Itafos Announces Sulfuric Acid Supply Resumption
19 November 2021 - 10:08AM
Itafos Inc. (TSX-V: IFOS) (the “Company”) announced today the
resumption of sulfuric acid supply to Conda from Rio Tinto’s
Kennecott mine. Following the resumption of sulfuric acid supply,
Conda has returned to full production capacity. Conda’s return to
full production capacity is within the timeframe considered in the
Company’s revised full-year guidance for 2021 issued on November
11, 2021.
The Company previously announced the disruption
of sulfuric acid supply to Conda after Rio Tinto announced that it
had declared force majeure on shipments of copper cathode and
sulfuric acid from its Kennecott mine after the smelter was shut
down on September 21, 2021 following a release of molten copper
materials. Conda purchases approximately 60% of its annual sulfuric
acid requirements from Rio Tinto’s Kennecott mine under a long-term
supply agreement.
About Itafos
The Company is a phosphate and specialty
fertilizer company. The Company’s businesses and projects are as
follows:
- Conda – a vertically integrated
phosphate fertilizer business with production capacity of
approximately 550kt per year of monoammonium phosphate (“MAP”), MAP
with micronutrients (“MAP+”), superphosphoric acid (“SPA”),
merchant grade phosphoric acid (“MGA”) and ammonium polyphosphate
(“APP”) located in Idaho, US;
- Arraias – a vertically integrated
phosphate fertilizer business with production capacity of
approximately 500kt per year of single superphosphate (“SSP”), SSP
with micronutrients (“SSP+”) and approximately 40kt per year of
excess sulfuric acid (220kt per year gross sulfuric acid production
capacity) located in Tocantins, Brazil;
- Farim – a high-grade phosphate mine
project located in Farim, Guinea-Bissau;
- Santana – a vertically integrated
high-grade phosphate mine and fertilizer plant project located in
Pará, Brazil;
- Araxá – a vertically integrated
rare earth elements and niobium mine and extraction plant project
located in Minas Gerais, Brazil;
- Paris Hills – a phosphate mine
project located in Idaho, US (wind down in process); and
- Mantaro – a phosphate mine project
located in Junin, Peru (wind down in process).
The Company is a Delaware corporation that is
headquartered in Houston, TX. The Company’s shares trade on the TSX
Venture Exchange (“TSX-V”) under the ticker symbol “IFOS”. The
Company’s principal shareholder is CL Fertilizers Holding LLC
(“CLF”). CLF is an affiliate of Castlelake, L.P., a global private
investment firm.
For more information, or to join the Company’s
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please visit the Company’s website at www.itafos.com.
Forward-Looking Information
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release constitutes forward-looking information. All information
other than information of historical fact is forward-looking
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“plan”, “continue”, “estimate”, “expect”, “may”, “will”, “project”,
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expressions are intended to identify forward-looking information.
This information involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties
and other factors that may cause actual results or events to differ
materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking
information. No assurance can be given that this information will
prove to be correct and such forward-looking information included
in this news release should not be unduly relied upon.
Forward-looking information is subject to a
number of risks and other factors that could cause actual results
and events to vary materially from that anticipated by such
forward-looking information. Although the Company has attempted to
identify important factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those contained in forward-looking
statements, there may be other factors that cause results not to be
as anticipated, estimated or intended. Factors that may cause
actual results to differ materially from expected results described
in forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to,
those risk factors set out in the Company’s management’s discussion
and analysis and other disclosure documents available under the
Company’s profile at www.sedar.com and on the Company’s website at
www.itafos.com. Readers are cautioned that the foregoing list of
risks, uncertainties and assumptions are not exhaustive. The
forward-looking information included in this news release is
expressly qualified by this cautionary statement and is made as of
the date of this news release. The Company undertakes no obligation
to publicly update or revise any forward-looking information except
as required by applicable securities laws.
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PROVIDER (AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN THE POLICIES OF THE TSX-V)
ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS NEWS
RELEASE.
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contact:
Itafos Investor
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