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Primary exploration target within Treaty Creek is the Goldstorm system.
The Goldstorm zone is located five kilometers northeast of Seabridge’s Iron Cap Deposit.
The Goldstorm mineralized body can be traced for at least 500 meters along strike.
20 diamond drill holes totaling 14,000 meters of drilling are planned
Cardston, Alberta–(Newsfile Corp. – May 3, 2019) – American Creek Resources Ltd.
(TSXV: AMK) (“the Corporation”) is pleased to announce that JV partner
Tudor Gold (“Tudor”) has announced the 2019 exploration plans for its
flagship property, the Treaty Creek project located in the Golden
Triangle of NW British Columbia.
The primary exploration target
within Treaty Creek is the Goldstorm system. From the southwest corner
of the Treaty Creek claims, which are bordering Seabridge’s claims, the
Sulphurets Thrust Fault leads from Seabridge’s Iron Cap Deposit to
Tudor’s Goldstorm system. This regional thrust fault sharply defines the
hanging wall contact of both the Iron Cap Deposit and the Goldstorm
zone. The Goldstorm zone is located five kilometers northeast of
Seabridge’s Iron Cap Deposit.
Map showing Sulphurets fault extending through Goldstorm zone.
The
Goldstorm mineralized body can be traced for at least 500 meters along
strike. The gold mineralization appears to be confined to the northwest
by what appears to be the Sulphurets Thrust Fault, however gold
mineralization remains open in all other directions and is open to depth
as well.
Ken Konkin, P.Geo. Tudor’s Exploration Manager, provided details on Tudor’s exploration plans and objectives for Treaty Creek:
“For
the 2019 exploration season we have planned 20 diamond drill holes
totaling 14,000 meters of drilling, subject to the Company having
sufficient cash resources to fund the ongoing program. Tudor Gold plans
to use two diamond drill rigs. The first phase of drilling will include
3,600 meters of drilling with five planned drill holes. The goal is to
trace-out the gold mineralization to the footwall contact and to
continue drilling to extend the zone to the northeast 200 meters beyond
drill hole CB18-39 (0.981 gpt Au over 563.8m) (See news release of
November 26, 2018). The gold system appears to be at least 300 meters
wide and at least 700 meters deep, however the strongest mineralized
horizons occur near surface in the uppermost parts of the mineralized
body. In order to fast-track the exploration process, step-out drilling
along strike is proposed in 200 meter sections. We believe that this
approach is the most efficient way to outline the size and shape of the
target.”
Walter Storm, President and CEO of Tudor stated: “We are
fortunate to have someone with such vast geological experience as Ken
Konkin as Tudor Gold’s Exploration Manager. Our management team is very
confident with Ken’s abilities and he will personally manage all aspects
of the drill program. His preliminary work has been outstanding in
defining and prioritizing drill targets.”
Darren Blaney, CEO of
American Creek stated: “The much anticipated 2019 exploration program at
Treaty Creek is rapidly approaching. We are very optimistic that the
proposed expanded drilling program building on that spectacular last
hole from 2018, CB18-39 will continue to show extensive gold
mineralization. We have the utmost confidence in Mr. Konkin’s expertise
and ability as his amazing track record speaks for itself.”
The following video shows the drill hole collar locations with proposed drill hole traces.
The
Qualified Person for this news release for the purposes of National
Instrument 43-101 is Ken Konkin, P.Geo. He has read and approved the
scientific and technical information that forms the basis for the
disclosure contained in this news release.
The Treaty Creek
Project is a joint venture between Tudor Gold, American Creek Resources,
and Teuton Resources Corp. Tudor is the operator and holds a 60%
interest with both American Creek and Teuton each holding respective 20%
carried interests in the property (fully carried until a production
notice is given).
For more information about Treaty Creek click here.
About American Creek
American
Creek is a Canadian junior mineral exploration company with a strong
portfolio of gold and silver properties in British Columbia. Three of
those properties are located in the prolific “Golden Triangle”; the
Treaty Creek and Electrum joint venture projects with Tudor Gold/Walter
Storm as well as the 100% owned past producing Dunwell Mine.
The
Corporation also holds the Gold Hill, Austruck-Bonanza, Ample Goldmax,
Silver Side, and Glitter King properties located in other prospective
areas of the province.
For further information please contact Kelvin Burton at: Phone: 403 752-4040 or Email: [email protected]. Information relating to the Corporation is available on its website at www.americancreek.com
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at 9:41 AM on Friday, May 3rd, 2019
The Company has been advancing the Graphite Project on three fronts
Exploration and diamond drilling
Construction of on-site offices, laboratory, and living quarters,
Construction of a commercial scale graphite processing plant capable of producing 20,000 tonnes of concentrate per year,
TORONTO, May 3, 2019 /CNW/ – Gratomic Inc. (“Gratomic” or the “Company”) (TSX-V: GRAT) (CB81–FRANKFURT) a vertically integrated graphite to graphene, advanced materials development company is pleased to provide an update from its Aukam Graphite Mine in Namibia. The Company has been advancing the Graphite Project on three fronts focusing on exploration and diamond drilling, construction of on-site offices, laboratory, and living quarters, and the construction of a commercial scale graphite processing plant. The commercial scale graphite plant, capable of producing in excess of 20,000 tonnes of graphite concentrate per year, will replace the existing pilot plant commissioned in 2018 which successfully produced 5.5 tonnes of graphite concentrate grading between 88%-96% Carbon as Graphite (“Cg”).
The Aukam Graphite Project is located in southern Namibia
close to the port city of Luderitz. The property hosts five underground
adits which were mined periodically between 1940 and 1974. Graphite
mineralization at Aukam is of the vein or lump type and occurs as
massive lenses and veins. Graphite has also been observed as minor
disseminated patches hosted in variably altered granite.
2018 Exploration
During 2018, Gratomic contracted Gregory Symons Geophysics (GSG) to
perform Horizontal Loop Electromagnetics (HLEM) and magnetic surveys in
continuation of previous geophysical surveys undertaken in 2016/2017.
The original survey was performed in the vicinity of the Aukam Mine
marked by the black polygon in Figure1 below. During the 2018
geophysical survey, ground electromagnetic and magnetic surveys were
completed in two areas identified as Grid 1, which lies East of the
Aukam Mine, and a portion Grid 2 as indicated in purple, known as Snyman
Graphite Occurrence (see Figure 1).
Grid 1 adjoins the previous survey over the mine area at Aukam
and extends the strike length covered to 1.6 kilometres to the East.
Significant interpretations pertaining to Grid 1 include:
Graphite identified at surface occurs both as
massive graphite veins and widespread disseminated graphite over an area
of 550 metres east-west by 190 metres north- south,
Surface graphite showings are located sub-parallel to known electromagnetic anomalies,
Electromagnetic anomalies extend those depicted by the original survey by approximately 550 metres,
Current strike length of anomaly now stands at 1.3 kilometres,
Distinct drill targets have been identified along the trend (see Figure 2),
Surveyed area appears to be under rather shallow sand cover,
Prospective areas identified are conducive to surface trenching.
Grid 2 of the completed geophysical survey covers the Snyman
graphite occurrence in the northeastern portion of EPL3895. The Snyman
graphite occurrence covers an area of 7.5 ha and lies approximately 6.5
kilometres east of the Aukam mine.
Significant interpretations pertaining to Grid 2 include:
Graphitic interpreted mineralization is depicted by a
predominant EM anomaly in the northwest part of the grid extending over
150 metres,
A second weaker EM further to the east extends
over 600 metres is thought to be associated with graphite mineralization
in the area
The grid area appears to be covered with thin overburden,
Areas have been identified as prospective areas conducive to surface trenching (see Figure 3)
During 2018 Gratomic was granted additional Exclusive
Prospecting License, Number 6710 (EPL 6710) by the Namibian Ministry of
Mines and Energy, with an initial exclusivity of three years. The
license area is contiguous with EPL 3895, which covers the Aukam
graphite deposit and the Snyman graphite occurrence (see Figure 4). The
application for EPL 6710 was submitted in order to cover the potential
strike extension of the Snyman graphite occurrence to the east. In
addition, EPL 6710 covers an additional area considered prospective for
graphite within the “Aukam window” where rocks hosting the Aukam and
Snyman graphite are exposed beneath the regional unconformity at the
base of the Nama Group sedimentary rocks. The addition of the new EPL
increases the area of prospective geology covered to 63,072 hectares
(630 square kilometres).
Regional exploration in 2018 included mapping and sampling of
graphite occurrences throughout the Company’s license areas with
emphasis on the 400 hectares encompassing both the Snyman graphite
occurrence and the area east of the Aukam Mine. Compilation,
interpretation and presentation of all available geologic data allowed
for subsequent diamond drill targeting with initial drilling planned for
the area immediately east of the existing underground workings of the
Aukam Mine.
Diamond Drilling
Two company drills were deployed to Aukam in March 2019
with diamond drilling commencing in April. The company is currently
operating a Longyear 38 with a 2-cylinder XY-1 drill for a backup.
Initial targets being drilled are proximal to the Aukam Mine and are
spaced at 25 metres with infill drill planned to follow based on
results. Five holes have been completed at the time of this release.
Processing Plant
During 2018 Gratomic completed the construction and start-up of its’
prototype processing plant to test and refine the processes that will be
used for commercial production. The Aukam processing plant uses a
simple crushing, grinding and flotation system. Graphite feed for the
prototype plant was obtained from screening and sorting of existing
stockpiles from historical mining. The processing plant operated for 26
days during April and for all 31 days in May of 2018. While operational,
data was collected at each phase of the process and test results from
samples were sent to Gecko labs with the subsequent results used to
optimize plant processes. The following tests and optimization were
conducted:
Liberation analysis
Flake size distribution analysis
Mixing velocity optimization
Screen size analysis and optimization
Air flow analysis in columns and optimization
Drying analysis and optimization
Silica dispersant ratio optimization
Reagent optimization
Product flow rate optimization
Grade optimization
Staff recruitment, training, and man-hour analysis
Economic sensitivity analysis on pilot processing facility
Feed stock optimization and process
The
Company continued to optimize the pilot plant processing stockpiled
graphite mineralization throughout 2018. To date, the plant has
processed 9 tonnes of the graphite mineralization with 5.5 tonnes of
graphite concentrate grading between 88% and 96% Cg shipped to Perpetuus
Carbon Technologies (“Perpetuus”) for the manufacture of graphene to be
used in the automobile and bicycle tire industry. Graphene made from
Aukam graphite continues to be tested in Europe and Asia with good results.
Gratomic and Perpetuus are currently in collaboration to build on
Perpetuus’ capability to produce high quality surface modified graphene
in support of the anticipated volumes required by the tire manufacturing
industry. Additional applications that have now been generated in a
preproduction format include radiant heating membranes and super
hydrophobic coatings with an addressable market that include; graphene
inks, marine, oil & gas, power generation, industrial (repair &
maintenance), infrastructure (new build) and automotive &
transportation among others.
Plant Expansion
Plant expansion to increase capacity to 20,000 tonne per annum began
in2018. Initial activities included construction of a platform for
drying graphite product and of a washing bay for equipment, complete
with a containment system to collect impacted water. Steel drying pans,
an oven, and two screens were also assembled and successfully
tested. Continued upgrades involved the extension of the working area on
the pilot plant by another 35 metres to the north-west to accommodate
new crushing equipment and conveyer belts. Analysis of all plant
processes continues to optimize efficiencies of each process such as rod
mills, flotation columns, and reagent introduction. Four different
tests were run with the first test being used as a base line. Samples
were taken from the rod mill feed, mill discharge, and screen
under-and-over size. Calculations were made to determine the amount of
chemicals needed to be introduced into the mixers according to the
density and volume of the mixer feed.
Recent upgrades to the processing plant continue with the arrival of
additional commercial scale equipment including; industrial sized
generator, screw conveyors, shaker screens, rod mill, conveyors, and
boom truck.
Gratomic is continuing with its systematic assembly of the commercial scale graphite processing plant. Next steps will include:
Completion of the pilot acid wash. This circuit will
be used to collect engineering data to design the commercial scale
plant. This is an addition to the plant that will allow the company to
produce upwards of 98.5% graphite based on its latest pilot testing
results in the lab.
Modifications are currently being made to the jaw crusher to allow it to more effectively crush graphite,
Rod
mill support systems such as maintenance cradles and cranes, rod
loading equipment and control systems are currently being engineered,
Flotation
circuit mass balances are being explored using pilot plant data in
order to size the pumps and flow lines of the flotation system,
Dewatering circuit equipment are currently being specified,
Water
conditioning systems are currently being designed to allow close to
100% recycle of water. This includes pH control, removal of fine
suspended solids and removal of dissolved iron,
Control systems are being designed for each sub-circuit of the commercial scale plant.
Camp Construction
Construction of the onsite Management Camp consisting of offices,
laboratory, kitchen, and living quarters, is ongoing. Work began with
two of the larger structures during Q4/2018.
Qualified Persons
Steve Gray, P.Geo. has reviewed,
prepared and approved the scientific and technical information in this
press release and is Gratomic Inc’s “Qualified Person” as defined by
National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.
About Gratomic Inc.
Gratomic is an advanced materials company focused on mine to market
commercialization of graphite products most notably high value
graphene-based components for a range of mass market products. We are
collaborating with a leading European manufacturer of graphene to use
Aukam graphite to manufacture graphene products for commercialization on
an industrial scale. The company is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange
under the symbol GRAT.
“Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider
(as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange)
accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.”
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Filed registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed offering of its securities
Proposed maximum aggregate offering is $11,500,000.
BIRKIRKARA, Malta, May 03, 2019 — Esports Entertainment Group, Inc. (GMBL:OTCQB) (or the “Company”), a licensed online gambling company with a specific focus on esports wagering and 18+ gaming, is pleased to announce that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed offering of its securities. Though the number and type of securities to be offered and the price range for the offering have not yet been determined, the proposed maximum aggregate offering is $11,500,000.
The Company expects to use the net proceeds from the proposed offering for the following purposes:
In connection with obtaining our proposed license in, and establishing operations in Malta;
To obtain an online gaming license from, and establish operations in, an Asian country to be selected;
To develop and launch our skill-based video game tournaments for play on mobile devices;
To develop and launch our skill-based video game tournaments for play on PCs and video game consoles;
To upgrade sales and marketing capabilities
To purchase from a related party a software license for our gambling platform; and
Working capital and other general corporate purposes.
Joseph Gunnar & Co. and Dinosaur Financial Group will be co-underwriters for the proposed offering.
The offering of the Company’s securities will be made only by means of a prospectus.
When available, a copy of the preliminary prospectus related to the offering may be obtained from:
Esports Entertainment Group, Inc., 170 Pater House, Psaila Street,
Birkirkara, Malta, Attn: Grant Johnson, CEO, by calling +356-2757-7000,
or by emailing [email protected];
Joseph Gunnar & Co., LLC, 30 Broad Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10004, by calling 212-440-9600, or by emailing [email protected];
Dinosaur Financial Group, LLC, 470 Park Avenue South, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10016, by calling 212-448-9944, or by emailing [email protected].
A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet become
effective. These securities may not be sold, nor may offers to buy be
accepted, prior to the time the registration statement becomes
effective. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a
solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any
sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or
qualification under the securities laws of that jurisdiction.
This press release is available on our Online Investor Relations
Community for shareholders and potential shareholders to ask questions,
receive answers and collaborate with management in a fully moderated
forum at https://agoracom.com/ir/EsportsEntertainmentGroup
Esports Entertainment Group, Inc. is a licensed online gambling
company with a specific focus on esports wagering and 18+ gaming.
Esports Entertainment offers bet exchange style wagering on esports
events in a licensed, regulated and secure platform to the global
esports audience at vie.gg.
In addition, Esports Entertainment intends to offer users from around
the world the ability to participate in multi-player mobile and PC video
game tournaments for cash prizes. Esports Entertainment is led by a
team of industry professionals and technical experts from the online
gambling and the video game industries, and esports. The Company holds
licenses to conduct online gambling and 18+ gaming on a global basis in
Curacao, Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Company maintains offices in
Malta, Curacao and Warsaw, Poland. Esports Entertainment common stock is
listed on the OTCQB under the symbol GMBL. For more information visit www.esportsentertainmentgroup.com.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS The
information contained herein includes forward-looking statements. These
statements relate to future events or to our future financial
performance, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and
other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity,
performance, or achievements to be materially different from any future
results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or
implied by these forward-looking statements. You should not place undue
reliance on forward-looking statements since they involve known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which are, in some cases,
beyond our control and which could, and likely will, materially affect
actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Any
forward-looking statement reflects our current views with respect to
future events and is subject to these and other risks, uncertainties and
assumptions relating to our operations, results of operations, growth
strategy and liquidity. We assume no obligation to publicly update or
revise these forward-looking statements for any reason, or to update the
reasons actual results could differ materially from those anticipated
in these forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes
available in the future. The safe harbor for forward-looking statements
contained in the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 protects
companies from liability for their forward-looking statements if they
comply with the requirements of the Act.
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Esports organisation Immortals raises $30 million in funding
Global esports organisation Immortals has raised $30 million after closing a Series B funding round.
Primary investors included existing Immortals shareholders AEG, Lionsgate, the Milken Family, Steve Kaplan and Meg Whitman.
Global esports organisation Immortals has raised $30 million after closing a Series B funding round.
Primary investors included existing Immortals shareholders AEG,
Lionsgate, the Milken Family, Steve Kaplan and Meg Whitman. March
Capital Partners and John Griffin were named as new non-shareholder
investors.
Immortals has also acquired Brazilian matchmaking platform Gamers
Club, as well as rebranded its holding company as Immortals Gaming Club.
IGC Esports will operate the firm’s competitive esports rosters in
Los Angeles while Gamer Club will continue to look after the
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive community hub in Brazil, with expansion
into further territories planned for the future.
Premier platform
“Bringing together a premier platform in Gamers Club and our core
esports team operations is a critical and exciting step in enabling IGC
to become a vertically integrated, truly global esports and gaming
organisation,†said Immortals CEO Ari Segal.
“This fundraise is a major milestone in the evolution of this
organisation and furthers our ambition to build a distinctive,
best-in-class esports and gaming organisation.â€
Gamers Club co-founder Yuri Uchiyama added: “IGC’s vision to unite
esports and gaming platforms will deliver the best possible experience
for current and future members of the Gamers Club community. We look
forward to working with IGC to create this best in class experience
across Counter-Strike and other games.â€
Learn more about competitive gaming on the Esports Academy track at Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle on May 13th and 14th.
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Central Banks Settle Cross-Border Payments With Blockchain for First Time
Central banks of Canada and Singapore have concluded a trial of cross-border payments using blockchain technology and central bank digital currencies.
The Bank of Canada (BoC) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) jointly announced Thursday that the successful trial – the first of its kind between two central banks – showed “great potential to increase efficiencies and reduce risks for cross-border payments.â€
The central banks of Canada and Singapore have concluded a trial of
cross-border payments using blockchain technology and central bank
digital currencies.
The Bank of Canada (BoC) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) jointly announced Thursday
that the successful trial – the first of its kind between two central
banks – showed “great potential to increase efficiencies and reduce
risks for cross-border payments.â€
The effort saw BoC and MAS linking up their respective blockchain
projects, Jasper and Ubin, which are built on two different blockchain
networks: R3’s Corda and JPMorgan’s Quorum, respectively. The two
networks were connected using a technique called hashed time-locked contracts and allowed direct Payment versus Payment (PvP) settlement without the use of an intermediary.
Lending tech support for the project were Accenture and JPMorgan,
which assisted development of the Canadian project on Corda and the
Singapore project on Quorum, respectively.
Scott Hendry, Bank of Canada’s senior special director for financial technology, said:
“The world of cross-border payments is complicated and expensive: our
exploratory journey into the use of DLT [distributed ledger technology]
to try to reduce some of the costs and improve traceability of these
payments has yielded many lessons.â€
Jasper and Ubin have been in progress since as far back as 2016 as part of efforts to increase the efficiency of banking payments.
“The successful outcome of the Jasper-Ubin project is a big milestone
for the modernization of cross-border, cross-currency transactions,â€
said Accenture’s managing director and global blockchain lead, David
Treat
The two central banks have also jointly published a report describing the different design options to enable such settlement systems and stating:
“A fragmented world, with differing standards, processes, norms, and
regulations is the key challenge in cross-border payments today. DLT
could offer an easier and faster path towards adoption than a
centralized approach because it can leave the different jurisdictions
involved in control of their portion of the network while allowing for
tight integration with the rest of the network.â€
However, they added that the Jasper-Ubin project is experimental in
nature and whether the two will eventually use blockchain technology for
“high-value†cross-border payments “remains to be seen.â€
The BoC and MAS further called on other central banks, financial
institutions and tech firms to join the initiative in making
cross-border payments “cheaper, faster and safer.â€
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More Canadians smoking up and buying it from legal sources
A new report on cannabis use in Canada shows how many have tried it for the first time, how many smoke daily, and how many think it is okay to drive within two hours of smoking up.
It said 5.3-million Canadians or 18 per cent over the age of 15 admitted to using cannabis within the past three months
That is an increase from 14 per cent during the same period last year before legal recreational use.
A new report on cannabis use in Canada shows how many have tried it
for the first time, how many smoke daily, and how many think it is okay
to drive within two hours of smoking up.
It said 5.3-million Canadians or 18 per cent over the age of 15
admitted to using cannabis within the past three months. That is an
increase from 14 per cent during the same period last year before legal
recreational use. In Ontario, one in five residents used in the first
quarter of 2019 compared to 14 per cent during that period in 2018.
An increase among men aged 45 to 64 partially explains the rise. It
went up to 22 per cent from 16 per cent a year ago, while use among
women remained stagnant at 13 per cent.
Some 646,000 people admitted to trying it for the first time, while
others had used it in the past but tried it again after abstaining for
years. Older users accounted for a third of all people who sampled for
the first time.
The percentage of daily users did not change from 2018, but there were more weekly and occasional consumers.
The report also showed that more people are buying their cannabis
from legal sources. Statistics Canada says 47 per cent of users obtained
solely from legitimate sources, like the Ontario Cannabis Store or
legal retail marijuana stores, while 38 per cent got it illegally, down
from 51 per cent last year. The rest used a mix of legal and illegal
sources.
Cannabis use and driving still present a safety concern. The agency
said half of Canadians believe it is safe to drive after three hours of
using cannabis, but 15 per cent believed it was safe to get behind the
wheel less than two hours afterwards. Many of those who drove earlier
also said they had been passengers in a vehicle where the driver
consumed cannabis within two hours of driving.
More than half a million Canadians also confessed to either using
cannabis right before going to work or while on the job. About 27 per
cent of those people were daily users.
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at 10:59 AM on Thursday, May 2nd, 2019
SPONSOR: Tartisan Nickel (TN:CSE) Kenbridge Property has a measured
and indicated resource of 7.14 million tonnes at 0.62% nickel, 0.33%
copper. Tartisan also has interests in Peru, including a 20 percent
equity stake in Eloro Resources and 2 percent NSR in their La Victoria
property. Click her for more information
Nickel use in electric vehicle batteries has doubled year-on-year, according to research consultancy Adamas Intelligence.
Adamas said this week that 104% more nickel was deployed in new passenger EV batteries in February, up 104% year-on-year.
Manganese deployment was up by 96% and cobalt deployment was up 87% for the same period.
“While usage of all three cathode metals saw major gains from
February 2018 through February 2019, nickel enjoyed the greatest gains
on account of the auto industry’s ongoing shift from no or low-nickel
cathodes, such as LFP or NCM 111, to varieties with higher
concentrations of nickel, such as NCM 523, NCM 622, and NCM 811,” Adamas
said.
Batteries are still only estimated to account for less than 5% of global nickel demand.
The Tesla Model 3 accounted for more than 400 tonnes of nickel use in
February, followed by the Nissan Leaf, Tesla Model X, Tesla Model S and
Hyundai Kona.
The five models were responsible for almost 50% of all nickel deployed in EV batteries globally during February.
Adamas said lithium carbonate equivalent deployment in EV batteries rose by 76% year-on-year in February.
The top five cell suppliers by LCE deployed in February 2019 were
Panasonic, LG Chem, CATL, BYD and Samsung SDI, which accounted for
nearly 75% of all LCE deployed in passenger EV batteries.
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at 10:47 AM on Thursday, May 2nd, 2019
Drilling occurred in northwest region of the property, 1.5 km NW of the historic Keymet Mine.
Ky-18-14: 7.89% zinc equivalent over 34.3 meters (From 46.20 m to 80.50 m)
Elmtree 12 vein: System traced to approximately 145 meters depth, open at depth
Elmtree 12 vein: Strike length of approximately 110 meters and open along strike
The Company’s focus since acquiring the Keymet Property is the area of
reported polymetallic veins with most work in the area of the Elmtree 12
copper-lead-zinc-silver bearing vein system.
At
least seven vein occurrences with lead, zinc and +/- copper, silver and
gold are reported in this region of the property in addition to the
polymetallic veins reported at the historic Keymet Mine
Posted by AGORACOM-JC
at 5:24 PM on Wednesday, May 1st, 2019
HPQ Silicon (HPQ:TSXV) has been quietly moving towards its major goal of becoming the world’s lowest cost and cleanest producer of solar grade silicon metal. That sounds like a pipedream … until you consider its two technical partners, PyroGenesis Canada (a global leader in plasma torch technologies) and Apollon Solar (one of the world’s leaders in renewable energies). These globally renown technology leaders aren’t going to lend their name to a project that isn’t capable of becoming world class. Moreover, PyroGenesis joined the Province of Quebec to invest $5.2 million into HPQ in mid-2018.
Together, they’ve created a process that converts quarts into high purity silicon metal, with the ultimate goal of producing their own solar cells …. and they are doing it at cost leves, both CAPEX and OPEX, that are set to blow the doors off the world’s incumbent players and could position HPQ as a serious player in the solar world. On top of that, they are all but evaporating the dirty dirty (not a typo) process of producing solar grade silicon metal that most regular people never knew about.
HPQ Silicon is about to commence pilot plant testing in mid-2019 but were able to achieve one more major milestone with their 2nd Generation testing machine. If you love discovering solar or renewable energy companies, watch this HPQ Interview and make sure to do your due diligence at https://agoracom.com/ir/HPQ-SiliconResources
