魁北克省薩格奈–2024年1月19日 – First Phosphate Corp. (CSE: PHOS) (OTC: FRSPF) (FSE: KD0) (“First Phosphate”或“本公司”)欣然宣布，本公司已完成第三批也是最後一批總收入至少為$200萬的非經紀人私募配售融資（“發行”），詳情見本公司於2023年12月14日和2023年12月22日以及2024年1月2日發布的新聞稿。第三批私募配售中，本公司共發行了 1,768,250 個硬美元單位，募集資金總額為$707,300。至此，本公司三批私募配售募集資金總額達到$8,223,475.20。
本公司首席執行官John Passalacqua表示，“我們很高興看到包括一些機構投資者在內的現有股東和新股東再次對First Phosphate投下了信任票。現在，我們已經准備好在今年冬天進行鑽探，並開始全面揭露Bégin-Lamarche高純度火成岩磷酸鹽地層，距離薩格奈深海港僅70公裏。根據我們的經驗，任何磷酸鹽項目的經濟可行性，最大的決定因素是靠近港口、擁有基礎設施和勞動力。Bégin-Lamarche具備所有這些強有力的條件，因此很可能成為魁北克省首批投產的磷酸鹽礦之一，因為我們現在有能力加快開發進度。”
至此，本公司的三批私募配售融資被超額認購了311%，三批發行共包括4,858,688個硬美元單位，總收入為$1,943,475；發行了12,560,000股流轉股票，總收入為$6,280,000。 三批私募配售中，本公司共支付了$334,080的中間人傭金，以每股補償股票$0.50的價格發行了369,840股補償股票，並發行了1,193,700份補償認股權證，可在2025年12月31日前以每股普通股$0.50的價格行權。
根據加拿大證券法規定，本次發行的所有證券在四個月零一天的法定持有期內禁止出售。
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