Itafos files technical report for updated preliminary economic assessment
Published by Oliver Kleinschmidt,
Deputy Editor
World Fertilizer,
Itafos Inc. has announced that, further to its news release on 27 January 2026, it has filed the National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (NI 43-101) technical report to support the updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for the Arraias phosphate project, a phosphate mine project located in Tocantins, Brazil.
The technical report, entitled, ‘NI 43-101 Technical Report Preliminary Economic Assessment, Arraias Phosphate Operations, Tocantins, Brazil, with an effective date of 30 January 2026, (the Arraias Technical Report), was prepared for the company by WSP Canada Inc. (WSP) in accordance with NI 43-101. The Arraias Technical Report was prepared to summarise the results of the PEA and consolidate all project work to date. WSP was supported by Millcreek Engineering.
The report is available on SEDAR+ under the company’s issuer profile.
About Itafos
The company is a phosphate and specialty fertilizer company with businesses and projects spanning three continents:
Conda
A vertically integrated phosphate fertilizer business located in Idaho, US, with the following production capacity:
- Approximately 550 000 tpy of MAP, MAP with micronutrients, superphosphoric acid, merchant grade phosphoric acid and ammonium polyphosphate.
- Approximately 27 000 tpy of hydrofluorosilicic acid.
Arraias
A vertically integrated phosphate fertilizer business located in Tocantins, Brazil, with the following production capacity:
- Approximately 500 000 tpy of single superphosphate and SSP with micronutrients.
- Approximately 40 000 tpy of excess sulfuric acid (220 000 tpy gross sulfuric acid production capacity).
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.
Itafos is a Delaware corporation headquartered in Houston, Texas, US. The company’s shares trade on the TSX-V under the ticker IFOS. The company’s shares also trade in the US on the OTCQX® Best Market (OTCQX) under the ticker symbol ITFS. The Company’s principal shareholder is CL Fertilizers Holding LLC (CLF). CLF is an affiliate of global private investment firm Castlelake, L.P.
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