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First Phosphate's White Paper on Securing North American Phosphate Supply for LFP Cathode Materials Receives "Met" Rating from Defense Industrial Base Consortium
Saguenay, Quebec--(Newsfile Corp. - June 10, 2025) - First Phosphate Corp. (CSE: PHOS) (OTCQB: FRSPF) (FSE: KD0) ("First Phosphate" or the "Company") announces that its recent white paper submission to the United States Department of Defense ("DoD") Defense Industrial Base Consortium ("DIBC") for securing a North American phosphate supply of lithium iron phosphate ("LFP") cathode active materials ("CAM") received a "Met" rating. A "Met" rating, which does not indicate the white paper has been ..
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