Ecometals Ltd. announced that it had entered into a heads of agreement with Wogen Pacific Ltd. Under this agreement, Wogen will take up to eleven shipments of up to 45,000 mt each, of the company's manganese mineralized material taken from the manganese stockpiles at Serro do Navio in Amapa State, Brazil. The costs of excavation, rail freight from the company's site to the coast, transport by truck from the railhead to Santana Port, storage and stevedoring expenses and ocean freight will be borne by Wogen. Profits net of these costs will be split between Wogen and Ecometals Manganes do Amapa.

Responsibility for operations in Brazil will rest with Ecometals' office in Macapa to which William Lamarque. Arrangements for ocean freight and the subsequent movement of the manganese mineralized material, together with international marketing, will be the responsibility of Wogen. Work begins on July 29, 2013 to excavate 90,000 mt in a vertical section, from the stockpile known as Grosso 30.

This material will be sampled according to protocols agreed between the parties, analyzed by AIS, an independent assayist and placed in eight heaps adjacent to the railway to facilitate its subsequent loading into railcars. This preliminary stage is expected to take three weeks. Export operations are expected to commence immediately thereafter, subject to certain final Government approvals.