{"id":2881,"date":"2015-06-30T22:47:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T22:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arianne-inc.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=2116"},"modified":"2022-03-30T22:55:07","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T22:55:07","slug":"arianne-announces-a-new-reduction-to-the-production-cost-of-its-phosphate-concentrate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itremma.com\/arianne\/fr\/arianne-announces-a-new-reduction-to-the-production-cost-of-its-phosphate-concentrate\/","title":{"rendered":"ARIANNE ANNOUNCES A NEW REDUCTION TO THE PRODUCTION COST OF ITS PHOSPHATE CONCENTRATE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SAGUENAY, QUEBEC &#8211; (June 30, 2015) &#8211; Arianne Phosphate (the \u201cCompany\u201d or \u201cArianne\u201d)<\/strong>, a\u00a0 development-stage phosphate mining company, advancing the Lac \u00e0 Paul project in Quebec\u2019s Saguenay Lac-Saint-Jean region, is pleased to announce that its ongoing efforts to reduce the production cost of its high-purity phosphate concentrate have led to an additional $8 per tonne reduction in the Company\u2019s operating expense.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the Company\u2019s Feasibility Study (\u201cFS\u201d) filed in October 2013, Arianne initially projected an\u00a0 FOB Port of Saguenay cost of US$93.70 per ton for its premium quality 39% P2O5 concentrate.\u00a0 Following the release of the Feasibility Study, the Company has launched numerous initiatives to improve the project economics with much of that effort targeted at reducing its operating costs. To date, the Company has announced an optimized mining plan to include additional resources it had proved up, as well as savings associated with a more streamlined metallurgical process. This subsequent reduction is a continuation of the Company\u2019s efforts to move the Lac \u00e0 Paul project even lower on the cost curve.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur latest success in reducing our anticipated production costs is very encouraging and, when looked at through its entire process, represents a considerable savings over the projected life of mine,\u201d commented Jean-Sebastien David, Arianne\u2019s COO. \u201cFrom the day we released our Feasibility Study, we have set out to advance development of Lac \u00e0 Paul. In less than two years, we have expanded our resource, simplified our process to make a high-purity phosphate concentrate, concluded a power deal with Hydro-Qu\u00e9bec and received an investment from the Government of Quebec. Once the project proceeds to production, our most recent studies support a production cost of approximately $80 per tonne of concentrate.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Company recently signed a Cooperation Agreement with the First Nations and concluded its public hearings in order to receive final permitting for its Lac \u00e0 Paul project. Going forward, Arianne will continue to explore other initiatives in order to optimize its project and further reduce its costs.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Changes in the management team&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dino Fuoco, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary, announced that he will be leaving the &nbsp;Company on July 3<sup>rd <\/sup>to return to private practice. The Board of Directors of Arianne wishes to thank Mr. &nbsp;Fuoco for his excellent contribution to the development of the Lac \u00e0 Paul project and wishes him well.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the interim, Mr. Fuoco\u2019s role will be filled by James Cowley. Mr. Cowley, who currently sits on the &nbsp;Board of Arianne, is also a member of the audit committee. Mr. Cowley had previously served as &nbsp;President of Arianne from August of 2011 until August of 2014.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Octroi d\u2019options d\u2019achats<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arianne has granted 40,000 stock options to a member of the Board of Directors. Each Option entitles the holder to purchase one common share of the Company until June 29, 2025 at a price of $0.86 per share, this being the closing price of the Company\u2019s shares on the trading day preceding the date of grant. The Options are subject to a three year vesting period under the Plan and the Policy, and are also subject to regulatory approval.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00c0 propos d'Arianne Phosphate\nArianne Phosphate (\u00ab Arianne Phosphate inc. \u00bb) (www.arianne-inc.com) mets en valeur les\ngisements de phosphate du projet Lac \u00e0 Paul, \u00e0 environ 200 km dans le nord de la r\u00e9gion du\nSaguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean au Qu\u00e9bec (Canada). Ces gisements produiront un concentr\u00e9 d'apatite\nign\u00e9e de grande qualit\u00e9 titrant 39 % P2O5 (\u00e9tude de faisabilit\u00e9 publi\u00e9e en 2013) et contenant peu ou\npas de contaminants. La Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 compte 105 803 943 actions en circulation\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About Arianne Phosphate&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Arianne Phosphate (\u00ab Arianne Phosphate inc. \u00bb) (www.arianneinc.com) met en valeur les gisements de phosphate du projet Lac \u00e0 Paul, \u00e0 environ 200 km au nord de la r\u00e9gion du Saguenay\u2013Lac-Saint-Jean au Qu\u00e9bec (Canada). Ces gisements produiront un concentr\u00e9 d\u2019apatite ign\u00e9e de grande qualit\u00e9 titrant 39 % P2O5 et contenant peu ou pas de contaminants. La Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 compte 95 325 755 actions en circulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><sup>(1) <\/sup>(1) Mise en garde : Les estimations des co\u00fbts d'exploitation ont \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9velopp\u00e9es par Arianne en utilisant des ressources internes et externes\nqualifi\u00e9es et sont d\u00e9pendantes de l'accord du gouvernement, des autorit\u00e9s et des fournisseurs, lequel n\u2019est pas final. Ils ne sont donc pas\nconformes au R\u00e8glement 43\u2010101 pour le moment.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Ni la Bourse de croissance TSX ni son fournisseur de services de r\u00e9glementation (au sens donn\u00e9 \u00e0 ce terme dans les politiques de la Bourse de croissance TSX) n\u2019acceptent quelque responsabilit\u00e9 que ce soit quant au caract\u00e8re ad\u00e9quat ou \u00e0 l\u2019exactitude du pr\u00e9sent communiqu\u00e9 de presse.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pour nous joindre&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Source: Jean-S\u00e9bastien David, C.O.O. Tel.: 418-549-7316 <a href=\"mailto:j.s.david@arianne-inc.com\">j.s.david@arianne-inc.com<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Info: Brian Ostroff Tel.: 514-908-4202 <a href=\"mailto:bostroff@windermerecapital.com\">bostroff@windermerecapital.com<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Joe Racanelli Tel.: 416-815-0700, 243 <a href=\"mailto:jracanelli@tmxequicom.com\">jracanelli@tmxequicom.com<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Medias : Karyna Tremblay, Community\u00a0Relations Coordinator Tel.: 418-549-7316 <a href=\"mailto:karyna.tremblay@arianne-inc.com\">karyna.tremblay@arianne-inc.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Suivez-nous sur :<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ariannephosphate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ariannephosphate<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Twitter: <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/arianne_dan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/arianne_dan<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">YouTube: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/ArianneResources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/ArianneResources<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Flickr: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/arianneresources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/arianneresources<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ressources Investing News: <a href=\"http:\/\/resourceinvestingnews.com\/?s=Arianne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/resourceinvestingnews.com\/?s=Arianne<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>D\u00e9clarations et renseignements prospectifs&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Ce communiqu\u00e9 contient des \u00ab d\u00e9clarations prospectives \u00bb et des \u00ab renseignements prospectifs \u00bb au sens de la r\u00e9glementation des valeurs mobili\u00e8res applicable au Canada et aux \u00c9tats-Unis (ci-apr\u00e8s appel\u00e9s collectivement les \u00abrenseignements prospectifs \u00bb). Les renseignements prospectifs contenus dans le pr\u00e9sent communiqu\u00e9 sont fournis \u00e0 la date de celui-ci. Outre les exigences de la l\u00e9gislation pertinente sur les valeurs mobili\u00e8res, la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 n\u2019a pas l\u2019intention de mettre \u00e0 jour ces renseignements prospectifs et elle n\u2019accepte aucune obligation \u00e0 cet \u00e9gard. Les renseignements prospectifs incluent, notamment, les d\u00e9clarations sur les estimations des ressources min\u00e9rales, l\u2019effet que les r\u00e9sultats des forages termin\u00e9s devraient avoir sur le projet, le calendrier des programmes de travaux \u00e0 venir et les attentes \u00e0 cet \u00e9gard. Il est souvent, mais pas toujours, possible de d\u00e9terminer les renseignements prospectifs par l\u2019usage de mots comme \u00ab planifie \u00bb, \u00ab s\u2019attend \u00bb, \u00ab devrait \u00bb, \u00ab budget \u00bb, \u00ab pr\u00e9vu \u00bb, \u00ab estimation \u00bb, \u00ab pr\u00e9vision \u00bb, \u00ab a l\u2019intention de \u00bb, \u00ab escompte \u00bb ou \u00ab croit \u00bb, ou leur n\u00e9gatif, ou des variantes de ces mots et expressions ou d\u00e9clarations selon lesquels des interventions, des \u00e9v\u00e9nements et des r\u00e9sultats \u00ab peuvent \u00bb, \u00ab pourraient \u00bb, \u00ab devraient \u00bb ou \u00ab seront \u00bb prises, se produiront ou pourront \u00eatre r\u00e9alis\u00e9s. Toute d\u00e9claration prospective porte uniquement sur la date \u00e0 laquelle elle est faite et sauf les exceptions qui peuvent \u00eatre impos\u00e9es par les lois applicables sur les valeurs mobili\u00e8res, la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 rejette toute intention ou obligation de mettre \u00e0 jour toute d\u00e9claration prospective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAGUENAY, QUEBEC &#8211; (June 30, 2015) &#8211; Arianne Phosphate (the \u201cCompany\u201d or \u201cArianne\u201d), a\u00a0 development-stage phosphate mining company, advancing the Lac \u00e0 Paul project in Quebec\u2019s Saguenay Lac-Saint-Jean region, is pleased to announce that its ongoing efforts to reduce the production cost of its high-purity phosphate concentrate have led to an additional $8 per tonne [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itremma.com\/arianne\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itremma.com\/arianne\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itremma.com\/arianne\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itremma.com\/arianne\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itremma.com\/arianne\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/itremma.com\/arianne\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2881\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itremma.com\/arianne\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itremma.com\/arianne\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itremma.com\/arianne\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}