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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001640334-25-001327"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VRDR"
cik: "0001506929"
company_name: "VERDE RESOURCES, INC."
filed_at: "2025-07-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T00:14:52.415021+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Verde Resources' biochar-asphalt gets early NCAT validation after 50k ESALs; targets exclusive Ergon deal by Sept 2025

## Summary
- NCAT's test track found Verde's Cold-Mix Biochar Asphalt durable after ~50,000 ESALs of 80-ton truck traffic; suitable for low-traffic roads.
- Verde signed MOU with Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions (largest US liquid asphalt producer) aiming for exclusive long-term agreement by September 2025.
- Company's biochar-asphalt is first to generate verified Carbon Removal Credits, certified by Puro.earth and purchased by a major global financial institution.
- Early validation supports commercialization of climate-positive asphalt; long-term testing for high-traffic uses continues under NCAT multi-year cycle.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001640334-25-001327
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VRDR
- cik: 0001506929
- company_name: VERDE RESOURCES, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-07-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506929/000164033425001327/0001640334-25-001327-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506929/000164033425001327/vrdr_8k.htm

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