(ShareCast News) - Harvest Minerals capped off a busy quarter with a market update on Tuesday, outlining its move to tangible exploration work at its two Brazilian projects.The AIM-traded company completed a capital raising and a consolidation of securities during the quarter, shoring up its finances going forward.Following the receipt of those funds, Harvest Minerals began its exploration and pre-development activities at both its Mandacaru and Arapua/Maximus projects in Minas Gerais State, Brazil.Work continued throughout the quarter, the company's board said, and by the end of it Harvest had submitted samples from the initial air core drill programme to the laboratory for analysis.The board said its expects to receive final analysis of the samples and be in a position to announce the results of the work in early May.