魁北克省萨格奈–(Newsfile Corp. – 2023年9月29日) – First Phosphate Corp. (CSE: PHOS) (OTC Pink: FRSPF) (FSE: KD0) (“First Phosphate”或“本公司”)欣然宣布本公司已于2023年9月26日收到了美国进出口银行（“EXIM”）的意向书（“LOI”），EXIM表示可以向本公司提供高达1.7亿美元的融资。
该意向书用于支持加拿大First Phosphate采购美国商品和服务，最长还款期限为10年，将于2024年10月 14日到期。
此外，这项交易可能符合2019年EXIM重新授权（P.L. 116-94）第402条规定的特别考虑条件，这项条款指示EXIM采取措施，以减轻中华人民共和国和其他国家为类似机会提供的出口支持的竞争影响，以及/或者根据EXIM的中国和转型出口计划（“CTEP”），促进美国在转型出口领域的相对领先地位。
First Phosphate首席执行官John Passalacqua表示，“First Phosphate致力于建立纯磷酸（”PPA“）战略储备，为北美磷酸铁锂（”LFP“）电池行业的发展提供服务。我们感谢进出口银行和美国政策制定者为建立强大的北美磷酸铁锂电池供应链所做的努力。我们对收到意向书感到荣幸，并期待通过进出口银行的支持，在美国采购我们的资本设备和服务。获得这种稳定的、由政府支持的融资，使我们能够明智地建设我们的项目，同时限制对我们股东的股权稀释。”
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Forward-looking information in this press release are based on certain assumptions and expected future events, namely: the Company’s ability to producing high purity phosphate materials under a low carbon footprint; the Company’s ability to integrate directly into the functions of certain major North American LFP Battery producers; the Company’s ability to develop its land claims in the Saguenay Region; the Company having the ability to carry out terms of the LOI with EXIM; the Company’s ability to realize upon the proposed uses for the financing, if received; the Company’s ability to realize upon the benefits of the financing to the Company and its shareholders; the Company’s ability to carry out and realize upon the terms, benefits, obligations, and timelines associated with the agreement with ABF; and the Company’s ability to carry out its intention to purify clean igneous anorthosite phosphate-bearing rock to a large quantity of battery-grade PPA.
These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements, including but not limited to: the Company’s inability to produce high purity phosphate materials under a low carbon footprint; the Company’s inability to integrate directly into the functions of certain major North American LFP Battery producers; the Company’s inability to develop its land claims in the Saguenay Region; the Company’s inability to carry out terms of the LOI with EXIM; the Company’s inability to realize upon the proposed uses for the financing, if received; the Company’s inability to realize upon the benefits of the financing to the Company and its shareholders; the Company’s inability to carry out and realize upon the terms, benefits, obligations, and timelines associated with the agreement with ABF; and the Company’s inability to carry out its intention to purify clean igneous anorthosite phosphate-bearing rock to a large quantity of battery-grade PPA.
Readers are cautioned that the foregoing list is not exhaustive. Readers are further cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, as there can be no assurance that the plans, intentions or expectations upon which they are placed will occur. Such information, although considered reasonable by management at the time of preparation, may prove to be incorrect and actual results may differ materially from those anticipated.
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