Natural Resources committee  It is.

Natural Resources committee  Yes. There are some lithium mines currently active in Quebec.

Natural Resources committee  We're looking at, with our project, that once we get the financing, construction is going to be somewhere between 24 to 28 months. Then, of course, there's the ramp-up period, so we're talking a few years before the supply chain can catch up to the battery production.

Natural Resources committee  We started the exploration process around 2008, and the first studies were released around 2012. The full regulatory process was only completed in 2018, when the port facilities got their permits.

Natural Resources committee  Carmakers are trying to build plants. Those plants will need raw materials to make the batteries. We're located close to those plants, so I think we'd be a good player to feed the raw materials required to make those batteries.

Natural Resources committee  I'm not too familiar with the bill you're referring to. What I can say is that producing the purified phosphoric acid that's required for the battery industry is going to produce, at the same time, the phosphoric acid that's required for the fertilizer. That's especially more so

Natural Resources committee  That is indeed the case.

Natural Resources committee  Yes, that's correct. What this inclusion on the critical minerals list represents is access to research and development grant programs and support for infrastructure development programs to support the development of the mining project. It could also speed up the approval process

Natural Resources committee  Thank you very much. Arianne Phosphate is a Chicoutimi‑based mining company that is developing a phosphate production project in Saguenay—Lac‑Saint‑Jean. Our company owns the Lac à Paul phosphate deposit, which is a fully permitted, construction-ready project located 200 kilomet

International Trade committee  I definitely agree with what was said. Anything that makes sure that there aren't tariffs applied to our product and that we can trade as much as we want or are able to definitely facilitates our lives afterwards.

International Trade committee  For battery production, I think it's mainly South Korea, which is a world leader in that field. For fertilizer, it's undeniably India, which had a very hard time in the last season because of serious problems in obtaining fertilizer, including phosphate.

International Trade committee  We are in fact still at the planning phase. We don't have any product to sell at the moment, but we have been having discussions with companies and investors in these countries about selling our product to them.

International Trade committee  I apologize, but I don't have enough information to answer your question.

International Trade committee  Presently, of course, we're a small company, but when we launch production, we're looking at somewhere around 400 employees, so I'm not too sure if we really fit into that category.

International Trade committee  Eighty-five per cent of the production goes to the fertilizer world and then the 15% that's left is for all other applications—specialty phosphate and the technological side also. It plays a role in hydrogen production as well. It will increase the solubility and increase the per