12:28 PM EST - Atacama Minerals Corp. : announced that it has acquired a large land package in a major new potash region in northeastern Brazil. Application has been made for exploration permits in the state of Bahia covering 1,444 square kilometers (357,000 acres) of lands located 30 kilometres west of the port city of Salvador. Atacama Minerals Corp.
shares V.AAM are trading up 1 cent at $1.06.
