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January 2013 Updates To The TMR Advanced Graphite Projects Index

by Gareth Hatch on February 16, 2013 · 5 comments

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I recently updated the TMR Advanced Graphite Projects Index, to reflect a new mineral-resource estimate which were announced recently. I also made some other updates. The effective date of the updates is February 14, 2013. The specifics:

  • On January 23, 2013, Syrah Resources Ltd. (ASX:SYR) announced a maiden JORC-compliant resource estimate for its Balama West project in Mozambique. According to the associated press release, the project has two high-grade zones: for the Ativa Zone, 20.7 Mt of the resource is at the Inferred level @ 20.8% Cg (at a cut-off grade of 13% Cg); for the Mualia Zone, 136.1 Mt is at the Inferred level @ 16.6% Cg (at a cut-off grade of 5% Cg). The same press release included data for the Balama West as a whole, which once the two high-grade zones are accounted for, leaves an additional 409.3 Mt of the resource at the Inferred level @ 6.9% Cg (at a cut-off grade of 5%).

You can access the updated details via the Index page.

The Index currently consists of 19 graphite mineral resources, associated with 17 advanced graphite projects, 16 different companies and located in 10 different regions within 7 different countries. Including the projects on the Index, TMR is currently monitoring a total of 204 graphite projects under development associated with 101 different companies in 21 different countries.

Disclosure: at the time of writing, Gareth Hatch holds no shares or stock options in any of the companies mentioned in this article, or in any publicly traded graphite company, nor is he doing paid consulting for any such company.

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About Gareth Hatch

For more than 20 years, Gareth Hatch has helped people and organizations to better understand the challenges of the critical-materials supply chain. He is Managing Director of Strategic Materials Advisors and was a co-founder of Technology Metals Research, consulting firms operating in the critical-materials sector. Gareth is co-founder and CEO of Innovations Metals Corp. (IMC), developers of the proprietary RapidSX™ separation and purification process for critical metals. IMC is owned by Ucore Rare Metals Inc. (TSX.V:UCU) for whom he serves as CTO and Director. The views and opinions expressed by Gareth on this archived Web site are his alone. Such views and opinions do not necessarily represent those of any other person or entity.

1 Milan Arvensis February 17, 2013 at 5:46 AM

Dear Gareth Hatch
this is really for appreciation to monitor 204 graphite projects in different level of development!!!
Thank you, you contact me again after time – because December/12 and January/13 I was working in the North Korea to try innovate and increase quantity and quality or magnesite CCM… Frankly spacing, in that communist system it is impossible (machineries from 50-ties, corruption and smuggling is enormous!). No internet connection, not allowed to call to family (Christmas Time…), no food!!!, electric power only 3hr per day – have a look my profile. Now I recovery myself (a little bit) and seeking a new job – I will detailly come through you list of companies and I address appropriate ones…
Milan

2 Chandra Pal Dixit February 18, 2013 at 12:55 AM

Dear Mr. Gareth Hatch
I manufacture rotary drum vacuum filter for graphite beatification plant and other equipment like attrition , flotation cell ,ball mills if there is any project you can refer as turn key supplier for graphite projects .
Regards
C.P.DIXIT
SHALINI IMPEX
F-102, AIRPORT AVE, OPP.HOTEL AIRPORT
HARNI ROAD, VADODARA-390022(INDIA)
Cell-00-91-9377150045
Ph-00-91-265-2540102

3 Chandra Pal Dixit February 18, 2013 at 1:02 AM

Dear Mr. Gareth Hatch
I have my own mines in India for graphite and producing /recover from ore the 85% FC carbon flakes I want to know the process to make it 99.5%FC
is there any mechanical or chemical process so as to make graphite for lithium battery use .
Regards
C.P.DIXIT

4 Dr Chandra Durve February 18, 2013 at 5:00 AM

Hi Gareth,

I am trying to calibrate the latest version of my hand held XRF. Do you know anyone that might be kind enough to provide me with small samples of known grade so that I may calibrate my machine?

5 Jonathan February 18, 2013 at 4:32 PM

For Chandra Pal Dixit,,,

not sure if this helps,,, i’m not a scientist

This article is also available online at:
http://www.elsevier.com/locate/mineng

* Corresponding author. Address: Department of Chemical &
Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Science &
Technology, No. 17 Sheng Li Zhuang Road, Jinan, Shandong
250031, China. Tel.: +86-531-5903564; fax: +86-531-5903161.
E-mail address: xianjun_lu@hotmail.com (X.J. Lu).
0892-6875/

Minerals Engineering 15 (2002) 755–757

Preparation of high-purity and low-sulphur graphite from Woxna
fine graphite concentrate by alkali roasting
X.J. Lu *, E. Forssberg
Division of Mineral Processing, Luleaa University of Technology, SE-971 87 Luleaa, Sweden
Received 8 July 2002; accepted 13 August 2002

* Corresponding author. Address: Department of Chemical &
Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Science &
Technology, No. 17 Sheng Li Zhuang Road, Jinan, Shandong
250031, China. Tel.: +86-531-5903564; fax: +86-531-5903161.
E-mail address: xianjun_lu@hotmail.com (X.J. Lu).
0892-6875/

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