SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-24-011656 to Brazil Potash Corp. (GRO)
Brazil Potash Corp.
Date: Oct. 16, 2024 · CIK: 0001472326 · Accession: 0000000000-24-011656
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October 16, 2024
Matthew Simpson
Chief Executive Officer
Brazil Potash Corp.
198 Davenport Road
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5R 1J2
Re:Brazil Potash Corp.
Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form F-1
Filed September 30, 2024
File No. 333-281663
Dear Matthew Simpson:
We have reviewed your amended registration statement and have the following
comments.
Please respond to this letter by amending your registration statement and providing
the requested information. If you do not believe a comment applies to your facts and
circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your
response.
After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and the information
you provide in response to this letter, we may have additional comments. Unless we note
otherwise, any references to prior comments are to comments in our September 16, 2024
letter.
Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form F-1
Risk Factors
The failure to acquire, lease, purchase, or obtain rights to occupy all of the land intended for
the operation of the Autazes Project..., page 32
1.We note your response to prior comment 4. Please revise your disclosure to detail
whether the Company has begun the proceedings with the applicable Brazilian
governmental agencies to acquire the ownerships of the 24 properties. If so, please
provide any status updates to these applications and proceedings.
October 16, 2024
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3. Material Accounting Policies
(e) Exploration and evaluation assets, page F-10
2.We note your response to prior comment 10 indicates that you believe that the
definitions of economic viability and commercial viability are not the same and that
the assessment of commercial viability includes consideration of whether the entity
has adequate financial resources to proceed with development activities. Please
further explain why you believe the meanings of the terms "commercial viability" and
"economic viability" are not aligned and why the existing financial resources of the
company should be factored into the assessment of commercial viability under
IFRS6. In this regard, we note that your declaration of reserves based on a pre-
feasibility study demonstrates that the extraction of mineral resources would be
economically viable. Please cite any authoritative literature that supports your view.
3.In your response to comment 10 you list "pre-operation development activities" you
will conduct before assessing the project as commercially viable under IFRS6. Tell us
how these activities are consistent with costs eligible to be capitalized
under paragraph 9 of IFRS6, explaining how these expenditures are associated with
finding specific mineral resources.
Exhibits
4.We note your response to prior comment 11, and we re-issue in part. You revised your
prospectus to disclose that you interpret the forum selection clauses in your bylaws to
be limited to the specified actions and proceedings and to not apply to any claims
arising under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act. If this provision does not apply
to actions arising under the Securities Act or Exchange Act, please also ensure that the
exclusive forum provision in Exhibit 3.2 states this clearly, or tell us how you will
inform investors in future filings that the provision does not apply to any actions
arising under the Securities Act or Exchange Act.
Please contact Joanna Lam at 202-551-3476 or Craig Arakawa at 202-551-3650 if you
have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. For
engineering questions please contact John Coleman at 202-551-3610. Please contact Michael
Purcell at 202-551-5351 or Kevin Dougherty at 202-551-3271 with any other questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Energy & Transportation
cc:William Wong