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Canadian Prairie Potash: Leading the World

  • Saskatchewan and Manitoba encompass the world's premier potash basins with the word’s highest output and some of the lowest production costs.
     
  • Together they host 95% of Canada’s potash reserves, mostly in Saskatchewan. Manitoba is still keenly awaiting it's first-ever potash mine.
     
  • This prolific greenbelt has excellent infrastructure and easy access by rail to mid continental U.S.A. (the world’s largest market for potash).
     
  • A recently-elected pro-mining government in Manitoba now offers many major tax incentives and other economic reforms to attract mining companies.
     
  • Manitoba was rated as the best policy environment in the world for mining investment in 2007 by the world-renowned Fraser Institute.
     
  • Growth in agricultural markets offers a very positive outlook for potash markets with global prices more than doubling within the last several years.