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Beyond Pencils and Green Technology: The Best Graphite Stocks (NGC, SGH, GPH, CHGI, GTI & GRPH)

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 9:53 AM on Tuesday, November 6th, 2012

Graphite is an increasingly important technology component with graphite mining stocks including Northern Graphite Corp (NGC), Standard Graphite Corp (SGH), Graphite One Resources (GPH), China Carbon Graphite Group (CHGI) and Graphite Corp (GRPH) plus GrafTech International (GTI).

Nov 6, 2012 1:33:42 AM PST

Most investors are probably unfamiliar with graphite, a popular choice for electrodes because of its electric conductivity, in part because most of the publicly traded graphite stocks like Northern Graphite Corp (CVE: NGC), Standard Graphite Corp (CVE: SGH) and Graphite One Resources (CVE: GPH) trade on Canadian exchanges but there are a options for US investors, including China Carbon Graphite Group (PINK: CHGI), GrafTech International Ltd (NYSE: GTI) and Graphite Corp (PINK: GRPH). So why should investors be interested in graphite and hence, graphite stocks?

What is Graphite?

First a bit of history: Back in in 1789, the material known as graphite was named “graphite,” a derivative from an ancient Greek word meaning “to draw/write,” because it was already being used in pencils. In fact, most pencil “lead” is actually ground up graphite. Today, graphite is mostly used for batteries, brake linings, expanded graphite, foundry facings, lubricants, refractories and steelmaking. However, the real and potentially “unlimited” (up to a certain point) growth for graphite comes from potential new uses in the form of green initiatives like electric cars, fuel cells, lithium ion batteries (Note: There is 10 times more graphite than lithium in lithium-ion batteries plus it takes 30-40 times more graphite to make these batteries thanks to losses during processing), nuclear energy, solar energy and semiconductors. Likewise, the rise of China, Brazil, India and other emerging markets is creating strong demand for traditional graphite uses e.g. steel making and the automotive industry.

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In addition, its worth noting that China produces around 70% of the world’s graphite but production and export growth there is leveling off, costs are rising and quality is falling. Hence, new sources of graphite will need to be developed – meaning there are opportunities for North American based mining stocks.

Price Range for +80 mesh, 94-97%C graphite (US$/tonne)

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Canada Listed Graphite Stocks

Among the many small Canadian graphite stocks, the following are worth mentioning briefly as they also trade on the OTC:

Northern Graphite Corp (CVE: NGC). Also trading on the OTCBB under the symbol “NGPHF,” Northern Graphite Corp’s principal asset is the Bissett Creek graphite project that is located 100km east of North Bay, Ontario and 15km from the Trans Canada highway. Northern Graphite Corp believes it will be in a position to begin construction of the mine sometime in early 2013 but those plans will be subject to the availability of financing. On Monday, Northern Graphite Corp rose 1.27% to C$0.80 (NGC has a 52 week trading range of C$0.74 to C$3.47 a share) for a market cap of C$37.50 million plus the stock is down 14.9% since the start of the year and down 30.4% since April 2011 according to Google Finance.

Chart forNORTHERN GRAPHITE CORPORATION (NGC.V)

Standard Graphite Corp (CVE: SGH). Positioning itself as North America’s premier pure-play graphite exploration company that also trades on the OTC under the symbol “NGPHF,” Standard Graphite Corp controls a 100% interest in 12 prospective graphite properties within known graphite districts in both Quebec and Ontario. Standard Graphite Corp is currently undertaking an exploration plan and intends to soon commence construction on its Bissett Creek Mine, subject to financing. On Monday, Standard Graphite Corp closed at C$0.180 (SGH has a 52 week trading range of C$0.16 to C$1.07 a share) for a market cap of $3.99 million plus the stock is down 45.45% since last January.

Chart forSTANDARD GRAPHITE CORPORATION (SGH.V)

Graphite One Resources (CVE: GPH). Also trading on the OTCQX under the symbol “GPHOF,” Graphite One Resources is a mineral exploration company focused on its Graphite Creek Property located on the Seward Peninsula of Alaska. According to Graphite One Resources, the property offers significant potential for the discovery and development of a large-flake, high-grade graphite mineralization exposed at surface – meaning an open pit mine can be used. Graphite One Resources plans to advance Graphite Creek to a NI 43-101 compliant resource in 2013. On Monday, Graphite One Resources rose 3.03% to C$0.170 (GPH has a trading range of C$0.06 to C$0.40 a share) for a market cap of C$14.59 million plus the stock is up 54.5% since the start of the year and down 62.2% over the past five years.

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US Listed Graphite Stocks

The few pure US listed graphite stocks that investors should be aware of include the following:

China Carbon Graphite Group (PINK: CHGI). Founded in 1986 as a state-owned carbon and graphite manufacturer and restructured in 2002 as a private enterprise. China Carbon Graphite Group is one of China’s leading wholesale suppliers of fine grain and high purity graphite and it’s a top overall producer of carbon and graphite products. There is not too much written about China Carbon Graphite Group but for what its worth given it’s a Chinese company, the company does issue regular earnings reports with the last one noting the ramp up of its higher margin business. On Friday (the last day CHGI traded), China Carbon Graphite Group fell 9.8% to $0.460 (CHGI has a 52 week trading range of $0.32 to $1.26 a share) for a market cap of $11.15 million plus the stock is up 2.2% since the start of the year and down 22.5% over the past five years according to Yahoo! Finance.

Chart forChina Carbon Graphite Group, Inc. (CHGI)

GrafTech International (NYSE: GTI). A world leader in graphite material science with more than 125 years of experience in the carbon and graphite industry, GrafTech International products are used in a variety of applications in various industries, including metal production, electronics, chemicals, aerospace and transportation. The last time GrafTech International reported earnings, shares soared because they beat expectations although revenue and net income both fell. Likewise, GrafTech International’s sales for its core industrial-materials business fell 14% but the smaller engineered-solutions segment (e.g. consumer products) rose 41%. In addition, GrafTech International’s bottom line had surged 46% in the second quarter thanks to higher prices for its graphite electrodes and needle coke. On Monday, GrafTech International rose 0.38% to $10.63 (GTI has a 52 week trading range of $8.45 to $17.69 a share) for a market cap of $1.43 billion plus the stock is down 22.1% since the start of the year and down 39.7% over the past five years.

Graphite Corp (PINK: GRPH). An exploration stage company focused on the evaluation, acquisition and development of domestic graphite mining opportunities, Graphite Corp believes the best alternate source of flake graphite is located in Alabama along with Montana. Hence, Graphite Corp is an investor’s best bet for a pure play graphite stock whose source of graphite is safely located in the USA should there be an interruption with supplies of graphite from China. Moreover, Graphite Corp has completed a total of $750,000 worth of equity financings to fund the acquisitions of its properties in Alabama and Montana and to begin initial work programs while budgets and exploration plans are being developed with work to beginning this quarter. Hence, Graphite Corp is a graphite stock investors should be watching. On Monday, Graphite Corp fell 2.56% to $0.760 (GRPH has a 52 week trading range of $0.20 to $1.05 a share) for a market cap $18.01 million plus the stock is down about 5% since last October.

Chart forGraphite Corp. (GRPH)

The Bottom Line. Irrespective of the economy, graphite will only meaning investors at least need to keep an eye on graphite stocks like Northern Graphite Corp, Standard Graphite Corp, Graphite One Resources, China Carbon Graphite Group, GrafTech International and Graphite Corp.

Source: http://www.smallcapnetwork.com/Beyond-Pencils-and-Green-Technology-The-Best-Graphite-Stocks-NGC-SGH-GPH-CHGI-GTI-GRPH/s/via/3414/article/view/p/mid/1/id/1046/

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Graphite One Drills 47.0M of 6.02% and 166.62M of 4.01% Graphite

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 5:02 PM on Wednesday, September 12th, 2012

September 12, 2012 – Calgary, Alberta – Graphite One Resources Inc. (GPH: TSX-V, GPHOF: OTCQX) (“Graphite One” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce drill results for its Graphite Creek Property. Graphite One has verified that the 16km long EM conductor is directly related to wide scale, high-grade and large-flake graphite mineralization.

Hole GCH001: 128.0 metres of 3.79% including 47.0 metres of 6.02%, and 18.0 metres of 6.1% graphite

Hole 12GC007: 166.62 metres of 4.01% including 30.62 metres of 7.01% and 25.77 metres of 8.14% graphite

“The results from this year’s program continue to be exciting as they show us the continuity of this high grade, large flake graphite ore body. We drilled over 2.2km of strike length, which is only 14% of the total strike length identified by our airborne electromagnetic survey. And it’s important to understand that this doesn’t include the newly discovered Araujo and South Zones,” stated Anthony Huston, President and Director for Graphite One Resources. “This year’s results continue to demonstrate the significant size and quality potential for this ore body.”

Analytical results from diamond drill holes 12GCH001, 002 and 003 and 12GC006 and 007 have been received. The results further confirm that graphite mineralization exposed at surface extends to vertical depths of over 200 metres (see drill hole map attached; see Table below). All drill holes will be used to produce a NI 43-101 compliant graphite resource, anticipated in Q1 2013.

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 |Drill Hole |Azimuth |Dip|Depth        |Intersection (m)|Graphite|
 |           |        |   |             |                |(% Cg)* |
 |           |--------|   |------|
 |           |From (m)|   |To (m)|
 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
 |12GCH001   |160     |-50|7.0   |135.0 |128.0           |3.79%   |
 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
 |……including|        |   |7.0   |54.0  |47.0            |6.02%   |
 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
 |……including|        |   |72.0  |90.0  |18.0            |6.1%    |
 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
 |12GCH002   |160     |-50|3.93  |124.0 |120.07          |3.95%   |
 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
 |……including|        |   |3.93  |37.0  |33.07           |6.09%   |
 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
 |……including|        |   |9.0   |29.0  |20.0            |7.95%   |
 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
 |……including|        |   |57.06 |100.87|43.81           |5.31%   |
 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
 |12GCH003   |160     |-50|3.94  |169.77|165.83          |2.96%   |
 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
 |……including|        |   |3.94  |33.25 |29.31           |8.0%    |
 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
 |……including|        |   |3.94  |21.0  |17.06           |11.07%  |
 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
 |……including|        |   |63.0  |101.95|38.95           |4.09%   |
 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
 |12GC006    |160     |-50|13.97 |211.0 |197.03          |2.21%   |
 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
 |……including|        |   |13.97 |70.0  |56.03           |3.69%   |
 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
 |……including|        |   |33.0  |53.0  |20.0            |5.08%   |
 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
 |12GC007    |160     |-50|59.38 |226.0 |166.62          |4.01%   |
 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
 |……including|        |   |59.38 |90.0  |30.62           |7.01%   |
 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
 |……including|        |   |119.0 |144.77|25.77           |8.14%   |
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*Cg – Graphitic Carbon (see cross-sections 12GCH001, 002 and 003, GC006, 007 attached)

The drill holes were drilled at -50 degree dip to test true thickness of mineralization. The graphite bearing rocks dip at approximately 60 degrees and are exposed at surface along the dip slope which would be ideal with respect to an open pit mining operation and low strip ratio.

Graphite One has its own core logging and sample preparation laboratory/ facility in Nome, Alaska. The sample preparation laboratory was installed, and is being managed by Actlabs, Ancaster, Ontario. This will ensure Graphite One maintains the highest level of QA/QC and ensures timely receipt of analytical results. Graphite One expects timely receipt of ongoing results. Dean Besserer, P.Geol., V.P. Exploration, manages Graphite One’s exploration and development programs and is the Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101. He supervised the preparation of the technical information in this release.

About Graphite Creek

The Graphite Creek property comprises 89 claims totalling 4,209 hectares on the Seward Peninsula of Alaska, 65 kilometres north of Nome. Mineralization at the Graphite Creek property is characterized by coarse crystalline (large-flake) graphite (more than 80 mesh) within graphite-bearing schist(s). Graphite mineralization is exposed at surface. The large-flake graphite occurs as disseminations and high-grade segregations and lenses in distinctive garnet-bearing quartz biotite schist(s) and biotite schist(s). The host schist(s) is continuous over 16 kilometres of strike length, based on mapping, geophysics, and has an approximate thickness in excess of 250 metres, and is exposed down dip 200 to 250 metres, thus indicating the potential for more than 250 million tonnes of graphite-bearing rock. The estimate of potential tonnage is based on the company’s geological mapping in 2011/12 and drilling during 2012. The potential size and grade of the mineralization at the Graphite Creek Property are conceptual in nature as there has been insufficient exploration to define a mineral resource, and it is uncertain if further exploration will result in discovery of a mineral resource. The property is three kilometres away from intertidal waters at Windy Cove, approximately 20 kilometres away from road systems, and three kilometres from an airstrip to the southeast.

Graphite One uses Actlabs (Ancaster, Ontario), an ISO/IEC 17025 accredited analytical laboratory. The technique used for determining graphitic carbon is by LECO whereby the pulp is either digested with hydrochloric and perchloric acids, or subjected to a multistage furnace treatment to remove all forms of carbon with the exception of graphitic carbon.

Graphite One Resources is committed to a regimented QA/QC program including utilizing standards, blanks and duplicates as per normal industry standards.

GRAPHITE ONE RESOURCES INC. (GPH: TSX-V, GPHOF: OTCQX) is a mineral exploration company with extensive experience in the state of Alaska and a business strategy to identify, acquire, and explore high potential projects ready for rapid advancement. The Graphite Creek Property on the Seward Peninsula of Alaska fits with the Graphite One business strategy offering significant potential for the discovery and development of a large-flake, graphite deposit exposed at surface. Graphite One has an option to earn a 100% interest in the Graphite Creek Property and plans to rapidly advance the Property to a NI 43-101 compliant resource.

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ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

(signed) “Anthony Huston”

For more information on Graphite One Resources Inc. please visit the Company’s website, www.GraphiteOneResources.com or contact:

Anthony Huston President & Director Tel: (604) 697-2862 Email: [email protected]

Neither the 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.

This release includes certain statements that may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. All statements in this release, other than statements of historical facts that address access to capital, regulatory approvals, exploration drilling, exploitation activities and events or developments that the Company expects are forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include market prices, exploitation and exploration successes, continuity of mineralization, uncertainties related to the ability to obtain necessary permits, licenses and title and delays due to third party opposition, changes in government policies regarding mining and natural resource exploration and exploitation, and continued availability of capital and financing, and general economic, market or business conditions. Investors are cautioned that any such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on this forward-looking information, which is given as of the date it is expressed in this press release, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable securities laws. For more information on the Company, investors should review the Company’s continuous disclosure filings that are available at www.sedar.com

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Graphite One Drills 165.3M of 4.23% Graphite Including 46.4M of 6.6%, 14.3M of 10.1% and 21M of 10.1% Graphite

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 3:47 PM on Tuesday, August 7th, 2012

August 7, 2012 – Calgary, Alberta – Graphite One Resources Inc. (GPH: TSX-V, GPHOF: OTCQX) (“Graphite One” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce its initial drill results and an exploration update for its Graphite Creek Property. Graphite One has verified that the 16km long EM conductor is directly related to wide scale, high grade, graphite mineralization.

Hole 1: 411.7 metres of 2.1% including 127.9 metres of 4.1%, and 41.73 metres of 6.7% graphite

Hole 2: 353 metres of 2.7% graphite including 165.3 metres of 4.23%, 46.4 metres of 6.6% and 21 metres of 10.1% graphite

“The initial drill results represent drilling along only 4% of our 16km long conductor. These exceptional results demonstrate that this will be one of the most significant, coarse flake graphite resources in the world” stated Anthony Huston, President and Director for Graphite One Resources. “These early stage results are very encouraging and in-line with our expectations and goal of producing a new and substantial NI 43-101 graphite resource based on this year’s exploration program” continued Mr. Huston.

Analytical results from the first 2 diamond drill holes have been received. Drill holes 12GC001 and 12GC002 (300m apart), tested graphite mineralization at the Graphite Creek area. The results confirm that graphite mineralization exposed at surface extends to vertical depths of over 250 metres (see drill hole map attached; see Table below). All drill holes will be used to produce a NI 43-101 compliant graphite resource.

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|Drill Hole |Azimuth |Dip|Depth |Intersection (m)|Graphite|
| | | | | |(% Cg)* |
| |------|From (m)| |To (m)|
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|12GC001 |160 |-50|17.13 |428.85|411.72 |2.1% |
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|??including|  |  |17.13 |145.0 |127.87 |4.1% |
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|??including|  |  |17.13 |58.86 |41.73 |6.67% |
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|??including|  |  |76.02 |96 |19.98 |6.18% |
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|??including|  |  |110.91|153.22|42.31 |3.01% |
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|12GC002 |160 |-50|26.7 |380.09|353.39 |2.67% |
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|??including|  |  |26.7 |192 |165.3 |4.23% |
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|??including|  |  |26.7 |73.11 |46.41 |6.6% |
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|??including|  |  |26.7 |41.0 |14.3 |10.1% |
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|??including|  |  |86.0 |192.0 |106.0 |3.68% |
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|??including|  |  |122.0 |143.0 |21.0 |10.06% |
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*Cg – Graphitic Carbon (see cross-sections 12GC001 and 12GC002 attached)

The drill holes were drilled at -50 degree dip to test true thickness of mineralization. The graphite bearing rocks dip at approximately 60 degrees and are exposed at surface along the dip slope which would be ideal with respect to an open pit mining operation and low strip ratio.

Graphite One Resources has now:

  1. 1.Completed drill holes 12GC001 to 12GC006 and 12GCH001 to 12GCH003, to total 10 diamond drill holes finalized with over 2,387 metres drilled to date. These drill holes tested the surface graphite mineralization at the Graphite Creek area along the high priority EM conductor. Please see Map on page 4
  2. 2.Collected 543 rock grab samples and mapped along the known EM conductor(s) to test the strike extent and grade of graphite mineralization exposed at surface.
  3. 3.Completed 3 surface mini-bulk samples for mineralogy and metallurgical testing which total approximately 10.5 metric tonnes.

Graphite One has its own core logging and sample preparation laboratory/ facility in Nome, Alaska. The sample preparation laboratory was installed, and is being managed by Actlabs, Ancaster, Ontario. This will ensure Graphite One maintains the highest level of QA/QC and ensures timely receipt of analytical results. Graphite One expects timely receipt of ongoing results. Dean Besserer, P.Geol., V.P. Exploration, manages Graphite One’s exploration and development programs and is the Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101. He supervised the preparation of the technical information in this release.

About Graphite Creek

The Graphite Creek Property comprises 89 claims totaling 4,209 hectares on the Seward Peninsula of Alaska, 65 kilometres north of Nome. Mineralization at the Graphite Creek Property is characterized by coarse crystalline (large-flake) graphite (>80mesh) within graphite-bearing schist(s). Graphite mineralization is exposed at surface. The large-flake graphite occurs as disseminations and high-grade segregations and lenses in distinctive garnet-bearing quartz biotite schist(s). The host schist(s) is continuous over 16 kilometres of strike length, based on mapping, geophysics, and has an approximate thickness of 100 metres, and is exposed down dip 100 to 200 metres, thus indicating the potential for 150 to 250 million tonnes of graphite-bearing rock. The estimate of potential tonnage is based on the Company’s geological mapping in 2011. Two samples were collected during 2011 of the graphite-bearing schist contain 9.1 to 21.8% graphite, respectively. A sample collected within a high-grade lense within the schist contained 56.9% graphite. A historical composite chip sample across a 16 meter outcrop of graphite-bearing schist contained 8.36% graphite. Other schists in the area contain 2 to 6% graphite. The potential size and grade of the mineralization at the Graphite Creek Property is conceptual in nature as there has been insufficient exploration to define a mineral resource and it is uncertain if further exploration will result in discovery of a mineral resource. The Property is 3 kilometres away from intertidal waters at Windy Cove, approximately 20 kilometres away from road systems, and 3 kilometres from an airstrip to the southeast.

Graphite One uses Actlabs (Ancaster, Ontario), an ISO/IEC 17025 accredited analytical laboratory. The technique used for determining graphitic carbon is by LECO whereby the pulp is either digested with hydrochloric and perchloric acids, or subjected to a multistage furnace treatment to remove all forms of carbon with the exception of graphitic carbon.

Graphite One Resources is committed to a regimented QA/QC program including utilizing standards, blanks and duplicates as per normal industry standards.

About Graphite One Resources Inc.

GRAPHITE ONE RESOURCES INC. (GPH: TSX-V, GPHOF: OTCQX) is a mineral exploration company with extensive experience in the state of Alaska and a business strategy to identify, acquire, and explore high potential projects ready for rapid advancement. The Graphite Creek Property on the Seward Peninsula of Alaska fits with the Graphite One business strategy offering significant potential for the discovery and development of a large-flake, graphite deposit exposed at surface. Graphite One has an option to earn a 100% interest in the Graphite Creek Property and plans to rapidly advance the Property to a NI 43-101 compliant resource.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

(signed) “Anthony Huston”

For more information on Graphite One Resources Inc. please visit the Company’s website, www.GraphiteOneResources.com or contact:

Anthony Huston President & Director Tel: (604) 697-2862 Email: [email protected]

Neither the 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.

This release includes certain statements that may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. All statements in this release, other than statements of historical facts that address access to capital, regulatory approvals, exploration drilling, exploitation activities and events or developments that the Company expects are forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include market prices, exploitation and exploration successes, continuity of mineralization, uncertainties related to the ability to obtain necessary permits, licenses and title and delays due to third party opposition, changes in government policies regarding mining and natural resource exploration and exploitation, and continued availability of capital and financing, and general economic, market or business conditions. Investors are cautioned that any such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on this forward-looking information, which is given as of the date it is expressed in this press release, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable securities laws. For more information on the Company, investors should review the Company’s continuous disclosure filings that are available at www.sedar.com

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Graphite One Completes Airborne and extends EM Conductor to more than 16 Kilometres

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 9:26 AM on Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012

July 3, 2012 – Calgary, Alberta – Graphite One Resources Inc. (gph:TSX-V)(gphof:OTCQX) (“Graphite One” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce it has completed the airborne survey and has now received the data. The airborne geophysical survey was conducted by SkyTEM Canada Inc. (“SkyTEM”) which comprised both magnetics and electromagnetics (SkyTEMs’ Dual-Moment, Time-Domain Electromagnetic (“TDEM”) System).

Based on the presence of a strong Electromagnetic conductor, the survey was extended to the northeast by 4.5km (an additional 309 line kilometres, now totaling 999 line kilometres). As the EM conductor that is coincident with graphite occurrences is now more than 16 kilometres in strike length further increasing the potential for the discovery of a large tonnage, high-grade graphite deposit.

“We are very excited to announce the substantial extension of our strike length,” stated Anthony Huston, President and Director. “Graphite One has more than tripled the original strike length which dramatically increases the potential deposit size from the previous 150 to 250 million tonnes of graphite-bearing rock,” continued Mr. Huston.

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Dean Besserer, P.Geol., V.P. Exploration, manages Graphite One’s exploration and development programs and is the Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101. He supervised the preparation of the technical information in this release.

About Graphite Creek

The Graphite Creek Property comprises 89 claims totaling 4,209 hectares on the Seward Peninsula of Alaska, 65 kilometres north of Nome. Mineralization at the Graphite Creek Property is characterized by coarse crystalline (large-flake) graphite (>80mesh) within graphite-bearing schist(s). Graphite mineralization is exposed at surface. The large-flake graphite occurs as disseminations and high-grade segregations and lenses in distinctive garnet-bearing quartz biotite schist(s). The host schist(s) is continuous over 16 kilometres of strike length, based on mapping, geophysics, and has an approximate thickness of 100 metres, and is exposed down dip 100 to 200 metres, thus indicating the potential for 150 to 250 million tonnes of graphite-bearing rock. The estimate of potential tonnage is based on the Company’s geological mapping in 2011. Two samples were collected during 2011 of the graphite-bearing schist contain 9.1 to 21.8% graphite, respectively. A sample collected within a high-grade lense within the schist contained 56.9% graphite. A historical composite chip sample across a 16 metre outcrop of graphite-bearing schist contained 8.36% graphite. Other schists in the area contain 2 to 6% graphite. The potential size and grade of the mineralization at the Graphite Creek Property is conceptual in nature as there has been insufficient exploration to define a mineral resource and it is uncertain if further exploration will result in discovery of a mineral resource. The Property is 3 kilometres away from intertidal waters at Windy Cove, approximately 20 kilometres away from road systems, and 3 kilometres from an airstrip to the southeast.

Graphite One uses Actlabs (Ancaster, Ontario), an ISO/IEC 17025 accredited analytical laboratory. The technique used for determining graphitic carbon is by LECO whereby the pulp is either digested with hydrochloric and perchloric acids, or subjected to a multistage furnace treatment to remove all forms of carbon with the exception of graphitic carbon.

Graphite One Resources is committed to a regimented QA/QC program including utilizing standards, blanks and duplicates as per normal industry standards.

About Graphite One Resources Inc.

GRAPHITE ONE RESOURCES INC. (gph:TSX-V)(gphof:OTCQX) is a mineral exploration company with extensive experience in the state of Alaska and a business strategy to identify, acquire, and explore high potential projects ready for rapid advancement. The Graphite Creek Property on the Seward Peninsula of Alaska fits with the Graphite One business strategy offering significant potential for the discovery and development of a large-flake, graphite deposit exposed at surface. Graphite One has an option to earn a 100% interest in the Graphite Creek Property and plans to rapidly advance the Property to a NI 43-101 compliant resource.

The graphite market is only beginning to open up as green technology takes more precedence in the world today. Graphite is vital for lithium-ion batteries, pebble bed nuclear reactors, and fuel cells amongst other uses. Graphite has been named a “supply critical mineral” and a “strategic mineral” by the USA and European Union as more demand is being created that surpasses the supply threshold. This has allowed for the price of graphite to rise, as over the past 7 years the price has nearly tripled.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

(signed) “Anthony Huston”

For more information on Graphite One Resources Inc. please visit the Company’s website, www.GraphiteOneResources.com or contact:

Anthony Huston President & Director Tel: (604) 697-2862 Email: [email protected]

Neither the 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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Graphite One Commences Drilling and Completes Confirmatory Surface Sampling

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 10:03 AM on Wednesday, June 27th, 2012

Jun 27, 2012 (ACCESSWIRE-TNW via COMTEX) — June 27, 2012 – Calgary, Alberta – Graphite One Resources Inc. (gph:TSX-V)(gphof:OTCQX) (“Graphite One” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce it has mobilized a crew to the Graphite Creek Property and has commenced exploration. The multi-phased exploration program is designed to: (1) map and rock sample along the known EM conductor(s) to test strike extent and grade of graphite mineralization on surface; (2) drill test known surface graphite showings and high priority EM conductor(s), to complete a 43-101 compliant resource; and (3) complete surface mini-bulk sampling for mineralogy and metallurgical testing.

“We are excited to announce the commencement of our 2012 summer drill program,” stated Anthony Huston, President and Director for Graphite One Resources. “This initial drill program on the Graphite Creek Property has been built around an EM survey, mapping and rock sampling by our experienced exploration team, which marks a key milestone in the history of this property.” continued Mr. Huston.

Twelve rock grab samples were collected along the EM conductor at Graphite and Trail creeks by Mr. R. Eccles, M.Sc., P.Geol., of APEX Geoscience Ltd. The samples, which included both graphite-rich and background schist samples, were analyzed at Actlabs, Ancaster, Ontario and ten of the samples contained graphite (41.4, 40.1, 33.3, 24.8, 22.8, 9.26, 4.26, 3.16, 2.23, 0.77% Cg*; figure 1).

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In addition, Sean Mager has stepped down as a Director on the Board for Graphite One Resources and has assumed a position on the Advisory Board. Dale Hansen, Chief Financial Officer for Graphite One Resources, has assumed the role of Director along with his current position as CFO for the Company. “We wish to thank Mr. Mager for his invaluable service as a member on the Board of Directors and we look forward to continuing to work with Mr. Mager as he assumes his role on the Advisory Board, and we are pleased to welcome Mr. Hansen to the Board” stated Anthony Huston, President and Director.

Mr. Hansen is a Certified Management Accountant with over 20 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. During his tenure at Suncor Energy, Mr. Hansen spent two years in Fort McMurray, Alberta as Financial Accounting Manager gaining valuable insight into the Oil Sands mining process. He has a proven track record of performance leading cross-organizational change initiatives and system implementation projects. Mr. Hansen is also Chief Financial Officer of Happy Creek Minerals CA:HPY -16.13% and Chief Financial Officer and Director of Vela Minerals Ltd.

Dean Besserer, P.Geol., V.P. Exploration, manages Graphite One’s exploration and development programs and is the Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101. He supervised the preparation of the technical information in this release.

About Graphite Creek

The Graphite Creek Property comprises 89 claims totaling 4,209 hectares on the Seward Peninsula of Alaska, 65 kilometres north of Nome. Mineralization at the Graphite Creek Property is characterized by coarse crystalline (large-flake) graphite (>80mesh) within graphite-bearing schist(s). Graphite mineralization is exposed at surface. The large-flake graphite occurs as disseminations and high-grade segregations and lenses in distinctive garnet-bearing quartz biotite schist(s). The host schist(s) is continuous over 13 kilometres of strike length, based on mapping, geophysics, and has an approximate thickness of 100 metres, and is exposed down dip 100 to 200 metres, thus indicating the potential for 150 to 250 million tonnes of graphite-bearing rock. The estimate of potential tonnage is based on the Company’s geological mapping in 2011. Two samples were collected during 2011 of the graphite-bearing schist contain 9.1 to 21.8% graphite, respectively. A sample collected within a high-grade lense within the schist contained 56.9% graphite. A historical composite chip sample across a 16 metre outcrop of graphite-bearing schist contained 8.36% graphite. Other schists in the area contain 2 to 6% graphite. The potential size and grade of the mineralization at the Graphite Creek Property is conceptual in nature as there has been insufficient exploration to define a mineral resource and it is uncertain if further exploration will result in discovery of a mineral resource. The Property is 3 kilometres away from intertidal waters at Windy Cove, approximately 20 kilometres away from road systems, and 3 kilometres from an airstrip to the southeast.

Graphite One uses Actlabs (Ancaster, Ontario), an ISO/IEC 17025 accredited analytical laboratory. The technique used for determining graphitic carbon is by LECO whereby the pulp is either digested with hydrochloric and perchloric acids, or subjected to a multistage furnace treatment to remove all forms of carbon with the exception of graphitic carbon.

Graphite One Resources is committed to a regimented QA/QC program including utilizing standards, blanks and duplicates as per normal industry standards.

About Graphite One Resources Inc.

GRAPHITE ONE RESOURCES INC. (gph:TSX-V)(gphof:OTCQX) is a mineral exploration company with extensive experience in the state of Alaska and a business strategy to identify, acquire, and explore high potential projects ready for rapid advancement. The Graphite Creek Property on the Seward Peninsula of Alaska fits with the Graphite One business strategy offering significant potential for the discovery and development of a large-flake, graphite deposit exposed at surface. Graphite One has an option to earn a 100% interest in the Graphite Creek Property and plans to rapidly advance the Property to a NI 43-101 compliant resource.

The graphite market is only beginning to open up as green technology takes more precedence in the world today. Graphite is vital for lithium-ion batteries, pebble bed nuclear reactors, and fuel cells amongst other uses. Graphite has been named a “supply critical mineral” and a “strategic mineral” by the USA and European Union as more demand is being created that surpasses the supply threshold. This has allowed for the price of graphite to rise, as over the past 7 years the price has nearly tripled.

*Cg = Graphitic Carbon

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

(signed) “Anthony Huston”

For more information on Graphite One Resources Inc. please visit the Company’s website, www.GraphiteOneResources.com or contact:

Anthony Huston President & Director Tel: (604) 697-2862 Email: [email protected]

Neither the 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.

This release includes certain statements that may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. All statements in this release, other than statements of historical facts that address access to capital, regulatory approvals, exploration drilling, exploitation activities and events or developments that the Company expects are forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include market prices, exploitation and exploration successes, continuity of mineralization, uncertainties related to the ability to obtain necessary permits, licenses and title and delays due to third party opposition, changes in government policies regarding mining and natural resource exploration and exploitation, and continued availability of capital and financing, and general economic, market or business conditions. Investors are cautioned that any such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on this forward-looking information, which is given as of the date it is expressed in this press release, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable securities laws. For more information on the Company, investors should review the Company’s continuous disclosure filings that are available at www.sedar.com

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Graphite One Resources Inc. Relinquishes option On Kelly Creek Gold Property to Focus on Graphite Creek Property

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 1:16 PM on Friday, May 25th, 2012

May 24, 2012 — May 24, 2012 – Calgary, Alberta – Graphite One Resources Inc. (gph:TSX-V) (“Graphite One” or the “Company”) announces that it has relinquished its option to acquire a 100% interest in the Kelly Creek property consisting of 105,280 acres (42,605 hectares) located on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska, 145 kilometres north of Nome effective as of May 24, 2012. The Company has decided to focus its efforts and capital on graphite and specifically the Graphite Creek Property.

Pursuant to an Option Agreement dated March 26, 2010 with a third party vendor (the “Optionor”) (please see the Company’s press release dated March 26, 2010) the Company acquired the option to purchase 100% of the Kelly Creek project at any time for a period of six years. Total consideration consisted of payments of US$1,500,000 million (of which US$100,000 has been paid) and expenditures of $2,150,000 (of which approximately $4,300,000 has been incurred) in exploration expenditures with the Optionor retaining a 5% net smelter return royalty. In conjunction with the relinquishment of the Kelly Creek Property Option the Company intends to write-off all capitalized balances of approximately $4,900,000 related to this project on its March 2012 interim financial statements.

The Company is now focused primarily on its Graphite Creek Property located at the Seward Peninsula of Alaska, 65 kilometres north of Nome. The 2012 exploration program has commenced at Graphite Creek with an airborne geophysical survey. The helicopter borne survey will be conducted by SkyTEM Canada Inc. (“SkyTEM”) and will comprise both magnetics and electromagnetics (SkyTEMs’ Dual-Moment, Time-Domain Electromagnetic (“TDEM”) System). The survey will be flown at 50 metre spaced lines and will total approximately 690 total line kilometres. The survey is part of an aggressive $4.5 million dollar exploration program at the Graphite Creek Property. The program will consist of prospecting, geological mapping, sampling and drilling along conductors delineated from the airborne survey and previously defined graphite-bearing schist. The goal of the 2012 exploration program is to move the Graphite Creek Project towards a National Instrument 43-101 compliant resource.

About Graphite Creek

The Graphite Creek Property comprises 72 claims totaling 3,108 hectares on the Seward Peninsula of Alaska, 65 kilometres north of Nome. Mineralization at the Graphite Creek Property is characterized by coarse crystalline (large-flake) graphite (>80mesh) within graphite-bearing schist(s). Graphite mineralization is exposed at surface. The large-flake graphite occurs as disseminations and high-grade segregations and lenses in distinctive garnet-bearing quartz biotite schist(s). The host schist(s) is continuous over 5 kilometres of strike length, based on mapping, and has an approximate thickness of 100 metres, and is exposed down dip 100 to 200 metres, thus indicating the potential for 150 to 250 million tonnes of graphite-bearing rock. The estimate of potential tonnage is based on the Company’s geological mapping in 2011. Two samples were collected during 2011 of the graphite-bearing schist contain 9.1 to 21.8% graphite, respectively. A sample collected within a high-grade lense within the schist contained 56.9% graphite. A historical composite chip sample across a 16 metre outcrop of graphite-bearing schist contained 8.36% graphite. Other schists in the area contain 2 to 6% graphite. The potential size and grade of the mineralization at the Graphite Creek Property is conceptual in nature as there has been insufficient exploration to define a mineral resource and it is uncertain if further exploration will result in discovery of a mineral resource. The Property is 3 kilometres away from intertidal waters at Windy Cove, approximately 20 kilometres away from road systems, and 3 kilometres from an airstrip to the southeast.

About Graphite One Resources Inc.

GRAPHITE ONE RESOURCES INC. (gph:TSX-V) is a mineral exploration company with extensive experience in the State of Alaska and a business strategy to identify, acquire, and explore high potential projects ready for rapid advancement. The Graphite Creek Property on the Seward Peninsula of Alaska fits with the Graphite One business strategy offering significant potential for the discovery and development of a large-flake, graphite deposit exposed at surface. Graphite One has an option to earn a 100% interest in the Graphite Creek Property and plans to rapidly advance the Property to a NI 43-101 compliant resource.

The graphite market is only beginning to open up as green technology takes more precedence in the world today. Graphite is vital for lithium-ion batteries, pebble bed nuclear reactors, and fuel cells amongst other uses. Graphite has been named a “supply critical mineral” and a “strategic mineral” by the USA and European Union as more demand is being created that surpasses the supply threshold. This has allowed for the price of graphite to rise, as over the past 7 years the price has nearly tripled.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

(signed) “Anthony Huston”

For more information on Graphite One Resources Inc. please visit the Company’s website, www.GraphiteOneResources.com or contact:

Anthony Huston President & Director Tel: (604) 697-2862 Email: [email protected]

Neither the 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.

This release includes certain statements that may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. All statements in this release, other than statements of historical facts that address access to capital, regulatory approvals, exploration drilling, exploitation activities and events or developments that the Company expects are forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include market prices, exploitation and exploration successes, continuity of mineralization, uncertainties related to the ability to obtain necessary permits, licenses and title and delays due to third party opposition, changes in government policies regarding mining and natural resource exploration and exploitation, and continued availability of capital and financing, and general economic, market or business conditions. Investors are cautioned that any such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on this forward-looking information, which is given as of the date it is expressed in this press release, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable securities laws. For more information on the Company, investors should review the Company’s continuous disclosure filings that are available at

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Riding the graphite bull

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 10:06 AM on Wednesday, March 28th, 2012

Chris Berry, founder of Mountain Partners asset management company, provided an interesting summary of the graphite space while speaking at the recent Graphite Express Conference in Vancouver.

The conference featured a keynote address from Berry and 5-minute presentations from some of the key graphite explorers, including Zimtu Capital Corp., Northern Graphite, Lomiko Metals, Strike Graphite, Focus Metals, Graphite One Resources, First Graphite, and Standard Graphite. A similar conference followed in Toronto.

Investor interest in graphite has been growing. Last December saw the first graphite conference in London, UK presented by online journal Industrial Minerals.

The journal has a useful page on graphite and provides the following key facts on the mineral:

  • graphite comes in three forms: amorphous, flake and vein/lump. Amorphous graphite contains 70-75% carbon and is the most common. Flake graphite is 85-90% carbon and is used for higher value applications like batteries. Vein/lump graphite is 90-96% carbon and is most valuable because it requires the least processing.
  • graphite is used in refractories – used to line high-temperature equipment; pencils; lithium-ion batteries – used in consumer electronics and electric vehicles; fuel cells; and Pebble Bed nuclear reactors. It is used in foundries, lubricants and brake linings. Graphite is also used to produce graphene, a tightly packed single layer of carbon atoms that can be used to make inexpensive solar panels, powerful transistors, and even a wafer-thin tablet that could be the next-generation iPad. Graphene, extremely light and strong, has been called “the world’s next wonder material.”
  • the closure of graphite mines in China, which produces 75% of the world’s graphite, has resulted in a fall in global graphite production to 1.3 million tonnes per annum in 2011. Like rare earths, China is restricting the export of graphite to protect its own domestic industries. The second largest producer is India, followed by Brazil, North Korea, Austria and Canada.
  • Graphite exploration is focused in Canada, with eight companies exploring properties in Quebec and Ontario. Europe has a number of mothballed mines that could return to production.

Berry, a former Wall Street broker and co-publisher of the Morning Notes investment newsletter, presents the case for graphite as a key solution in solving the global dilemma of how to provide electrification to millions in the developing world, and as a critical metal for developing new battery and nuclear power technology.

What follows below are his key points:

  • The United States, Europe and China have included graphite among a short list of critical metals.
  • the US Geological Service estimates the graphite market to be 10 times the size of the market for rare earth elements. The graphite market is about the same size as the market for nickel. 60% of the market is amorphous graphite and 40% is flake graphite. Most of the growth is in flake graphite (see bullet point below)
  • natural graphite can be processed to make synthetic graphite useful for high-value applications like lithium-ion batteries, but the process is expensive – $10,000 to $20,000/ton versus $3-4,000/t for flake graphite. The result is a race to find the best flake graphite deposits.
  • graphite is different from gold, silver, copper, etc because users require a specific carbon purity level. “It’s security of supply that keeps you up at night,” says Berry.
  • 33% of the graphite market produces refractories and crucibles (used in foundries); only 5% is for batteries. But the lithium-ion battery market is expected to grow by 25% a year.
  • Three of the largest lithium-ion battery makers in the world, GS Yuasa Corp, LG Chem and Liotech, a consortium between Russia and China, are building the largest lithium-ion battery plant in the world, in Russia. “Just these three heavy hitters in the battery space are making multi-million dollar bets on the future of lithium-ion technology, which cannot push forward without graphite,” says Berry.
  • future uses of graphite could include vanadium-redox batteries and hydrogen fuel cells. Graphite could also potentially replace silicon in microchips and silver used in solar panels.
  • by 2020 world consumption of graphite will be 1.9m tonnes, which does not include graphite needed for batteries, fuel cells and Pebble Bed nuclear reactors.
  • China will require 400,000 tonnes of large flake graphite for Pebble Bed nuclear reactors and lithium-ion batteries will require 327,000 tonnes. The current supply of large flake graphite is 400,000t, so there will be a need to double the supply of large flake graphite used in batteries and nuclear reactors in the next eight years. ”The takeaway is if you buy into the electrification thesis, and I’m halfway right, demand should easily outstrip supply,” says Berry.

Gary Economo, CEO of Focus Metals, also makes a number of useful points about graphite in his recently penned article in Proactive Investors USA & Canada. A select few appear below:

  • If there is any doubt about graphite’s importance as a commodity, one only has to look at the trebling of market prices for 97% graphite concentrate during the last decade.
  • Green, off-petroleum technologies are driving demand growth towards a market bubble that even a tsunami of new global production will be unable to deflate by 2020.
  • Industrial Minerals reports that graphite prices between mid-2011 and the end of January 2012 appear to have stabilized after dropping through the end of last year.
  • A current surplus of product in the world market and end-user depletion of stockpiles contributed to the downturn.
  • The United States produces no graphite and is 100% dependent on imports to meet its industrial and technology needs. As a continental neighbor, it makes sense for Canada to look south first, then Europe and Asia as it builds its customer base.

Source: http://www.mining.com/2012/03/27/riding-the-graphite-bull/?utm_source=digest-en-mining-120327&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=digest

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