魁北克省薩格奈–(Newsfile Corp. – 2023年9月29日) – First Phosphate Corp. (CSE: PHOS) (OTC Pink: FRSPF) (FSE: KD0) (“First Phosphate”或“本公司”)欣然宣布本公司已於2023年9月26日收到了美國進出口銀行（“EXIM”）的意向書（“LOI”），EXIM表示可以向本公司提供高達1.7億美元的融資。
該意向書用於支持加拿大First Phosphate采購美國商品和服務，最長還款期限為10年，將於2024年10月 14日到期。
此外，這項交易可能符合2019年EXIM重新授權（P.L. 116-94）第402條規定的特別考慮條件，這項條款指示EXIM采取措施，以減輕中華人民共和國和其他國家為類似機會提供的出口支持的競爭影響，以及/或者根據EXIM的中國和轉型出口計劃（“CTEP”），促進美國在轉型出口領域的相對領先地位。
First Phosphate首席執行官John Passalacqua表示，“First Phosphate致力於建立純磷酸（”PPA“）戰略儲備，為北美磷酸鐵鋰（”LFP“）電池行業的發展提供服務。我們感謝進出口銀行和美國政策制定者為建立強大的北美磷酸鐵鋰電池供應鏈所做的努力。我們對收到意向書感到榮幸，並期待通過進出口銀行的支持，在美國采購我們的資本設備和服務。獲得這種穩定的、由政府支持的融資，使我們能夠明智地建設我們的項目，同時限制對我們股東的股權稀釋。”
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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.
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