| At the 52nd G7 Summit in Evian, France, Prime Minister Carney presented to world leaders 13 critical minerals initiatives to address supply chain vulnerabilities in the West. First Phosphate (CSE:PHOS | OTC:FRSPF) accounted for two of them involving the development of a mine-to-market LFP battery supply chain for the western world, placing First Phosphate alongside national supply chain priorities backed by the worlds’ leading economies.
Denmark’s Export and Investment Fund offered up to C$275 million in guarantees to develop First Phosphate’s flagship mine while italian state institutions showed commitment to fund the phosphoric acid plant. Canada signed a C$16.7 million non-repayable contribution for the company. Allied nations are writing checks for this project and definitive offtake agreements were concluded by this company.
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Tesla just signed a $4.3 billion local LFP battery deal.
CATL signed for $17 billion.
Ford is building a $3.5 billion LFP plant in Kentucky.
Samsung committed $1 billion to LFP in America.
LFP batteries overtook every other chemistry in 2025 and now power nearly three-quarters of all batteries produced worldwide in many different sectors. Every one of the newly announced LFP battery factories needs the same critical feedstock: battery-grade phosphoric acid. China controls over 90% of the supply, and recently restricted exports.
North America has a large projected shortage of LFP cathode active material and near zero domestic production. Most investors are focused on lithium, but lithium is only 4% of the cathode of an LFP battery. Phosphate is 61%. First Phosphate Corp. (OTCQX: FRSPF) is positioned directly at the center of this supply chain crisis.
The LFP battery sector is already attracting major capital. On May 4, a subsidiary of Agnico Eagle (NYSE: AEM), the world’s second-largest gold producer, paid C$94.3 million cash to acquire a project in the same igneous phosphate space. It was Agnico’s first-ever outright takeover.
FRSPF shares jumped 18% in a single session on this news. With that other igneous phosphate project now off the board, First Phosphate is one of the last pure play igneous phosphate projects standing in North America. |