First Phosphate and American Battery Factory Sign MOU to On-Shore up to 40,000 tonnes of Annual LFP Cathode Active Material Production in North America
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Saguenay, Quebec - Newsfile Corp. - September 13, 2023 - First Phosphate Corp. (CSE: PHOS) (OTC Pink: FRSPF) (FSE: KD0) ("First Phosphate" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that, on September 13, 2023, it has entered into an agreement with American Battery Factory Inc. ("ABF") of Utah, USA to support production of up to 40,000 tonnes of annual fully North American manufactured lithium iron phosphate ("LFP") cathode active material ("CAM"). The initiative aims to bring production of LFP batteries for the battery storage sector to North America. The following mutually beneficial arrangements to 2028 have been agreed upon and the parties intend to enter into a definitive agreement governing its customer-supplier relationship once the Company and ABF are able to source an established LFP technology partner to work with the companies to service ABF's LFP CAM production needs in North America.
- First Phosphate is to source and supply local raw materials and manage logistics for the LFP CAM production process and is to work on close integration into ABF workflows.
- ABF projects sustained annual demand for LFP CAM starting in 2026 and achieving up to 40,000 tonnes of annual LFP CAM requirement by 2028 at its first planned LFP battery manufacturing facility in Tuscon, Arizona.
- ABF intends to construct several other LFP battery manufacturing facilities across North America, each of which should require similar amount of LFP CAM. As plans for such additional sites are developed, ABF will work with First Phosphate on updating demand forecasts.
- ABF and First Phosphate are to begin a homologation process whereby First Phosphate raw materials are to be integrated directly into LFP CAM produced for ABF. LFP CAM produced by way of the partnership is to be integrated into ABF battery cells and end-user energy storage products.
- First Phosphate and ABF intend to co-operate in the development of an LFP battery ecosystem in North America and to consider the possibility of locating certain facilities at the Port of Saguenay, Quebec.
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