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Record Potash Contract?
November 1, 2012 | Arizona Geology

Prospect Global Resources has a contract to supply over $2 billion of potash to China’s Sichuan Chemical Industry Holding Group. The potash will come from a mine being developed near Holbrook, Arizona.


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