Another shareholder of the project is LLC "Sberbank Investments", which owns two shares of 20% and 19.9%. The latest package earlier this month, OOO "Sberbank Investitsii" made the decision on prolongation of term of participation in the potash project the Group.

"We are pleased to welcome a new participant, the Bank "Opening" – in our ambitious potassium project. For the Group "Akron" it is important to develop long-term partnerships with financial institutions. We are grateful to the financial partners for participation in the project, which will allow more flexibility to implement the investment project on the background of the macroeconomic environment.

We have entered the final stage of the process of construction of vertical shafts. In further support of banks can proceed to the following stages – construction of ground-based and underground mine, subject to the conditions and needs of the market."

Viktor Nikolayev, member of the management Board, head of corporate and investment block of Bank "Opening":

"We view this deal as an interesting investment opportunity, as the first step towards the realization of our partner Acron Group's large – scale investment project that will create export-oriented production with the annual volume of extract 7.5 million tonnes of ore and production capacity of 2.0 million tons of potash per year."

Detailed information about the company can be found on the website www.acron.ru