First Phosphate CEO to Present at Toronto Global Forum 2025 of the International Economic Forum of the Americas
Saguenay, Quebec - Newsfile Corp. - October 15, 2025 - First Phosphate Corp. (CSE: PHOS) (OTCQX: FRSPF) (FSE: KD0) ("First Phosphate" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that its CEO, John Passalacqua, will be presenting at the Toronto Global Forum 2025 of the International Economic Forum of the Americas ("IEFA").
Mr. Passalacqua will be providing remarks during the panel discussion titled: "Securing the Mineral Backbone of the Economy" at 10:00 am EST on Thursday October 16th, 2025: https://www.torontoglobalforum.com.
Mr. Passalacqua will be speaking to the greatest risks and bottlenecks facing North American defense supply chains, from exploration and permitting to refining and integration into advanced manufacturing. He will address the policy, infrastructure, and investment strategies that are most urgent to secure and scale reliable supply chains for defense-critical minerals, while aligning with allied cooperation frameworks.
On July 7, 2025, the Company announced that it had successfully produced commercial-grade lithium iron phosphate ("LFP") 18650 format battery cells ("PHOS - LFP 18650 Battery Cells") in a six-step process using North American—sourced critical minerals, advancing its mission to localize the LFP battery supply chain in North America. The high-purity phosphoric acid and iron powder for the battery cells were produced from rare igneous anorthosite rock extracted from the First Phosphate Bégin-Lamarche property in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada.
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About the International Economic Forum of the Americas and the Toronto Global Forum
The International Economic Forum of the Americas (IEFA) is an international not-for-profit organization created in 1995 to promote an exchange of views and perspectives on pressing economic issues of our times among world leaders, renowned experts and business executives. The IEFA organizes several high-level conferences per year and has grown to become a landmark organization bringing together more than 10,000 delegates and 600 speakers every year. The Toronto Global Forum (TGF) was launched in 2006 and gathers international thought leaders across business, government and civil society to discuss the major challenges, and subsequent opportunities that the world economy is facing today.
About First Phosphate Corp.
First Phosphate (CSE: PHOS) (OTCQX: FRSPF) (FSE: KD0) is a mineral development and cleantech company dedicated to building and onshoring a vertically integrated mine-to-market LFP battery supply chain for North America. Target markets include energy storage, data centers, robotics, mobility and defence.
First Phosphate's flagship Bégin-Lamarche Property in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, Canada is one of North America's rare igneous phosphate resources, yielding high-purity phosphate with minimal impurities.
For additional information, please contact:
Armand MacKenzie
President
armand@firstphosphate.com
Tel : +1 (514) 618-5289
Investor Relations: investor@firstphosphate.com
Media Relations: media@firstphosphate.com
Website: www.FirstPhosphate.com
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Forward-Looking Information and Cautionary Statement
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