魁北克省萨格奈–(Newsfile Corp. – 2023年7月18日) – First Phosphate Corp. (CSE: PHOS) (FSE: KD0) (“First Phosphate”或“本公司”)欣然宣布，本公司已于2023年7月17日与嘉能可加拿大公司旗下的NorFalco Sales (“NorFalco”)签署了一份不具约束力的谅解备忘录（“MOU”），以确保为其位于魁北克省萨格奈-拉克-圣让的未来工业设施供应硫酸。
根据谅解备忘录的条款，在双方同意签订最终硫酸供应协议的前提下，First Phosphate同意由NorFalco为其位于加拿大魁北克省的未来磷酸和其他工业设施供应所需的硫酸。两家公司将在谅解备忘录期限内继续合作，争取达成最终供应协议。
First Phosphate首席执行官John Passalacqua表示，“我们很高兴能得到加拿大最大的供应商、硫酸营销和分销行业的领导者NorFalco的支持。这项协议是我们迈出的重要的第一步，我们希望双方能建立有意义的持续供应关系。与NorFalco签订的协议为First Phosphate工业活动的未来发展和增长确保了来自当地主要供应商的关键且经常被忽视的原材料”。
正如之前所通报的，First Phosphate正与合作伙伴比利时Prayon Technologies SA公司共同致力于魁北克萨格奈港磷酸设施的可持续发展。硫酸是磷酸生产的关键原料。该磷酸工厂将成为北美本地化低磷酸盐电池供应链发展的重要支柱。
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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 at full ESG standard under a lowcarbon 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 region of Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean, Quebec; the Company having the ability to realize upon the anticipated benefits, terms, and timelines with respect to the MOU, including, that the parties will be working together over the term of the MOU towards the execution of a definitive agreement, that NorFalco will supply the sulfuric acid required for the Company’s future phosphoric acid and other industrial facilities located in Quebec, Canada; that the Company will have the ability to realize upon the MOU’s potential as significant first step in what the Company expects to be a meaningful ongoing supply relationship with NorFalco; and that an agreement with NorFalco will enable the Company to secure a key and often overlooked raw material from a major local supplier for the future growth of the Company’s industrial activities.
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 at full ESG standard under a lowcarbon 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 region of Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean, Quebec; the Company’s inability to realize upon the anticipated benefits, terms, and timelines with respect to the MOU, including, that the parties will be working together over the term of the MOU towards the execution of a definitive agreement, that NorFalco will supply the sulfuric acid required for the Company’s future phosphoric acid and other industrial facilities located in Quebec, Canada; the Company’s inability to realize upon the MOU’s potential as significant first step in what the Company expects to be a meaningful ongoing supply relationship with NorFalco; and that an agreement with NorFalco will not enable the Company to secure a key and often overlooked raw material from a major local supplier for the future growth of the Company’s industrial activities.
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