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Maple Leaf Secures $448,000 Revenue Per Month From Organic Fertilizer Operation
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Maple Leaf Reforestation Inc. ("Maple Leaf" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has signed distribution agreements with five sales agents to sell a total of 1,000 tons of fish meal per month starting July, 2009.
Pursuant to the distributorship agreements, the sales agents will be responsible to sell 1000 tons of fish meal per month in three different regions of Hunan Province. Each agent will first be engaged on a two month trial basis. If any agent fails to meet its particular sales quota, the distribution agreement with that agent will be terminated after the two month trial period. The first 1,000 tons will be delivered to the agents during July, 2009. The fish meal will be sold to the agents for $448 Cdn (2,600 Rmb) per ton. The total revenue from these agreements will be $448,000 Cdn (2,600,000 Rmb) per month. Maple Leaf will receive 60% of the payment upon delivery to the agents and the balance within 90 days of delivery.
Raymond Lai, President & CEO of Maple Leaf comments, “These distribution agreements will allow us to access three regions of Hunan Province that we otherwise would have had difficulty securing fish meal sales in. This new revenue will greatly improve our ability to ramp up the Organic Fertilizer Operation. We hope that this sales structure will prove to be very beneficial in terms of expanding the breadth of our sales ability. Depending on the success of this sales structure we may further utilize it to tap other regions in Hunan Province and other regions of China. We may also increase the tonnage sold to the agents in these three regions if their sales efforts are successful and greater demand exists in these regions.”
About Maple Leaf Reforestation Inc.
Maple Leaf is a Canadian company operating a large-scale forest nursery whose primary focus is growing value- added tree seedlings and alfalfa feedstock alongside landscaping and nursery products in China. In addition, the multi-faceted Xinjiang Yellowhorn tree project will provide for the manufacture of biodiesel fuel. Reforestation has been identified as a critical strategy to help manage China’s troubling environmental issues, namely pollution and desertification. Maple Leaf currently has over 6 million varieties of seedlings under cultivation at its nursery facility that includes a 110,000-square foot greenhouse located in Liang Cheng, Inner Mongolia, China.
Maple Leaf is a wholly-owned foreign enterprise ("WOFE"), which allows Maple Leaf to control 100% of the direction and operations of the company in China while permitting the cash generated from operations in China to flow back to Canada.
For further information regarding Maple Leaf Reforestation Inc., visit www.mlreforestation.com or contact:
Maple Leaf Reforestation Inc.
Raymond Lai, Chairman, President & CEO
Tel: +1 (403) 668-7560 Fax: +1 (403) 250-2534
E-mail: rlai@mlreforestation.com
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