/EINPresswire.com/ -- CALGARY, ALBERTA -- (Marketwired) -- 08/09/16 -- GrowMax Resources Corp. (TSX VENTURE: GRO) is pleased to announce that effective at market opening on Tuesday, August 9, 2016, the common shares of GrowMax Resources Corp. will commence trading on the TSX Venture Exchange ("TSX-V") under the new trading symbol "GRO". The common shares of Americas Petrogas Inc. will be delisted and the old trading symbol relating to Americas Petrogas Inc. will no longer be in effect.

As previously stated, Americas Petrogas Inc. common shares owned by shareholders will automatically be exchanged into common shares of GrowMax Resources Corp. as a result of the name change and no further action is required to be taken by such shareholders.

GrowMax Resources Corp.'s new and updated website can be accessed at www.growmaxcorp.com.

About GrowMax Resources Corp.

GrowMax Resources Corp. (formerly Americas Petrogas Inc.) is an international Canadian mining company whose shares trade on the TSX-V under the symbol GRO. GrowMax Resources Corp. owns approximately 91.6% and Indian Farmers Fertiliser Co-operative Limited (IFFCO) and its affiliates own approximately 8.4% of GrowMax Agri Corp, a private company involved in the exploration for near-surface phosphates, potash brine and other minerals, and potential development of fertilizer projects in the Bayovar region of Peru.

Forward Looking Information

Certain statements contained in this press release constitute "forward-looking statements" as such term is used in applicable Canadian and US securities laws. Any statements that express or involve discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions or future events or are not statements of historical fact should be viewed as "forward-looking statements". These statements relate to analyses and other information that are based upon forecasts of future results, estimates or amounts not yet determinable and assumptions of management. Such forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward looking statements.

There can be no assurance that such forward-looking statements, including trading on the TSX-V under a new name and symbol, will prove to be accurate as actual results and future events could vary or differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements contained in this news release.

NEITHER THE TSX-V NOR ITS REGULATION SERVICES PROVIDER (AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN THE POLICIES OF THE TSX-V) ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THE RELEASE.

Contacts:
GrowMax Resources Corp.
Abby Badwi, P. Geo.
Executive Chairman
+1 587 390 7015
inquiries@growmaxcorp.com
www.growmaxcorp.com