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First Phosphate Announces Advanced Metallurgical Testing, Surface Stripping and Channel Sampling
Saguenay, Quebec--(Newsfile Corp. - June 25, 2025) - First Phosphate Corp. (CSE: PHOS) (OTCQB: FRSPF) (FSE: KD0) ("First Phosphate" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that a 5,000-kilogram bulk sample has been drilled and collected at its Bégin-Lamarche phosphate project, located in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada.The purpose of the bulk sample is to conduct advanced metallurgical testing to refine the process for recovery of apatite (phosphate), magnetite (iron), and
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[{"type":"text","content":"Saguenay, Quebec--(Newsfile Corp. - June 25, 2025) - First Phosphate Corp. (CSE: PHOS) (OTCQB: FRSPF) (FSE: KD0) ("First Phosphate" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that a 5,000-kilogram bulk sample has been drilled and collected at its Bégin-Lamarche phosphate project, located in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada.","length":368,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"The purpose of the bulk sample is to conduct advanced metallurgical testing to refine the process for recovery of apatite (phosphate), magnetite (iron), and ilmenite (titanium).","length":177,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"This work follows the successful preliminary metallurgical testing conducted in June 2023, which confirmed the positive recovery of the targeted minerals. These tests demonstrated the technical feasibility of processing the ore at small scale and have provided the foundation to proceed to this next semi-industrial stage. Details on the earlier small-scale pilot plant are available at: https://firstphosphate.com/pilotplant.","length":426,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"The Company now intends to scale its pilot process to validate flowsheet performance in a semi-industrial setting, to optimize process parameters, and to generate technical data to support future economic and feasibility studies.","length":229,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"2,000 kilograms of the current sample were sourced from the Company's Begin-Lamarche project's Northern Zone, 2,000 kilograms from its Mountain Zone and 1,000 kilograms from its Southern Zone. The Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA") for the Bégin-Lamarche property indicates that phosphate mining operations will begin in the higher-grade Northern and Mountain Zones for the first 10 years of production.","length":426,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":""The success of the 2023 pilot tests confirmed the potential of our project to efficiently produce critical minerals essential to the energy transition. Advancing to semi-industrial scale is a key step toward developing a robust industrial process," said John Passalacqua, CEO of First Phosphate.","length":306,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"The metallurgical testing is being conducted under the supervision of SGS Canada Inc., at their facili...