Stonegate Agricom Appoints New Chief Financial Officer

TSX: ST and ST.WT

TORONTO, July 5 /CNW/ - Stonegate Agricom Ltd. ("Company") (TSX: ST) today announced the appointment of Germaine Coombs as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective September 1, 2010.

"We are pleased that Germaine will join Stonegate as Chief Financial Officer. Her wide range of experience as a financial executive in the mining industry is an important addition to the Company's management team as we work on advancing our two phosphate projects through feasibility stages and into production," said Mark Ashcroft, President and Chief Executive Officer.

Ms. Coombs is a member of the Certified Management Accountants of Ontario and brings over fifteen years of financial and management experience to the Company, predominantly in the mining industry. She most recently was Corporate Controller of FNX Mining Company Inc. where she gained extensive experience in the establishment of new accounting systems, infrastructure and internal controls as new mines were brought into production from the exploration and development stages. Ms. Coombs previously held increasingly senior accounting roles in operations and corporate finance with the Iron Ore Company of Canada, a Rio Tinto company.

Ms. Coombs replaces William E. Jupp, who has resigned as Chief Financial Officer.

About Stonegate Agricom

Stonegate Agricom, which is actively engaged in acquiring and developing agricultural nutrient projects, is currently focused on the development of two potentially world-class, long-life phosphate deposits, the Mantaro Phosphate Project located in Peru and the Paris Hills Phosphate Project located in Idaho. Stonegate is confident that the two deposits have sufficient size and grade and are in the right locations to become strategic, cost-effective sources of phosphate supply for major fertilizer producers. The Company intends to conduct definition and exploration drilling to confirm and expand estimates of NI 43-101 compliant mineral resources and reserves in the deposits and then complete feasibility studies leading to a decision to proceed with extracting and processing the phosphate. More information is available at www.stonegateagricom.com.

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For further information: Wayne Cheveldayoff, Vice President, Investor Relations, Stonegate Agricom Ltd., Tel: [phone], [email protected]; Christine Stewart, Renmark Financial Communications Inc., Tel: [phone], [email protected]