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$GRAT.ca Gratomic Announces Appointment of Rodger Roden as CFO

Posted by AGORACOM at 8:25 AM on Wednesday, November 28th, 2018

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  • Appointed Rodger Roden CPA CA as Chief Financial Officer of the Company
  • Mr. Roden has more than 30 years of industry experience and has worked as Vice President of Finance/Chief Financial Officer with public and private companies

TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / November 28, 2018 / Gratomic Inc. (“GRAT” or the”Company”) (TSX-V: GRAT) (FRANKFURT:CB81, WKN:A143MR) is pleased to announce that the Company has appointed Rodger Roden CPA CA as Chief FinancialOfficer of the Company. Mr. Roden has more than 30 years of industry experience and has worked as Vice President of Finance/Chief Financial Officer with publicand private companies in a broad range of industries including the mineralsector.His experience includes allaspects of corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, IT implementations,tax, and business systems and process analyses and implementation.Mr. Roden replaces Doug Newman who hasresigned as CFO to focus on his other business endeavours.The Board of directors of Gratomic wish tothank Doug for his service to the Company.

About Gratomic Inc.

Gratomic Inc. is an advanced materials company focused on mine tomarket commercialization of graphite products most notably high value graphenebased components for a range of mass market products.

For more information: visit the website at www.gratomic.ca or contact: Arno Brand, Co-CEO +1 416-561-4095 [email protected]

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VIDEO: Our Interview With Co-CEO Francis Dube From The Global Graphene Expo. Must Watch Interview!

Posted by AGORACOM at 12:17 PM on Wednesday, October 17th, 2018

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I’m very happy to have conducted my first interview with Zenyatta (Soon To Be Zen Graphene Solutions) Chairman and Co-CEO, Dr. Francis Dube. My thrill is two-fold:

1] Francis started out as an AGORACOM member and rose to the highest possible ranking on the site by providing great, intelligent conversation, analysis and information to his fellow members and shareholders. Now, he has transitioned from AGORACOM to the C-Suite of an actual public company and we couldn’t be more proud of both him and the platform for helping make this happen.

2] Francis has teamed up with Co-CEO, Don Bubar, who was one of our first clients many years ago before he too graduated Avalon to the NYSE, where the stock hit a high of ~ $10.00. Don is one of the top 5 people I have met in this industry over the past 20 years and a very well respected member of the mining industry. Their collaboration and complementary skill sets will be of great value to Zenyatta for many years to come.

On that note, this is why our first interview with Francis is a great one. The company is moving forward with great tangible steps, including the company’s most recent press releases that were well timed to coincide with the company’s presentation and exhibit at the Global Graphene Expo in Austin, Texas this week.

Taking the time to speak to his shareholders, via video from the conference, is proof positive that Francis is confident enough in the company’s future to be fully accessible and transparent.

Grab a coffee, sit back and watch this great interview. When you’re done, please feel free to post your comments and questions below for Francis to reply and comment.

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$ZEN Tokyo Tech Research Confirms Ease of Conversion of Zenyatta’s Albany Graphite to Graphene $GRAT

Posted by AGORACOM at 8:36 AM on Tuesday, October 16th, 2018

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  • Researchers in Japan have published findings in the Journal of Materials Science
  •  “the smaller the feed graphite particle, the easier to exfoliate”
  • The exfoliation productivity of graphite derived from Zenyatta’s unique Albany deposit in Northern Ontario performed up to 1500% better than the researchers’ reference

Thunder Bay, Ontario–(Newsfile Corp. – October 16, 2018) – Zenyatta Ventures Ltd. (TSXV: ZEN) (“Zenyatta” or “Company”) today reported that researchers in Japan have published findings in the Journal of Materials Science linking particle size to the ease of producing graphene from graphite through exfoliation — the smaller the feed graphite particle, the easier to exfoliate. The researchers further concluded that, due to the size of its flakes, the exfoliation productivity of graphite derived from Zenyatta’s unique Albany deposit in Northern Ontario performed up to 1500% better than the researchers’ reference flake graphite materials.

In a 2017 Zenyatta news release, Dr. Yoshihiko Arao, Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Tokyo Tech, stated “Zenyatta’s high-purity graphite material was tested by our scientific team on mechanical conversion to graphene and discovered it converted much easier and with higher yields of graphene than our reference material. We have tested many types of natural graphite but found Zenyatta’s Albany Graphite material to have better exfoliation performance and produce better graphene particles than the reference material. We believe that this is an extraordinary, unique material and we would like to carry out further collaborative work with Zenyatta on graphene applications.”

The following significant test results are reported in the paper by Dr. Arao and Dr. Masatoshi Kubouchi at Tokyo Tech:

  1. The main conclusion of the paper was that the smaller the feed graphite particle, the easier it is to exfoliate thus indicating that the graphite particle size is quite an important variable for successful exfoliation.
    • Exfoliation productivity of smaller Albany Graphite flakes performs up to 1500% better than the larger reference flake graphite materials.
    • Albany Graphite particles reach a 2 µm particle size with a standard milling process, while the reference flake graphite material could not mill below a 3 µm particle size as the graphite tends to agglomerate together.
    • It is concluded that the fine crystalline nature of Albany Graphite contributes to the relatively easy milling characteristics. This can be attributed to the unusual geological mode of formation (a rapid crystallization igneous process) which accounts for the superior crystallinity and overall quality of the graphite mineralization found in this unique deposit.
  2. Graphene exfoliated from Albany graphite produced material with the highest aspect ratio with an average thickness of 2.0 nm indicative of graphene with 2.4 layers. Also, the optical absorbance of the Zenyatta graphene dispersion was 2-10 times better than the other 3 reference samples that were tested. This demonstrated that concentrated graphene dispersions can be easily produced from Albany Graphite. The resulting small and thin graphene dispersion is suitable for printable inks.

This paper confirms the reason for success on the Company’s many graphene research and product development initiatives, especially in composites. Tokyo Tech has established that Zenyatta’s Albany Graphite converts (exfoliates) easily to graphene, producing mono-layer to tri-layer material with excellent dispersion properties and is highly suitable for many graphene and graphene-oxide applications.

Mr. Peter Wood, P.Eng, P.Geo., President and COO of Zenyatta, is the “Qualified Person” for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101 and has reviewed, prepared and supervised the preparation of the technical information contained in this news release.

For further information:

Dr. Francis Dubé, Co-CEO & Head of Business Development and Technology
Tel: +1 (289) 821-2820
Email: [email protected]

About Zenyatta

Zenyatta’s Albany Graphite Project hosts a large and unique quality deposit of highly crystalline graphite. Independent labs in Japan, UK, Israel, USA and Canada have demonstrated that Zenyatta’s Albany Graphite/Naturally PureTM easily converts (exfoliates) to graphene using a variety of simple mechanical and chemical methods. The deposit is located in northern Ontario just 30km north of the Trans-Canada Highway, near the communities of Constance Lake First Nation and Hearst. Important nearby infrastructure include hydro-power, natural gas pipeline, a rail line 50 km away and an all-weather road just 10 km from the deposit.

To find out more on Zenyatta Ventures Ltd., please visit our website at www.zenyatta.ca. A copy of this press release and all material documents with respect of the Company may be obtained on Zenyatta’s SEDAR profile at www.sedar.ca.

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$CKR.ca Carbon Announces Extension of Exclusive Prospecting License to 2019, Elevated Surface Sampling Results

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:50 AM on Thursday, September 7th, 2017

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  • Reports up to 43.01% Carbon as Graphite from Surface Sampling
  • Exclusive Prospecting License (EPL) 3895 renewed for a period of two years until April 3, 2019

Toronto, Ontario–(Newsfile Corp. – September 7, 2017) – CKR Carbon Corporation. (TSXV: CKR) (FSE: CB81) (“CKR” or the “Company”) a vertically integrated graphite to graphenes, advanced materials development company is pleased to announce that the Namibian Minister of Mines and Energy has approved the renewal of Exclusive Prospecting License (EPL) 3895 for a period of two years until April 3, 2019.

The renewed license covers an area of 27,870 hectares (278.7 square kilometres) over the historical Aukam vein graphite mine in southern Namibia. Recent work by the Company over the past two years has led to a better understanding of the quality and distribution of the graphite mineralization at Aukam. In particular exploration has demonstrated significant potential for expansion of the mineralization outside the old workings.

Recent surface sampling of graphite occurrences has resulted in assays of 1.96% Cg (carbon as graphite) to 43.01% Cg from 22 samples of disseminated graphite, vein graphite and mineralized zone (see Table below). The graphite occurrences were taken from over approximately 200m within a larger east-west zone of 500 metres of disseminated graphite. This zone broadly corresponds to a 700 metre long electromagnetic anomaly delineated earlier this year (see news release dated January 18, 2017). Sampling is ongoing to fully delineate the potential of the graphite mineralization at Aukam.

“We are pleased to receive the approval of the Minister for the renewal of the EPL and thank the Minister and his staff at the Ministry of Mines and Energy for the vote of confidence that the approval represents,” said Roger Moss, Chief Executive Officer of CKR Carbon. “We intend to aggressively move the Aukam project ahead for the benefit of our shareholders, local stakeholders and the people of Namibia.”

Summary of assay results of surface samples.

Sample ID Sample Type Description Cg (%)
AK 17 DGS -001 Composite Grab Disseminated graphite in granite 4.59
AK 17 DGS -002 Composite Grab Disseminated graphite in granite 1.96
AK 17 DGS -003 Composite Grab Disseminated graphite in granite 2.94
AK 17 DGS -004 Composite Grab Disseminated graphite in granite 2.57
AK 17 DGS -005 Composite Grab Disseminated graphite in granite 5.57
AK 17 DGS -006 Composite Grab Disseminated graphite in granite 6.01
AK 17 DGS -007 Composite Grab Disseminated graphite in granite 3.87
AK 17 DGS -008 Composite Grab Disseminated graphite in granite 3.67
AK 17 DGS -009 Composite Grab Disseminated graphite in medium grained granite 1.42
AK 17 DGS -010 Composite Grab Disseminated graphite in medium grained granite 2.79
AK 17 DGS -011 Composite Grab Disseminated graphite in medium grained granite 2.36
AK 17 DGS -012 Composite Grab Disseminated graphite in medium grained granite 4.10
AK 17 DGS -013 Composite Grab Disseminated graphite in medium grained granite 3.57
AK 17 DGS -014 Composite Grab Disseminated graphite in granite 4.01
AK 17 MZS -001 2.5m Channel Vein network/mineralized zone 9.65
AK 17 MZS -002 1.8m Channel Vein network/mineralized zone 7.38
AK 17 MZS -003 1.7m Channel Vein network/mineralized zone 24.05
AK 17 MZS -004 Composite Channel Vein network/mineralized zone 10.96
AK 17 VGS -001 Composite Grab Graphite Vein 43.01
AK 17 VGS -002 Composite Grab Graphite Vein 33.97
AK 17 VGS -003 Composite Grab Graphite Vein 36.06
AK 17 VGS -004 Composite Grab Graphite Vein 20.29

 

Channel lengths do not represent true widths. Composite grab samples are not necessarily representative of the graphite mineralization on the property.

Samples were placed in a plastic sample bag along with a sample tag. Bags were sealed with a single use tie. All samples were securely stored prior to shipping toTEA-Lab in Swakopmund. Samples were crushed by hammer and jaw crusher to 2mm and split before milling to < 200 microns for thermo-gravimetric analysis. The company routinely submits duplicates and blanks with sample batches to monitor the quality of the assays.

The technical content of this News Release was approved by Roger Moss Ph.D., P.Geo, a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.

About CKR Carbon Corporation

CKR Carbon Corporation 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 graphenes 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 CKR.

About the Aukam Project

The Aukam property covers a past producing vein graphite deposit and associated graphite occurrences. CKR owns a 63% interest in the property and is currently undertaking technical studies to support an application for a mining license. The company maintains high safety and environmental standards and has a comprehensive strategy of social engagement.

For more information: visit the website at www.ckr-carbon.com or contact:

Roger Moss, CEO, +1 416-704-8291 E-mail inquiries: [email protected]

For graphite product enquiries:

Arno Brand, +1 416-561-4095 [email protected]

“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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CKR Carbon $CKR.ca adds Mr. Arno Brand to Board of Directors

Posted by AGORACOM at 2:57 PM on Wednesday, September 6th, 2017
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  • Mr. Brand is a Namibian entrepreneur with extensive experience in Southern Africa
  • Worked on the development of the Aukam graphite project since 2013
  • Will serve as  Project Manager

Toronto, Ontario–(September 6, 2017) – CKR Carbon Corporation. (TSXV: CKR) (FSE: CB81) (“CKR” or the “Company”) a vertically integrated graphite to graphenes, advanced materials development company is pleased to provide an update of the diamond drilling and trenching program at it’s 100% owned Buckingham graphite project in Quebec. To date four diamond drill holes totalling 522 metres and four trenches have been completed over 700 metres of a 1.54 kilometre conductive zone, all of which show visible graphite mineralization.

Drill Hole two intersected graphite mineralization between 25 and 97 metres, while hole three intersected mineralized marble and paragneiss between 10 and 60 metres with large (up to 0.5 cm) flakes in places. Drill hole four also intersected marble and paragneiss, with strong graphite mineralization occurring in the marble from 5 to 21 metres and from 157 to 198 metres downhole. Lesser mineralization also ocurs in the paragneiss. Results of the earlier drill holes were described in a news release dated August 17, 2017.

The four trenches, measuring from 30 to 40 metres in length were excavated across the electromagnetic conductor and all of them revealed graphite mineralization. Marble is the main host to the graphite and significant intersections of 13 to 14 metres were observed in trenches two and three.

The Company further welcomes Mr. Arno Brand to the board as a director effective immediately. Mr. Brand replaces Mr. Rejean Gosselin who has resigned. Mr. Brand’s appointment is subject to TSX Venture Exchange approval.

Mr. Brand is a Namibian entrepreneur with extensive experience in major construction and mining deals in Southern Africa. He has worked on the development of the Aukam graphite project since 2013, initially as the founder and most recently as Project Manager.

“We are pleased to have Mr. Brand join the Board of Directors. He has been an integral part of the Company both in Canada and on the ground in Namibia working to advance the Aukam project,” said Roger Moss, Chief Executive Officer of CKR Carbon. “We would also like to thank Mr. Gosselin for his contributions to the company over the past four years and wish him well in his future projects.”

The company also announces that a total of 1 million options to purchase common shares has been granted to directors and a consultant to the company at a price of $0.07 per share, expiring on September 4, 2022.

The technical content of this News Release was approved by Roger Moss Ph.D., P.Geo, a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.

About CKR Carbon Corporation

CKR Carbon Corporation 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 graphenes 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 CKR.

About the Buckingham Project

The 100%-owned Buckingham Graphite Property is located 7 kilometres northwest of the town of Buckingham, Quebec, Canada and consists of eight claim blocks totaling 480 hectares. Well-maintained bush roads provide easy access to the property. The property lies within the Central Metasedimentary Belt of the Grenville Geologic Province 82 km south of Imerys Graphite & Carbon’s operating Lac des Iles graphite mine. Graphite occurs disseminated in marble and paragneiss and within veins hosted in pegmatite, diopside skarn, marble and gneiss.

Two graphitic zones, the Uncle Zone and the Case Zone have been discovered to date, with both zones showing high grade occurrences of disseminated flake and vein type graphite and yielding assay values as high as 81.1% Cg. Initial crushing and flotation of two samples from the Uncle zone has achieved purity up to 99.4% Cg from a single flotation test without process optimization (see news release dated February 17, 2015).

For more information: visit the website at www.ckr-carbon.com or contact:

Roger Moss, CEO, +1 416-704-8291 E-mail inquiries: [email protected]

For graphite product enquiries:

Arno Brand, +1 416-561-4095 [email protected]

“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.”

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS:This news release contains forward-looking statements, which relate to future events or future performance and reflect management’s current expectations and assumptions.  Such forward-looking statements reflect management’s current beliefs and are based on assumptions made by and information currently available to the Company. Investors are cautioned that these forward looking statements are neither promises nor guarantees, and are subject to risks anduncertainties that may cause future results to differ materially from those expected. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof and, except as required under applicable securities legislation, the Company does not assume any obligation to update or revise them to reflect new events or circumstances. All of the forward-looking statements made in this press release are qualified by these cautionary statements and by those made in our filings with SEDAR in Canada (available at www.sedar.com).

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$CKR.ca CKR Carbon Announces European Manufacturer of Graphenes will use Aukam Graphite in Tests of High Performance Tires

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:49 AM on Wednesday, August 30th, 2017

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  •  CKR signed an LOI to formally develop and exploit Aukam graphite with European partner
  • CKR will provide an industrial supply of  Aukam Graphite concentrate
  • Quantity allows for testing of more than 400 high performance tires

Toronto, Ontario–(Newsfile Corp. – August 30, 2017) – CKR Carbon Corporation. (TSXV: CKR) (FSE: CB81) (“CKR” or the “Company”) an integrated graphite to hybrid graphenes development company is pleased to announce the supply of an industrial quantity of Aukam graphite concentrate to enable the manufacture and testing of more than 400 high performance tires by our European graphene manufacturing partner.

Recent LOI with European manufacturer of graphenes(EMG)

On July 11, 2017, CKR and a leading European manufacturer of surface engineered nano graphenes (EMG) signed an LOI to formally develop and exploit Aukam graphite, to facilitate the manufacture of nano surface engineered graphenes for large volume mass-market applications.

Successful testing of Aukam graphite continues

Characterisation and testing of the Aukam graphite by EMG shows that it is a premium quality crystalline vein graphite comparable in quality to other premium graphite sources available throughout the world.

Third party laboratory testing of the Aukam material compounded into tire treads in Europe and Asia indicates it has the necessary characteristics required to meet the demands of high performance tire treads.

CKR supplying graphite concentrate for 400 tires to be tested by Q1 2018

CKR will supply an industrial quantity of Aukam graphite concentrate to enable the manufacture of graphenes for more than 400 tires. Following further laboratory testing, the tires will be terrain track and road tested in Europe and North America during the remainder of 2017.

Testing is expected to be completed by the end of the first quarter in 2018. Thereafter, and subject to third party verification of quality and certified test outcomes, detailed planning will be initiated for installation of an integrated production plant. This plant would provide nano engineered graphenes derived from Aukam graphite for the large volume tire market.

“We are very pleased that our collaboration with EMG in developing high value graphene based components from Aukam graphite is moving ahead so quickly,” said Sheldon Inwentash, Executive Chairman of CKR Carbon. “Once our concentrate is delivered to EMG we will be developing graphenes for tire development and testing, the next step in the commercialization process.”

The technical content of this news release was approved by Roger Moss Ph.D., P.Geo, a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.

About CKR Carbon Corporation

CKR Carbon Corporation 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 graphenes 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 CKR.

About the Aukam Project

The Aukam property covers a past producing vein graphite deposit and associated graphite occurrences. CKR is currently undertaking technical studies to support an application for a mining license. The company maintains high safety and environmental standards and has a comprehensive strategy of social engagement.

For more information: visit the website at www.ckr-carbon.com or contact:

Roger Moss, CEO, +1 416-704-8291 E-mail inquiries: [email protected]

For graphite product enquiries:

Arno Brand, +1 416-561-4095 [email protected]

“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.”

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS:This news release contains forward-looking statements, which relate to future events or future performance and reflect management’s current expectations and assumptions.  Such forward-looking statements reflect management’s current beliefs and are based on assumptions made by and information currently available to the Company. Investors are cautioned that these forward looking statements are neither promises nor guarantees, and are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause future results to differ materially from those expected. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof and, except as required under applicable securities legislation, the Company does not assume any obligation to update or revise them to reflect new events or circumstances. All of the forward-looking statements made in this press release are qualified by these cautionary statements and by those made in our filings with SEDAR in Canada (available at www.sedar.com).

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$FMS.CA Focus Graphite lookin’ good…

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:41 AM on Friday, September 21st, 2012

September is almost done and as expected and written here, the $TSXV has taken a nice turn. Since my call on August 23rd my favorites names have put on 80-100% (I deeply apologize that I did not write about them before, but for the record, they were $CRE.CA and $XEL.CA). In the future I will try to be more forthcoming with my picks.

As such, even if the $TSXV has rallied nicely and I think that overall it is due for some consolidation, I really think the $FMS.CA chart is sexy – note the MACD divergence with the lower lows and the kiss of that downtrend break Take a look for yourself….

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