EPM Mining Ventures Inc. announced the signing of a contract with The Parthenon Group, LLC to produce a market assessment and strategy study for use in the feasibility studies currently being prepared by CH2M HILL and Agapito Associates Inc., for production of sulfate of potash from the company's Sevier Dry Lake Potash project located in southwestern Utah. Parthenon has consulted many companies in a variety of sectors including the chemicals, aggregates, sulfate of potash, and salt markets. Through both primary and secondary research, Parthenon will focus on market structure analysis, supply and demand capacity and pricing trends, economic forecasting and modeling, and developing a framework for domestic and international distribution strategies for sulfate of potash and potential ancillary minerals.

Parthenon has vast experience evaluating the competitive landscape of the minerals and industrials markets having completed numerous engagements in these areas.