrient fertilizer. Today's announcement highlights the
potential of Cerrado Verde to Brazil and illustrates how the project might be
advanced with minimal impact to Amazon's cash reserves." 


Cerrado Verde Project Update 

The Company has completed a mapping program of more detailed surface sampling,
zones have been identified with above average concentrations that could become
the focus of test work and potential production. 


Independent consultants have also completed an extensive literature review that
sourced and referenced all accessible and known Verdete metallurgical papers
concluding with a consultant group recommendation that pilot-plant test work use
rotary kilns to better understand operating costs and the scalability of any
potential commercial operation. It is expected that the CETEM work will include
these recommended studies. 


About CETEM 

Created in 1978, CETEM is linked to the Ministry of Science and Technology
("MCT"). Its mandate is to advance the technological and environmental
understanding and development of Brazil's rich and abundant mineral resource for
the betterment of Brazilian society. CETEM is mostly funded by Brazilian federal
public resources and its established track record includes the provision of over
750 technological project papers that have assisted mainly small and medium
sized companies operating in the mining, metallurgical, chemical and materials
industries. Further information is available at
http://www.cetem.gov.br/ingles/comeco.htm.


About Amazon 

Amazon Mining, listed on the TSX Venture Exchange, is a mineral exploration
company engaged in creating shareholder value via cost effectively advancing its
existing portfolio of projects while diligently assessing additional
value-adding opportunities. Amazon is preserving cash and adopting a highly
conservative and risk mitigating approach to opportunity assessment and project
development. 


Competent Person 

As required by Canadian National Instrument 43-101, Amazon's designated
qualified person required for review of the technical and scientific information
herein contained is Dr. Joao Batista G. Teixeira, Chief Geoscientist of the
Company. 


On behalf of the Board of Directors of Amazon Mining Holding Plc, Cristiano
Veloso, President and CEO. 


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BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, STATEMENTS WITH RESPECT TO THE FUTURE FINANCIAL OR
OPERATING PERFORMANCE OF THE COMPANY, ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND ITS PROJECTS,
STATEMENTS REGARDING USE OF PROCEEDS, EXPLORATION PROSPECTS, IDENTIFICATION OF
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The potential grades detailed in this release are conceptual in nature. There
has been insufficient exploration to define a mineral resource and it is
uncertain if further exploration will result in the targets being delineated as
a mineral resource. 


Readers are cautioned not to rely solely on the summary of such information
contained in this release and are directed to the complete set of drill results
posted on Amazon's website (www.amazonplc.com) and filed on SEDAR
(www.sedar.com) and any future amendments to such. Readers are also directed to
the cautionary notices and disclaimers contained herein.
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