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- December 18, 2024 - First Phosphate Corp. (CSE: PHOS) (OTCQB: FRSPF)
(FSE: KD0) ("First Phosphate" or the "Company") is pleased to announce a
non-brokered private placement (the "
Proposed
Offering") for gross proceeds of a minimum of $1 million.
The Proposed Offering is anticipated to consist of any combination of:
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- Flow-through shares of the Company ("Flow-Through Shares") at a price of $0.35 per share ("Flow-Through Offering") ; and
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- Hard dollar units of the Company ("Hard Dollar Unit") at a price of $0.35 per Hard Dollar Unit (the "Hard Dollar Unit Offering"), with each Hard Dollar Unit comprised of: (i) one common share in the capital of the Company ("Common Share"), and (ii) one half of one Common Share purchase warrant ("Warrant")
with each whole Warrant exercisable for one Common Share at a price of
$0.50 per Common Share until December 31, 2025, subject to an
Accelerated Expiry Date (as defined below).
The gross proceeds from the Flow-Through Offering will be used to incur
"Canadian exploration expenses" that are "flow-through mining
expenditures" (as such terms are defined in the
Income Tax Act (Canada)) related to the Corporation's projects in
Québec. The net proceeds received from the Hard Dollar Unit Offering
will be used for exploration and development activities, working capital
and for general corporate purposes.
The Proposed Offering is expected to close, in one or more tranches, on
or before December 31, 2024, or such other date or dates as may be
determined by the Company.
All securities issued under the Proposed Offering will be subject to a
four-month and one day statutory hold period in accordance with
applicable securities laws.
In connection with the Proposed Offering, eligible finders will be paid:
(i) a fee consisting of 8%, in cash, of the gross proceeds raised from
subscribers introduced by them, and (ii) such number of compensation
warrants ("
Compensation Warrants") as is equivalent to 8% of the
number of Hard Dollar Units or Flow-Through Shares issued to subscribers
introduced by them. Each Compensation Warrant shall entitle the holder
thereof to acquire one Common Share at a price of $0.50 per share until
December 31, 2025, provided that if the volume weighted average trading
price of the Common Shares on the CSE for any 5 consecutive trading days
equals or exceeds $0.80, the Corporation may, upon issuing a press
release, accelerate the expiry date of the Compensation Warrants to the
date that is 30 days following the date of such press release ("
Accelerated Expiry Date").
The Corporation reserves the right to pay cash finders' fees on the
Flow-Through Offering in common shares of the Corporation rather than
cash ("
Compensation Shares") issued at the Flow-Through Offering issue price.
This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation
of an offer to sell any of securities in the United States. The
securities have not been and will not be registered under the United
States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act") or
any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the
United States or to U.S. Persons unless registered under the U.S.
Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from
such registration is available. Completion of the Proposed Offering is
subject to certain conditions including, but not limited to, the receipt
of all necessary approvals. There can be no assurance that the Proposed
Offering will be completed, whether in whole or in part.
About First Phosphate Corp.
First Phosphate (CSE: PHOS) (OTCQB: FRSPF) (FSE: KD0) is a mineral
development company fully dedicated to extracting and purifying
phosphate for the production of cathode active material for the Lithium
Iron Phosphate ("LFP") battery industry. First Phosphate is committed to
producing at high purity level, in a responsible manner and with low
anticipated carbon footprint. First Phosphate plans to vertically
integrate from mine source directly into the supply chains of major
North American LFP battery producers that require battery grade LFP
cathode active material emanating from a consistent and secure supply
source. First Phosphate is owner and developer of the Bégin-Lamarche
Property in Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean, Quebec, Canada that consists of rare
anorthosite igneous phosphate rock that generally yields high purity
phosphate material devoid of harmful concentrations of deleterious
elements.
For additional information, please contact:
Bennett Kurtz
Chief Financial Officer
bennett@firstphosphate.com
Tel: +1 (416) 200-0657
Investor Relations:
investor@firstphosphate.com
Media Relations:
media@firstphosphate.com
Website:
www.FirstPhosphate.com
Follow First Phosphate:
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/FirstPhosphate
LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/first-phosphate
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Forward-Looking Information and Cautionary Statements
This news release contains certain statements and information that
may be considered "forward-looking statements" and "forward-looking
information" within the meaning of applicable securities laws. In some
cases, but not necessarily in all cases, forward-looking statements and
forward-looking information can be identified by the use of
forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "targets", "expects" or
"does not expect", "is expected", "an opportunity exists", "is
positioned", "estimates", "intends", "assumes", "anticipates" or "does
not anticipate" or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases
or statements that certain actions, events or results "may", "could",
"would", "might", "will" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved"
and other similar expressions. In addition, statements in this news
release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements,
including, among other things: the Company's planned exploration and
production activities; the properties and composition of any extracted
phosphate; the Company's plans for vertical integration into North
American supply chains; the minimum gross proceeds of $1,000,000; the
use of proceeds from the Proposed Offering; the terms of the Proposed
Offering, including, the issuance of any securities, the closing date,
and the receipt of all necessary approvals.
These statements and other forward-looking information are based on
assumptions and estimates that the Company believes are appropriate and
reasonable in the circumstances, which may prove to be incorrect,
include, but are not limited to, the various assumptions set forth
herein and in the Company's public disclosure record including the short
form base prospectus dated June 5, 2024, as well as: the receipt of all
necessary approvals and the Company's ability to raise the minimum
gross proceeds of $1,000,000.
There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be
accurate, and actual results and future events could differ materially
from those anticipated in such statements. There can be no assurance
that any opportunity will be successful, commercially viable, completed
on time or on budget, or will generate any meaningful revenues, savings
or earnings, as the case may be, for the Company. In addition, the
Company will incur costs in pursuing any particular opportunity, which
may be significant. These factors and assumptions are not intended to
represent a complete list of the factors and assumptions that could
affect the Company and, though they should be considered carefully,
should be considered in conjunction with the risk factors described in
the Company's other documents filed with the Canadian and United States
securities authorities, including without limitation the "Risk Factors"
section of the Company's Management Discussion and Analysis dated
October 21, 2024 and Annual Report on 20-F dated July 8, 2024, which are
available on SEDAR at www.sedarplus.ca.
Although the Company has attempted to identify factors that would cause
actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those
disclosed in the forward-looking information or information, there may
be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be as
anticipated, estimated or intended. The Company does not undertake to
update any forward-looking information, except in accordance with
applicable securities laws.
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INTENDED FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR
DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES.