First Phosphate Corp. announced that it will undertake a 25,000 m drill program at its Bégin-Lamarche Project. The drilling program follows the Company's recent financing raising gross proceeds of $8.2 million and is intended to lead to a maiden NI 43-101 compliant resource estimate followed by a PEA.

The Company will undertake a 25,000 m drill program at Bégin-Lamarche in the coming weeks in order to be in a position to calculate a maiden NI 43-101 resource estimate that should lead to an eventual PEA. The drilling plan consists of drilling the 3 km long phosphate mineralization strike zone at every 100 meter section and at every 50 meters within the section. The program will start in the coming weeks with 3 drill rigs with one drill rig being mobilized per week.

The Company has existing drill permits to start the program immediately and has recently requested additional drill permits to expand the drilling horizons. The drilling program will be managed by Laurentia Exploration from Jonquière, Québec. Drilling operations will be managed by First Nations Drilling of Mashteuiatsh, Québec and Forages Diafor of Rivière-Héva, Québec.

In summer 2023, the Company drilled 21 holes at Bégin-Lamarche for a total 4,544 m of drilling.