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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001640334-24-001034"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VRDR"
cik: "0001506929"
company_name: "VERDE RESOURCES, INC."
filed_at: "2024-07-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T23:59:22.980192+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Verde Resources enters $750k testing pact with Auburn's NCAT on eco-pavement

## Summary
- 3-year project 'Structural Capacity of Sustainable Pavement' runs June 2024-Sept 2027 at NCAT Test Track in Opelika, AL.
- Company committed $750,000; initial $100k upon signing, then quarterly payments of $50k-$62.5k through Sept 2026.
- Technology co-developed with Zym-Tec uses enzymes to treat soils and stabilize base materials, replacing carbon-intensive lime and cement.
- Biochar from biomass pyrolysis integrated into pavement to reduce GHG and sequester CO2, generating Carbon Removal Credits.
- Success expected to drive adoption by US DOTs and create separate revenue stream from carbon credits.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001640334-24-001034
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VRDR
- cik: 0001506929
- company_name: VERDE RESOURCES, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-07-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506929/000164033424001034/0001640334-24-001034-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506929/000164033424001034/vrdr_8k.htm

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