魁北克省薩格奈–(Newsfile Corp. – 2023年4月3日) – First Phosphate Corp. (CSE: PHOS) (FSE: KD0) (“First Phosphate”或“本公司”)與Développement économique 02（“DE02”）以及薩格奈-拉克-聖讓地區官員會議（“CRP”）欣然宣布，First Phosphate與Regional Economic Benefits Maximization Committee（“CMAX”）簽署了一項合作協議。
First Phosphate首席執行官John Passalacqua、CRP主席兼 Lac-Saint-Jean-Est MRC 省長 Louis Ouellet 以及 DE02 主席兼 Domaine-du-Roy MRC官員Yanick Baillargeon 均表示，“這項合作協議將為First Phosphate和魁北克薩格奈-拉克-聖讓地區的經濟界帶來共同利益。”
根據協議，First Phosphate將能夠直接與該地區的創業勞動力建立聯系，幫助該公司在更廣闊的背景下運營其項目，而不會面臨供應商方面的挑戰。對CMAX而言，該協議將為魁北克薩格奈-拉克-聖讓地區的建築公司、設備制造商及其供應商帶來積極的經濟影響。
First Phosphate首席執行官John Passalacqua表示，“First Phosphate非常感謝薩格奈-拉克-聖讓地區居民對本公司磷酸鹽項目及其增值礦物加工廠的熱烈歡迎。First Phosphate堅信，該項目定然能夠很好地融入當地的社區結構，我們將盡最大努力確保當地社區從經濟附帶利益中獲益。”
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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 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 region of Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean, Quebec; the Company has the ability to capitalize on the MOU and realize on the state benefits to the Company and to the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean Region of Quebec; the Company has the ability to realize on its beliefs that its project(s) must be well-integrated into the local host community and that it must do its utmost to ensure that the community benefits from all the economic spin-offs; the Company has the ability to integrate the region into the North American EV battery manufacturing industry; and the Company has the ability to carry out its plans to promote phosphates to be included in the list of critical and strategic materials of Canada and Quebec.
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 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 region of Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean, Quebec; the Company’s inability to capitalize on the MOU and realize on the state benefits to the Company and to the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean Region of Quebec; the Company’s inability to realize on its beliefs that its project(s) must be well-integrated into the local host community and that it must do its utmost to ensure that the community benefits from all the economic spin-offs; the Company’s inability to integrate the region into the North American EV battery manufacturing industry; and the Company’s inability to carry out its plans to promote phosphates to be included in the list of critical and strategic materials of Canada and Quebec.
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