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at 10:49 AM on Wednesday, July 15th, 2020
Mr. Farhate will oversee all operations for the Aukam Graphite Mine
Prior experience in the planning, engineering, project management, marketing and sales areas of the graphite mining industry
TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / July 15, 2020 / Gratomic Inc. (“GRAT” or the “Company”) (TSXV:GRAT)(FRANKFURT:CB81)(WKN:A143MR) officially welcomes Armando Farhate aboard as Chief Operations Officer and Head of Graphite Marketing and Sales. Mr. Farhate was previously appointed as Head of the Advisory Board. Due to his extensive and successful experience in the graphite mining industry, Gratomic is thrilled to have him onboard in his new role with the Company.
Mr. Farhate will oversee all operations for the Aukam Graphite Mine in Namibia, Africa. This includes the completion of the final 10% of construction required to take the processing plant into the full commissioning phase. He will also be responsible for the management of graphite product sales and marketing, leading to the procurement of purchase contracts and the vertical integration required for the creation and sale of end-user products. Mr. Farhate’s appointment as Chief Operations Officer is subject to TSX Venture Exchange approval
Mr. Farhate’s prior experience in the planning, engineering, project management, marketing and sales areas of the graphite mining industry make him the ideal candidate to fill this role. In past projects, he was responsible for quality management, environmental management, and implementing strategic and tactical planning. In addition to operations and graphite marketing and sales, Mr. Farhate will oversee the quality management of the Aukam Graphite Mine and he will coordinate important decisions regarding processing.
Some notable accomplishments in Mr. Farhate’s experience include Natural Graphite Operations/Product Director with Imreys Graphite and Carbon and COO at National de Graphite Ltda. Some of Mr. Farhate’s responsibilities at Imreys included acting as Operations Director, directly responsible for the mining and processing units in Lac-Des-Îles, QC, and Terrebonne, QC, Canada, with 60 employees and annual sales revenue of $ 18 MM CDN. Farhate obtained 15% of OEE improvement and reduction to zero of lost time accidents. He carried out technical visits and operational due-diligences in projects of new industrial units in several countries, including a project that resulted in a joint venture in Namibia, with assets of US$ 40MM and Imreys holding a 51% share of the joint venture.
While at Imreys, Farhate was also responsible for ensuring that the product offering was adequate to the needs of the target markets, which included the preparation and development of business cases aimed at launching new product lines and new production processes; the definition of sales price policies, and the development of Marketing and Sales plans for new industrial units. He was in charge of the long-term strategy for Natural Graphite, including the definition of new production locations and sourcing strategies.
During his time at National de Grafite Ltda., Armando Farhate was responsible for the direct management of Geology, Mine Planning, Mining, Processing, Industrial Engineering, R&D, Quality System, Environment, and Sales & Marketing. He performed high level contacts with federal and state regulatory public organizations in Brazil, as well as with municipalities and state congressmen, regarding mining permitting and environment licensing processes.
Mr. Farhate coordinated new mine opening processes, including the obtaining of mining permissions and environment licenses. He coordinated, together with specialized consultants, mineral assets evaluation processes and implemented control tools generating integrated information about output, efficiency, cost and inventory levels of three different plants and more than 20 product lines, optimizing production planning and order fulfillment and obtaining OEE improvements up to $1.25 MM/yr. CDN at the three industrial units held by NDG.
He led new product and process development, including the negotiation of partnerships with public and private universities in Brazil and abroad with emphasis on the obtaining of graphite oxide and graphene from natural crystalline graphite, and on the development of process technology for lithium-ion battery anode. He conducted, in partnership with HR and Controlling, a restructuring process on administrative and supporting areas, including upper management, with saving of $300,000/yr CDN.
Mr. Farhate’s experience and expertise will undoubtedly be of great value to the Company.
About Gratomic Inc.
Gratomic is a materials company focused on mine to market commercialization of graphite products and components for a range of mass market products. The Company currently holds two off-take purchase agreements for graphite product sourced from the Aukam facility. One agreement is with TODAQ and the other is with Phu Sumika. The Company is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol GRAT.
For more information: visit the website at www.gratomic.ca or contact:
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at 10:29 AM on Tuesday, July 14th, 2020
TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / July 14, 2020 / Gratomic Inc. (“GRAT” or the “Company”) (TSXV:GRAT)(FRANKFURT:CB81)(WKN:A143MR) is pleased to announce that the shipment of the final pieces of equipment has commenced – a custom drying, size classification and dewatering assembly – required for the Aukam processing plant which, once installed, will complete the mechanical system required to bring the plant into the commissioning phase.
The custom drier system departed the Port of Shenzen China on the 13th of July 2020, and is being shipped to Walvis Bay, Namibia with an estimated arrival to occur in September. Once the three containers of equipment arrive at Walvis Bay, the equipment will be prepared and then trucked to the Aukam site.
Photo of equipment being loaded into containers at the factory in China
Manhattan Engineering, out of Johannesburg, was engaged to complete the structural and civil engineering designs to complete the platforms and foundations required to install the final pieces of equipment at the Aukam site and submitted the final drawings on the 8th of July 2020. During the shipping period, the Company will complete the requisite onsite preparations including installation of concrete foundations, conveyor screw installations, and upgrades of onsite electrical facilities to ensure quick installation and subsequent commissioning of the processing facility. As per the Company’s news releases dated May 21, 2020 and May 25, 2020 confirming the Company’s commitment to the delivery of the first three purchase orders totalling 1,800 tonnes to TODAQ commencing in November 2020, the pending arrival and subsequent installation of the final pieces of the mill assembly confirms the Company’s commitment to meet this schedule.
“We are very excited to see the last pieces of equipment on their way as this will allow Gratomic’s Aukam Property to move into the commissioning phase before year’s end. I am also very confident and look forward to the steps ahead with TODAQ. I believe achieving these exciting milestones will further strengthen and build our business relations together as partners.” ~ President and CEO, Arno Brand.
Gratomic wishes to emphasize that no Preliminary Economic Analysis (“PEA”), Preliminary Feasibility Study or Feasibility Study has been completed to support any level of production. In fact no mineral resources, let alone mineral reserves demonstrating economic viability and technical feasibility, have been delineated on the Aukam Property. The Company appointed Dr. Ian Flint to complete a PEA on the Aukam processing plant.
The Company will deliver TODAQ’s Product to an onsite warehouse beginning in November 2020, to fill the first three purchase orders totalling 1800 tonnes. The Company is not in a position to demonstrate or disclose any capital and/or operating costs that may be associated with the processing plant, nor the Company’s ability to fulfil its obligations to deliver the 1800 tonnes of graphite as required by the purchaser orders.
Gratomic wishes to emphasize that the supply of graphite pursuant to any off-take or supply agreement referred to in this news release is conditional on Gratomic being able to bring the Aukam project into a production phase and for any graphite being produced to meet certain technical and mineralization requirements. Gratomic continues to move its business towards production and as part of its business plan, expects to obtain a National Instrument 43 – 101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects technical report to help it ascertain the economics of the Aukam project.
Risk Factors
No mineral resources, let alone mineral reserves demonstrating economic viability and technical feasibility, have been delineated on the Aukam Property. The Company is not in a position to demonstrate or disclose any capital and/or operating costs that may be associated with the processing plant.
The Company advises that it has not based its production decision on even the existence of mineral resources let alone on a feasibility study of mineral reserves, demonstrating economic and technical viability, and, as a result, there may be an increased uncertainty of achieving any particular level of recovery of minerals or the cost of such recovery, including increased risks associated with developing a commercially mineable deposit.
Historically, such projects have a much higher risk of economic and technical failure. There is no guarantee that production will begin as anticipated or at all or that anticipated production costs will be achieved.
Failure to commence production would have a material adverse impact on the Company’s ability to generate revenue and cash flow to fund operations. Failure to achieve the anticipated production costs would have a material adverse impact on the Company’s cash flow and future profitability.
About Gratomic Inc.
Gratomic is a materials company focused on mine to market commercialization of graphite products and components for a range of mass market products. The Company currently holds two off-take purchase agreements for graphite product sourced from the Aukam facility. One agreement is with TODAQ and the other is with Phu Sumika. The Company is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol GRAT.
For more information: visit the website at www.gratomic.ca or contact:
Third Drill onsite accelerating drilling production at Treaty Creek
World Classs Asset being developed
Located next to the world’s largest undeveloped gold deposit by reserves in B.C.’s Golden Triangle (KSM)
2020 Drill Holes have already been shipped to the lab for assays.
American Creek has a Fully Carried 20% Interest in the Treaty Creek Project
The currently known length of the northeast axis of the Goldstorm system is 850 meters and the southeast axis is 600 meters by 700m depth.Â
Mineralization depth in the north continues to 1,200m
The system remains open in both directions and in depth Â
The total size of this mighty gold system has expanded significantly with each step-out borehole Â
The richest mineralization at ‘Treaty Creek’ starts near the surface extending to a 300m depth
The gold system is open on all sides and the geology and geophysics indicate a much larger system than has been defined. Â
The Treaty Creek Project is a Joint Venture with Tudor Gold owning 3/5th and acting as operator. American Creek and Teuton Resources each have a 1/5th interest in the project creating a 3:1 ownership relationship between Tudor Gold and American Creek. American Creek and Teuton are both fully carried until such time as a Production Notice is issued, at which time they are required to contribute their respective 20% share of development costs. Until such time, Tudor is required to fund all exploration and development costs while both American Creek and Teuton have “free ridesâ€.
World Classs 2019Drill Results:
Drill hole GS19-42: 0.849 g / t Gold Eq over 780 meters including 1.275 g / t Gold Eq over 370.5 meters in the 300 Horizon section;
Hole GS19-47: 0.697 g / t Gold Eq over 1,081.5 meters including 0.867 g / t Gold Eq over 301.5 meters in the 300 Horizon section;
Drill hole GS19-52: 0.783 g / t gold Eq over 601.5 meters incl. 1.062 g / t gold over 336.0 meters in the 300 Horizon section;
Hole GS19-48: 0.793 g / t Gold Eq over 927.0 meters;
Hole GS19-49: 0.800 g / t gold Eq over 826.5 meters including 1.080 g / t gold over 249 meters;
Hole GS19-50: 0.681 g / t Gold Eq over 577.5 meters; Hole CB-18-39: 1,086 g / t Gold Eq over 563.8 meters
Proximity to KSM:
Seabridge Gold is the adjacent neighbor to Tudor Gold’s Treaty Creek project and plans to bring the “KSM project†into production with an initial cost of capital of $5.4 billion est.
Tudor’s Treaty Creek project is significantly closer to key infrastructure such as highway and electricity than its neighbor Seabridge Gold.
Lower capital costs to build a mine at Treaty Creek is advantageous over SEA.
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.
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 4:03 PM on Wednesday, June 24th, 2020
SPONSOR: Lomiko Metals is focused on the exploration and development of minerals for the new green economy such as lithium and graphite. Lomiko has an option for 100% of the high-grade La Loutre graphite Property, Lac Des Iles Graphite Property and the 100% owned Quatre Milles Graphite Property. Lomiko is uniquely poised to supply the growing EV battery market. Click Here For More Information
The electric vehicle revolution has turned out to be more of an evolution, with the industry making slow and steady progress.
Despite this progress, the electric vehicle industry is still yet to turn a profit as a whole.
The next major step for the industry is to focus on efficiency and profitability, the two factors that will most impact the EV market share.
Many believe electric vehicles are the only future of road transportation. Equally, many are confident they will never replace internal combustion engines—not entirely, anyway. The so-called EV revolution, with sales of electric cars going through the roof and overtaking the sales of ICE cars, has failed to materialize. What the EV industry has instead been going through has been more stable and reliable: an evolution.
During this evolution, cutting battery costs and extending the range have been the two focal points of the EV industry. Now that there are some reliable results in these two respects, it is time to move to the next level: making EVs profitable.
It might come as a surprise that not all EVs are profitable, given that most EV-related headlines in the mainstream media are dedicated to Tesla, and Tesla continues to surprise the market with robust profits. But industry-wide, EVs have yet to turn in a profit, a new report from Lux Research says.
According to the report, the electric vehicle industry has made significant progress on battery costs and range extension, which has helped boost sales. Now, Lux Research analysts say, it is time to focus on efficiency to drive profitability, which would eventually make EVs more popular than ICE engine cars. This, the analysts say, should happen around 2035 or 2040, when plug-in hybrids and battery electric vehicles are expected to account for over half of all car sales.
“Currently, BEVs are more expensive and less convenient to use than their non-electric counterparts, but technology will continue to close this gap,” the lead author of the report, Christopher Robinson said. “We expect to see efficiency front and center as the next major focus of BEV design, with automakers either downsizing packs to increase profitability or offering more range.”
Naturally, the conclusions from the study are not based on research of every single EV that is on the global market. They are based on a representative sample of models, but, Robinson notes, there is a substantial difference between models in terms of profitability.
“Profitability in making electric vehicles ranges significantly between manufacturers. Tesla is likely the most profitable electric vehicle manufacturer with average gross margins around 20% on its vehicles,” the study’s lead author said. “However, that’s not the case for most as GM reported it still loses money on each Chevy Bolt it sells and has been hesitant to ramp up production. As incumbent manufacturers increase production capacity, we do expect profitability to improve through increased volumes of shared parts between models and advancements in batteries, motors, and other electronics in the powertrain.”
And then there are subsidies. Scorned by libertarians as a taxpayer-burdening crutch for industries that should be able to stand on their own two feet, subsidies for electric vehicles will remain in place for the observable future, at least in Europe and China, two of the world’s largest EV markets.
China recently said it would extend EV subsidies for two years, although it had planned to scrap them this year. It will gradually reduce them by 10 percent this year, 20 percent next year, and 30 percent in 2022, but it will keep them in place to stimulate more EV sales. Beijing has a target of 25 percent of all car sales to be EVs.
Meanwhile, Germany and France are even raising their EV subsidies to drive more purchases. These purchases are a big part of their green recovery plan, and in France, they are a big part of the revival of the local car industry, which has already invested heavily in electric vehicle manufacturing capabilities.
Sales of EVs this year will be affected by the pandemic, as will all car sales. BloombergNEF projects an 18-percent decline in EV sales this year but notes long-term demand remains strong.
Still, two more obstacles remain on the road to making EVs the dominant form of road transportation, and Lux Research analysts accurately call them range anxiety and charge time trauma. The reference to mental issues is not accidental. Besides their price, an inherent mistrust of EVs is a big reason why they are not a more common sight on roads and streets around the world.
Resolving these issues will take time, and they cannot be rushed, unless carmakers start handing out free EVs. After all, EVs are not an improvement on the ICE technology the way digital cameras were an improvement on analog ones. EVs are an alternative technology whose main advantage is that it does not emit noxious gases.
There are certainly many people concerned about the environment enough to be willing to spend more on a cleaner vehicle. Yet those who would rather keep their old truck, noxious gases and all, than buy an electric version and worry about charging times and ranges all the time are many more. These are the people whom the EV industry needs to convince that their product is reliable and won’t leave them stranded at a charging station in the middle of nowhere for hours.
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at 10:12 AM on Tuesday, June 16th, 2020
Cardston, Alberta–(Newsfile Corp. – June 16, 2020) – American Creek Resources Ltd. (TSXV: AMK) (the “Company” or “American Creek”) – Following its press release of May 12, 2020, the Company announces the completion of the sale of its 40% interest in the Electrum Project joint venture to Tudor Gold Corp. (‘Tudor”). The purchase price received was $250,000 cash and 1,400,000 Tudor common shares, which are subject to a contractual 8 month hold period expiring February 16, 2021.
Darren Blaney, American Creek CEO stated: “We are please to be able to complete this transaction which gives the Company additional operating funds and more importantly, further increases the Company’s exposure to the Treaty Creek JV Project. We are very much looking forward to the upcoming developments as the Tudor team is doing an outstanding job of advancing the Treaty Creek project in a major way”.
About American Creek
American Creek holds a strong portfolio of gold and silver properties in British Columbia.
Two of those properties are located in the prolific “Golden Triangle”; the Treaty Creek joint venture project with Tudor (Walter Storm) as well as the 100% owned past producing Dunwell Mine.
The Company 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 10:52 AM on Tuesday, June 9th, 2020
SPONSOR: American Creek owns a 20% Carried Interest to Production at the Treaty Creek Project in the Golden Triangle. 2019’s first hole averaged 0.683 g/t Au over 780m in a vertical intercept. 2020 drilling has started, with 18,000 to 20,000 metres from 7-10 drill platforms with four diamond drill rigs. The Treaty Creek property is located in the same hydrothermal system as the Pretivm and Seabridge’s KSM deposits and is fully funded for exploration in 2020. Click Here For More Info
Located next to the world’s largest undeveloped gold deposit by reserves in B.C.’s Golden Triangle (KSM)
Drilling has started 1 month early
There are already holes shipped off to the lab for assays.
American Creek has a Fully Carried 20% Interest in the Treaty Creek Project
The currently known length of the northeast axis of the Goldstorm system is 850 meters and the southeast axis is 600 meters by 700m depth.
Mineralization depth in the north continues to 1,200m when the drills gave out
The system remains open in both directions and in depth
The total size of this mighty gold system has expanded significantly with each step-out borehole
AMK Partner Tudor is planning a step-out of 150 meters to the east and the north in 2020.
The richest mineralization at ‘Treaty Creek’ starts near the surface extending to a 300m depth, which clearly speaks for a future open pit mine.
The gold system is open on all sides and the geology and geophysics indicate a much larger system than has been defined.
The Treaty Creek Project is a Joint Venture with Tudor Gold owning 3/5th and acting as operator. American Creek and Teuton Resources each have a 1/5th interest in the project creating a 3:1 ownership relationship between Tudor Gold and American Creek. American Creek and Teuton are both fully carried until such time as a Production Notice is issued, at which time they are required to contribute their respective 20% share of development costs. Until such time, Tudor is required to fund all exploration and development costs while both American Creek and Teuton have “free rides”.
Demand for world-class projects in politically stable regions such as Canada and Australia will increase significantly. Projects such as’ Treaty Creek ‘by Tudor Gold should be at the top of the big producers’ shopping list
JS Research from Germany just came out with a report on Treaty Creek and American Creek’s JV partner Tudor Gold, which includes projections for the size and value of the project. Below is the English translation:
TRANSLATED ARTICLE:
Tudor Gold Starts Powerful Drill Program With 22.5 To 32.1 Million Ounces Of Gold Eq Target ++ Billionaire Eric Sprott Invests Another CAD 2.9 Million!
The exploration pearl Tudor Gold Corp. (Ticker Canada: TUD, WKN: A2AJ7Y) we presented you in detail several times last year. Many of our readers can already look forward to exceptional price gains in their securities accounts, since the share has exploded from CAD 0.24 in 2019 to CAD 1.07 in the meantime! A gain of 345%. But that’s not all – we are convinced that Tudor Gold still has very high price potential.
Smart investors are now positioning themselves again at the perfect time – why? We have examined the latest company reports in more detail for you and summarized our assessment:
TOP NEWS 1:
Tudor Gold announced on May 11th (see link here) that the powerful drilling program has started on the flagship Project ‘Treaty Creek’ in BC’s Golden Triangle! The world-class explorer plans to drill a total of 20,000 meters there in the next few months. This means that this year’s drilling program is more than twice as large as last year when 9,781 meters were drilled in 14 holes.
TOP NEWS 2:
100% hit rate for the 2019 drilling program – all 14 holes have hit gold-bearing mineralization! Chapeau to the management team around the experienced CEO Walter Storm, who, as a co-founder of Osisko Mining (market capitalization then rose from under 10 million to over 4.5 billion CAD), had a real golden hand in exploration in Canada!
TOP NEWS 3:
The legendary star investor Eric Sprott has massively expanded his strategic stake in Tudor Gold! The billionaire announced on May 15, 20 that he had exercised two purchase warrants ahead of time and has thus transferred CAD 2.9 million to Tudor. (Read the German press release here: LINK) The smart Eric Sprott knows exactly how to make a lot of money in the raw materials sector! This further investment is a special seal of approval and strong proof of trust in the world-class Explorer Tudor Gold!!! Follow the ‘smart money’ and be there when Tudor Gold writes exploration history!
TOP NEWS 4:
Tudor Gold is one of the few exploration companies that are sufficiently funded to run such a mega exploration program! So there will be a lot of news flow in the next few months, which should cause extreme (positive) share price fantasy!
TOP NEWS 5:
The exploration team around Tudor Gold’s award-winning star geologist and VP Project Development, Ken Konkin , has even managed to start drilling four weeks earlier! This is top news, because the publication of the first drilling results can now be expected much earlier! Ken Konkin was instrumental in the discovery of Pretium Resources’ The Valley of Kings deposit. The very experienced Ken Konkin knows exactly what he is doing – we are expecting another successful exploration program this year!
TOP NEWS 6:
The company has big plans: On April 22, 20, Tudor announced that the metallurgical test work and preliminary basic studies on ‘Treaty Creek’ have started. For us, this is a strong sign that Tudor will continue to develop the project until it is ready for production after the release of a first resource (towards the end of this year?)! You can read the German press release here:
LINK TOP NEWS 7:
The gold price marked a new multi-year high of $ 1,765 in May and is still in a long-term cyclical uptrend. Many experts expect the nominal all-time high of around USD 1,920 to be exceeded in the next few months.
In April, the renowned American Bank of America made a forecast that gold could rise to up to USD 3,000 per troy ounce within 18 months! One of the reasons for the gold price rise is the launch of global economic stimulus programs and the massive expansion of money supply by the major central banks. It is estimated that the staggering $ 10 trillion in new money will be printed or launched on government programs.
These measures are designed to avert a severe recession / depression triggered by COVID-19. It is expected that we will see rapidly increasing inflation rates or even stagflation in the next few years! Gold is and remains one of the safest investments (a so-called ‘safe haven’) for investors in such an environment and offers the ultimate protection against inflation-related devaluation.
Gold stocks traditionally have significant leverage against gold. This means that if the gold price trend is positive, they will increase significantly more in percentage terms. Experience has shown that the typical leverage effect of a gold share is 1.5 to 4x. (A 1% price increase in gold usually means an increase of 1.5 to 4% for shares in the gold sector). Not so with Tudor Gold: the exploration company even had a much stronger lever on the gold price in 2019! It was a strong 12.6x in 2019! The stock increased from $ 0.24 to $ 0.79 from January 2, 2019 to December 31, 2018. This corresponds to a percentage increase of 229.2%. The gold price rose by only 18.1% over the same period. Tudor Gold’s leverage was 12.6x (calculation formula: 229.2: 18.1 = 20.5). [Gold lever Tudor gold]
TOP NEWS 8: Tudor Gold’s drilling results in 2019 are world class! We have listed a few of the most spectacular drill results to date:
Drill hole GS19-42: 0.849 g / t Gold Eq over 780 meters including 1.275 g / t Gold Eq over 370.5 meters in the 300 Horizon section;
Hole GS19-47: 0.697 g / t Gold Eq over 1,081.5 meters including 0.867 g / t Gold Eq over 301.5 meters in the 300 Horizon section;
Drill hole GS19-52: 0.783 g / t gold Eq over 601.5 meters incl. 1.062 g / t gold over 336.0 meters in the 300 Horizon section;
Hole GS19-48: 0.793 g / t Gold Eq over 927.0 meters;
Hole GS19-49: 0.800 g / t gold Eq over 826.5 meters including 1.080 g / t gold over 249 meters;
Hole GS19-50: 0.681 g / t Gold Eq over 577.5 meters; Hole CB-18-39: 1,086 g / t Gold Eq over 563.8 meters
Tudor Gold has already managed to define a significant mineralization corridor on Treaty Creek. The currently known length of the northeast axis of the Goldstorm system is over 850 meters and the southeast axis is at least 600 meters. The system remains open in both directions and in depth!
The total size of this mighty gold system has expanded significantly with each step-out borehole! As can be seen in the recently released press release, Tudor is planning another step-out well 150 meters away in 2020. Not to be painted if a long gold mineralization section is found again! And the best thing is that mineralization at ‘Treaty Creek’ starts near the surface, which clearly speaks for a future open pit mine!
Tudor Gold has therefore defined the so-called ‘Horizon 300 Zone’. This means the area of the first 300 meters from the ground. As you can see in the above results, the ore grades are often even over 1.00 grams of gold per ton! This increases the economy of this world-class project enormously. The gold system is open on all sides and the overall size has not yet been fully defined. Thus, Tudor Gold’s flagship project still has enormous exploration potential!
The company plans to begin producing an initial resource estimate for Treaty Creek immediately after the 2020 drilling season is completed. We took the trouble to simulate a potential resource based on the conceptual exploration target for Treaty Creek of 1 billion tons of rock and various assumptions of ore grades (grams of gold per ton). We would like to emphasize that this simulation is based on an interview by Ken Konkin with Swiss Resource Capital AG in November 2019 and various variable assumptions!
Tudor Gold’s star geologist Ken Konkin, Vice President Project Development, gave an impressive interview in November 2019.
Tudor Gold’s ‘Treaty Creek’ – the next significant world-class project in stable and mining-friendly Canada (BC) [Conceptual exploration target Treaty Creek]
As more and more gold producers have to replace their mined gold resources in order to maintain constant gold production, we believe that demand for world-class projects in politically stable regions such as Canada and Australia will increase significantly. Projects such as’ Treaty Creek ‘by Tudor Gold should be at the top of the big producers’ shopping list. Because the flagship project ‘Treaty Creek’ is close to the infrastructure of roads and electricity in mining-friendly western Canada.
Should Tudor Gold actually manage to prove an initial gold resource of 22-32 million ounces by the end of the year, there would be a highly explosive revaluation of the share! Currently, the market capitalization is only around CAD 137 million. As I said, Tudor Gold has not released a proven resource yet, but the spectacular drill results from 2019 show that the company may be controlling a world-class ore body on Treaty Creek!
We have created a hypothetical valuation matrix for Tudor Gold. If a producer were willing to pay, for example, USD 65 for each ounce of gold after the publication of a gold resource, the value of the gold treasure (eg 20 million ounces) at Treaty Creek would be CAD 1.98 billion. Tudor Gold’s 60% stake in Treaty Creek would have a value of $ 1.19 billion or $ 7.80 per share. This corresponds to a price potential of an incredible 748%!
[Hypothetical assessment of Treaty Creek]
Since Tudor Gold’s Treaty Creek project is located in politically safe Canada, a substantial takeover premium should be extremely realistic if a major is taken over by M&A.
$ 90 per ounce of gold is also easy in the realm of possibility. The takeover value for Tudor Gold would of course be correspondingly higher – in theory it would be approx. 10.80 CAD per share! That is why in previous articles we allowed Tudor Gold a clear potential for excavators. We expect huge news flow from Tudor Gold in 2020, especially for the upcoming drilling season, which will be a combination of ‘infill’ drilling and ‘step-out’ drilling.
In addition, the mineralization zones begin near the surface, which strongly suggests that a large open open- cast mine may develop here. And it is known that Tudor Gold’s flagship project can be connected to a few kilometers away infrastructure (electricity and road).
‘Wild Card’:
Seabridge Gold is the adjacent neighbor to Tudor Gold’s Treaty Creek project and plans to bring the “KSM project” into production. Should this extremely costly mine project, with an initial cost of capital of $ 5.4 billion estimated, ever be financed and go into production, Seabridge plans to build a tunnel directly through Treaty Creek. As can be seen from various company presentations and on the Seabridge website, this so-called ‘ Mitchell Treaty’ tunnel (‘MTT’) is to be used to design an underground train system via which not only ore but also personnel and consumables are to be transported. As we can assess the situation from a distance, the possible tunnel is quite close to the potential Goldstorm gold system on ‘Treaty Creek’ – Tudor Gold will definitely not allow sterilization of your future resource!
In our opinion, this tunnel will only be possible, if at all, under very mutually acceptable conditions and at eye level with Tudor Gold! Otherwise, it would be hard for us to imagine how Seabridge would survive a multi-billion-dollar lawsuit if the planned tunnel ran straight through Tudor Gold’s future (potential) open pit mine.
Tudor’s Treaty Creek project is significantly closer to key infrastructure such as highway and electricity than its neighbor Seabridge Gold. Therefore, gold producers’ interest in Tudor Gold should also be greater. We also expect significantly lower capital costs to build a mine at Treaty Creek.
[Proposed sea bridge tunnel] Source: Seabridge Gold company presentation, July 2019
Summary of Highlights:
Prime location: Huge land package in the world-famous Canadian ‘Golden Triangle’ – more than 72 million ounces of gold have already been discovered within a few kilometers.
The Treaty Creek flagship project is adjacent to the largest world-class deposits and mines. (Seabridge Gold and Pretium Resources)
Top Management – Very experienced and successful team under the leadership of the renowned Walter Storm , co-founder of the Canadian mining company Osisko Mining . Ken Konkin , a multi-award winning geologist, has led the drilling program since 2019. He was instrumental in the discovery of Pretium Resources’ The Valley of Kings deposit. (8 million ounces of gold)
World-Class Drill Results at Treaty Creek Project:
The 2019 drilling program resulted in first-class continuous mineralization sections, for example Drill hole GS19-42: 0.849 g / t Gold Eq over 780 meters including 1.275 g / t Gold Eq over 370.5 meters in the 300 Horizon section;
Hole GS19-47: 0.697 g / t Gold Eq over 1,081.5 meters including 0.867 g / t Gold Eq over 301.5 meters in the 300 Horizon section;
Drill hole GS19-52: 0.783 g / t gold Eq over 601.5 meters incl. 1.062 g / t gold over 336.0 meters in the 300 Horizon section;
Hole GS19-48: 0.793 g / t Gold Eq over 927.0 meters; Hole GS19-49: 0.800 g / t gold Eq over 826.5 meters including 1.080 g / t gold over 249 meters;
Hole GS19-50: 0.681 g / t Gold Eq over 577.5 meters; Hole CB-18-39: 1,086 g / t Gold Eq over 563.8 meters
Enormous exploration potential – large parts of the exploration projects are still largely unexplored.
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at 9:54 AM on Thursday, June 4th, 2020
SPONSOR: American Creek owns a 20% Carried Interest to Production at the Treaty Creek Project in the Golden Triangle. 2019’s first hole averaged 0.683 g/t Au over 780m in a vertical intercept. 2020 drilling has started, with 18,000 to 20,000 metres from 7-10 drill platforms with four diamond drill rigs. The Treaty Creek property is located in the same hydrothermal system as the Pretivm and Seabridge’s KSM deposits and is fully funded for exploration in 2020. Click Here For More Info
Gold and Silver moved lower early on June 2nd and 3rd. Our research team believes this is a “Washout Low†price rotation following a technical pattern that will prompt a much higher rally in precious metals. This type of washout price rotation is fairly common before very big moves after Pennant/Flag formations or just after reaching major price trigger levels.
With Gold, a sideways Pennant/Flag formation has been setting up near our GREEN Fibonacci Price Amplitude Resistance Arc. We believe the downward price rotation recently is a perfect setup for skilled technical traders to take advantage of lower entry price levels. The GREEN Fibonacci Price Amplitude Arc will very likely be breached over the next 5 to 10 trading days and the price of Gold should rally well above $1850 in the process. We believe this Washout Rotation is a process of running through the Long Stops just below recent price activity that will end with a defined upside price rally over the next 2 to 5+ weeks.
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Silver has set up a completely different type of price pattern – a true Double-Top pattern. The downward price rotation recently in Silver is indicative of a weaker reaction to this massive resistance pattern and Double-Top. The likelihood that Silver will find support above $17 and mount a further upside price rally over the next 2 to 5+ weeks is still very strong. After the deep downward price collapse in Silver took place, just like what happened in 2009 and 2010, the upside potential for Silver is still massive – likely targeting $65 per ounce of higher.
This current Gold to Silver Ratio Monthly chart highlights the recent collapse in the ratio level as Silver rallied from near $12 towards current levels near $18. A similar spike in the Gold to Silver Ratio took place in 2008-09 – just before the broader market collapse in the US and Global markets took place. This happens as the initial reaction to risk in the global markets pushes Gold prices a bit higher while Silver, the often overlooked store of value, typically declines in value.
Once the price of Silver starts to rally, pushing the Gold to Silver ratio below 60 typically, both Gold and Silver start to align in price and begin to rally together. The current level of the Gold to Silver ratio is 94.9. This suggests that both Gold and Silver have quite a way to go in terms of reaching the “alignment phaseâ€. Our researchers believe Gold will rally above $2100 to $2400 and Silver will rally above $40 to $50 before the two metals align and begin to rally together in almost equal strength.
Concluding Thoughts:
Pay attention to what happens to precious metals over the next 10 to 15+ days. If our research is correct, both Gold and Silver will rally higher by about 7.5% to 14% – setting up new price highs for both metals. When the washout pattern completes, usually a fairly aggressive price trend begins where new price highs are established fairly quickly. Get ready, this should be a really nice upside price swing in precious metals over the next 6+ months or longer.
American Creek Resources Ltd. (TSXV: AMK) (the “Company” or “American Creek”) – Following its press release of April 29, 2020, the Company is providing a further update on the status of filing of its annual financial statements, management’s discussion and analysis and related CEO and CFO certificates for the year ended December 31, 2019 (collectively, the “Annual Filings“).
On March 18, 2020, the Canadian Securities Administrators announced that they would provide issuers with a 45-day filing extension for filings required on or before June 1, 2020, as a result of COVID-19 pandemic. As such, the British Columbia Securities Commission has enacted BC Instrument 51-515 Temporary Exemption from Certain Corporate Finance Requirements (“BCI 51-515“).
In its April 29, 2020, press release, the Company announced its reliance on the exemption with respect to extending the deadline of the required filings pursuant to BCI 51-515. The Company currently still expects to file the Annual Filings on or prior to June 15, 2020.
The Company will also rely on BCI 51-515 to extend the deadline of filing its first-quarter consolidated interim financial statements, accompanying management’s discussion and analysis, and related CEO and CFO certificates for the three months ended March 31, 2020 (collectively, the “First-Quarter Filings“), which are required to be filed by June 1, 2020 under sections 4.3 and 4.4 of National Instrument 51-102 – Continuous Disclosure Obligations. The Company is continuing to work diligently and currently expects to have the First-Quarter Filings filed on or prior to the extended filing deadline of July 16, 2020.
As required by BC Instrument 51-515, and similar Instruments and Orders enacted in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario, the Company discloses the following:
Until such time as the Company has filed the Annual Filings and the First-Quarter Filings, members of management and other insiders are subject to a trading black-out policy that reflects the principles in section 9 of National Policy 11-207 – Failure-to-File Cease Trade Orders and Revocations in Multiple Jurisdictions.
The Company confirms that there have been no material business developments, other than those announced through news releases, since November 2019 when the Company filed its third quarter interim financial results for the period ended September 30, 2019.
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.
A major drill program was conducted in 2019 at Treaty Creek by JV partner and operator Tudor Gold. The focus of the program was on the Goldstorm zone where drilling has produced very wide intercepts of gold including a 780 meter intercept of 0.683 g/t gold including a higher grade upper portion of 1.095 g/t over 370.5 meters.
The Treaty Creek Project is a Joint Venture with Tudor Gold owning 60% and acting as operator. American Creek and Teuton Resources each have 20% interests in the project. American Creek and Teuton are both fully carried until such time as a Production Notice is issued, at which time they are required to contribute their respective 20% share of development costs. Until such time, Tudor is required to fund all exploration and development costs while both American Creek and Teuton have “free rides”.
A drill program was also recently concluded on the 100% owned Dunwell Mine property located near Stewart. Assay results are pending.
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 Company is available on its website at www.americancreek.com
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at 8:39 AM on Friday, May 29th, 2020
Gratomic Inc. is an advanced, vertically integrated Licenced Mining and Exploration Company focused on mine to market commercialization of graphite and graphite products for a range of mass-market applications. The Company currently holds two off-take agreements, one with TodaQ and one with Phu Sumika. The first purchase order is anticipated to be filled in the fall of 2020 with high-purity vein graphite extracted from the Company’s Aukam Graphite Mine in Namibia. CliChina Graphite flake-195 spot prices were slightly higher in May. For More Info Click Here
Graphite market news – Graphite supply needs to increase nearly 500 percent by 2050.
Graphite company news – Bass Metals identified mineralization of at least 4.5km in strike. Magnis
Energy NY Battery Plant funding is close to closing. Nouveau Monde receives $5.2m funding.
Welcome to the May edition of the graphite miners news. May saw graphite prices rise slightly and not a lot of news.
Our cells should be called Nickel-Graphite, because primarily the cathode is nickel and the anode side is graphite with silicon oxide.
Graphite price news
During May China graphite flake-195 EXW spot prices were up 0.71%, and are up 10.26% over the past year. Note that 94-97% is considered best suited for use in batteries; it is then upgraded to 99.9% purity to make “spherical” graphite used in Li-ion batteries.
Graphite price chart – Large flake graphite price is ~USD 830/t
In my January 30, 2018 Trend Investing Interview with Benchmark Minerals Simon Moores said about graphite:
Spherical graphite anode plants, predominately based in China, were traditionally 5-10,000 tpa but now we are tacking four megafactories are looking to produce 60,000 to 100,000 tpa from 2020 onwards.
The impact of the proposed megafactories on raw material demand (graphite in red)
LG Chem bets big on carbon nanotubes. LG Chem will invest 65 billion won ($53 million) by the first quarter of 2021 to expand production of carbon nanotubes, which are known to be among the strongest, lightest and most conductive fibers, at its plant in Korea. With the investment, the company said it will expand the annual production capacity to 1,700 tons from the current 500 tons. “By using carbon nanotubes as anode-conductive additives, we will be able to reduce the use of conductive materials by about 30 percent and increase the capacity of lithium-ion batteries,” the company said.
Graphite supply needs to increase nearly 500 percent by 2050. The energy revolution and the push for lower carbon emissions are unstoppable trends that will continue to unfold in the coming decades. Demand for energy storage is expected to be so high that production of key battery metals such as graphite will need to ramp up to unprecedented levels. According to a new World Bank report, just to meet the increasing demand from this segment, graphite output will need to jump by nearly 500 percent by 2050.
Fine flake prices fall while market for larger sizes tightens. Prices in the +194 market and parts of the +894 market have risen, with consumers that need to secure material being prepared to accept higher offers.
Graphite miner news
Graphite producers
I have not covered the following graphite producers as they are not typically accessible to most Western investors. They include – Aoyu Graphite Group, BTR New Energy Materials, Qingdao Black Dragon, National de Grafite, Shanshan Technology, and LuiMao Graphite.
Note: Imerys Graphite and Carbon (OTC:IMYSF) and AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group NV [NA:AMG] [GR:ADG] (OTCPK:AMVMF) are also “diversified producers”, producing graphite. SGL Carbon (OTCPK:SGLFF) [ETR:SGL] is a synthetic graphite producer.
Battery Anode Material Project [USA] – Restart of Operations. Syrah Resources Limited is pleased to announce restart of operations at the Battery Anode Material (“BAM”) plant in Vidalia (Louisiana, USA)……Currently 100% of all anode precursor material into the lithium ion battery supply chain is manufactured in China. Ex-China AAM producers in Korea and Japan are therefore wholly reliant on China for supply of natural graphite anode precursor material. This in-turn means ex-China battery cell manufacturers in Japan, Korea, the USA and Europe are therefore reliant on China for their anode supply chains. Syrah aims to provide an alternate and complementary supply of anode material to existing China supply to meet growing demand…..Production of qualification samples of AAM is planned during H2 2020.
On May 18 Bass Metals announced: “exploration update”.
Highlights:
“Bass recently completed an initial surface exploration program which identified mineralization of at least 4.5km in strike between the Mahela and Loharano large flake graphite deposits (the “Mineralized Trend”)(ASX announcement 29th April 2020) and identified several high priority targets……
14 of the 15 holes drilled to date have recorded regolith hosted, large flake graphite mineralization present.
The Project is a near-mine mineralization zone located a short 2km haul to well-established large flake graphite mining and processing infrastructure (Graphmada).
The Company plans for the results of this drilling, and follow up diamond drilling, to support materially expanding Graphmada’s Mineral Resource.”
Ceylon Graphite has ‘Vein graphite’ production out of one mine in Sri Lanka with 121 square kilometers of tenements.
No news for the month.
Mineral Commodities Ltd. (“MRC”) [ASX:MRC]
Skaland Graphite is 90% owned by MRC. Skaland is the highest grade flake graphite operation in the world and largest producing mine in Europe; with immediate European graphite production of up to 10,000 tonnes per annum with regulatory approval to increase to 16,000. MRC owns 90%.
On April 30, Mineral Commodities Ltd. announced: “Quarterly activities report-March 2020.” Highlights include:
“Tormin – Key environmental approval received at Tormin for expanded mining rights and downstream processing.
Tormin – Prospecting Rights for Northern Beaches and Inland Strand granted and registered.
Tormin – Resource drilling underway with up to 62% THM intersected at Inland Strandline along with new Eastern Strandline discovery.
Skaland Graphite – Maiden JORC resource of Indicated and Inferred 1.78 million tonnes at 22% TGC announced.
Munglinup DFS completed, demonstrating robust outcomes that enable MRC to move to 90% ownership: Post-tax – Net Present Value (“NPV7”) US$111M [AU$160M]. Post-tax project – IRR 30%. Capex – US$61M (AU$88M). Opex – US$491/tonne [FOB] (AU$720/tonne).
Munglinup/Skaland downstream purification testwork progressing well with results due for release in Q2 2020.
NPBT 2019 full year results – Revenue of US$61.8M up 12%, EBITDA US$16.5M up 12%, NPBT US$11.9M up 14% and NPAT US$7.8M down 11%.”
Tormin Northern Beach delivers high grade maiden resource…High-grade resource of 2.5 Million tonnes at 23.5% Total Heavy Minerals (“THM”).
Graphite developers
Magnis Energy Technologies Ltd. [ASX:MNS] (OTC:URNXF) (formerly Magnis Resources)
Magnis is an Australian based company that has rapidly moved into battery technology and is planning to become one of the world’s largest manufacturers of lithium-ion battery cells. Magnis has a world class graphite deposit in Tanzania known as the Nachu Graphite Project.
On May 15, Magnis Energy Technologies Ltd. announced: “NY Battery Plant – major milestones completed.” Highlights include:
“Detailed engineering and facility pre-work completed on the New York Battery Plant.
Reports commissioned at the request of three prospective investors have been finalised for their due diligence process.
Potential financiers have provided Non-Binding term sheets and a LOI, but COVID-19 pandemic is delaying funding closure.
Sale of a portion of the nickel foam purchased as part of the plant acquisition, nets iM3NY over AUD$500,000.”
On May 21, Magnis Energy Technologies Ltd. announced: “Evaluation of Nachu Graphite by major prospective customers.” Highlights include:
“Samples of Nachu high purity graphite provided to South Korean and Japanese LIB battery anode suppliers.
Ongoing metallurgical work to optimise production of uncoated spherical graphite at >99.95% TGC purity using low cost mechanical process.
Two-step process with Flake graphite concentrate produced initially at 99.8%TGC purity with subsequent spheronisation achieving >99.95% TGC purity.”
The Black Crystal Project is located in the Slocan Valley area of British Columbia, Canada, 35km West of the city of Nelson, and 70km North of the border to the USA. The quarry and plant areas are the project’s two main centers of activity.
No news for the month.
Battery Minerals [ASX:BAT] [GR:0FS]
Battery Minerals core commodity targets are graphite, zinc/lead and copper. BAT is maintaining a focus on its two graphite development assets Montepuez and Balama which are located in Mozambique.
No news for the month.
You can view the latest investor presentation here.
You can view the latest investor presentation here.
Triton Minerals [ASX:TON][GR:1TG]
Triton Minerals Ltd. engages in the acquisition, exploration and development of areas that are highly prospective for gold, graphite and other minerals. The company was founded on March 28, 2006 and is headquartered in West Perth, Australia. Triton has three large graphite projects in Mozambique, not far from Syrah Resources Balama project.
No significant news for the month.
You can view the latest investor presentation here and an excellent video here.
NextSource Materials Inc. [TSX:NEXT] [GR:1JW] (OTCQB:NSRCF)
NextSource Materials Inc. is a mine development company based in Toronto, Canada, that’s developing its 100%-owned, Feasibility-Stage Molo Graphite Project in Madagascar. The Company also has the Green Giant Vanadium Project on the same property.
No news for the month.
Investors can view the latest company presentation here. You can watch the company’s Senior Vice President Brent Nykoliation video interview here.
Northern’s principal asset is the Bissett Creek graphite project located 100km east of North Bay, Ontario, Canada and close to major roads and infrastructure. The Company has completed an NI 43-101 Bankable final Feasibility Study and received its major environmental permit.
No news for the month.
You can view the latest investor presentation here.
Talga Resources Ltd. is a technology minerals company enabling stronger, lighter and more functional materials for the multi-billion dollar global coatings, battery, construction and carbon composites markets using graphene and graphite. Talga 100% owned graphite deposits are in Sweden, proprietary process test facility is in Germany.
On April 30, Talga Resources announced: “Quarterly activities review for the period ending 31 March 2020.” Highlights include:
Commercial & Product Development
“MOU agreement signed with Mitsui for joint project development.
Successful 60 tonne pilot graphite concentrate program supports anode market development.
Talga in Bentley Motors electric drive project (subsequent to the period).
“Environmental approval received for Vittangi Stage 1 Mining Operation, Sweden.”
Corporate & Investor Relations
“COVID-19 operational update and cost reduction measures.
Cash balance of A$6.6 million as at 31 March 2020.”
You can view the latest investor presentation here.
SRG Mining Inc. [TSXV:SRG] [GR:18Y] [Formerly SRG Graphite Inc.]
SRG is focused on developing the Lola graphite deposit, which is located in the Republic of Guinea, West Africa. The Lola Graphite occurrence has a prospective surface outline of 3.22 km2 of continuous graphitic gneiss, one of the largest graphitic surface areas in the world. SRG owns 100% of the Lola Graphite Project.
On May 8, SRG Mining Inc. announced: “SRG Mining Inc. announces grant of Stock Options.”
You can view the latest investor presentation here.
Leading Edge Materials Corp. is a Canadian company focused on becoming a sustainable supplier of a range of critical materials. Leading Edge Materials’ flagship asset is the Woxna Graphite production facility in central Sweden. The company also owns the Bergby lithium project, the Norra Karr REE project, and the Kontio cobalt project all located in Scandinavia.
No significant news for the month.
Investors can view the latest company presentation here.
Nouveau Monde Graphite own the Matawinie graphite project, located in the municipality of Saint-Michel-des-Saints, approximately 150 km north of Montreal, Canada.
On April 29, Nouveau Monde Graphite announced: “Nouveau Monde receives over $5.2m in financial support.” Highlights include:
5% increase to Sustainable Development Technology Canada’s $4,250,000 initial grant representing an additional $212,500.”
You can view the latest investor presentation here.
Volt Resources [ASX:VRC] [GR:R8L]
Volt Resources Ltd. is a graphite exploration company. The Company is focused on the exploration and development of its existing wholly owned Bunyu Graphite Project in Tanzania and the identification of further assets globally which have the potential to add value to shareholders.
No news for the month.
You can view the latest investor presentation here.
Renascor Resources [ASX:RNU]
Renascor Resources Ltd. is an Australian exploration company, which focuses on the discovery and development of economically viable deposits containing uranium, gold, copper, and associated minerals. Its projects include graphite, copper, precious metals, and uranium.
On April 30, Renascor Resources announced: “Quarterly report 31 March 2020.” Highlights include:
“Renascor’s development of its 100%-owned Siviour Graphite Project continues, with focus on battery-grade, Purified Spherical Graphite for use in lithium-ion batteries. Work undertaken during the recently completed quarter included. Discussions with potential offtake partners in Northeast Asia and Europe, which have revealed strong interest in Renascor’s plans to develop a Purified Spherical Graphite Advanced Manufacturing operation within Australia. An advanced study on a vertically integrated Purified Spherical Graphite operation. Additional production trials to produce qualifying Purified Spherical Graphite samples from Siviour graphite concentrates. Continued mineral processing tests aimed at optimising production parameters for producing graphite concentrates and Purified Spherical Graphite.
Letter of Support received for the provision of finance from Export Finance Australia, the official Export Credit Agency of the Australian Government.
Renascor has taken steps to manage the impact of COVID-19, with work programs being designed to ensure that they can continue with minor disruptions due to travel restrictions and shipping delays.
Cash position of approximately $2.1m as of 31 March 2020, which does not include a further $137,000 in placement proceeds due from Renascor Directors following Shareholder approval at 11 March 2020 Shareholder meeting.”
You can view the latest investor presentation here.
EcoGraf Limited [ASX:EGR]
On April 30, EcoGraf Limited announced: “March 2020 quarterly report. Australian Government Agency provides in-principle debt funding support for Kwinana battery recycling provides new global market opportunity.” Highlights include:
“Kwinana battery graphite manufacturing facility advances towards development. In-Principle debt funding support received from Export Finance Australia. Commercial and technical due diligence for debt and equity funding processes underway with prospective financiers. Sales and offtake arrangements under discussion with major battery and industrial groups in Asia and Europe. Feedstock supply agreement signed with leading German group TECHNOGRAFIT GmbH. Successful completion of feedstock optimisation program.
Epanko debt financing. US$60 million debt financing proposal submitted to the Government of Tanzania for the construction of the new Epanko Graphite Mine.
Successful EV battery recycling trial achieving. 99% carbon. Recycling results provide new opportunity for EcoGraf™ purification technology as market demand shifts to zero waste batteries and closed-loop manufacturing.
Investment continues in Europe to transition towards renewable energy for electric vehicles, supporting the shift to new responsibly produced raw material supplies.
Board and management implement cost reduction measures to preserve shareholder value in reaction to COVID-19 virus.
Company progressing several alternatives to provide additional funding for Kwinana and Epanko pre-development programs.”
High purity fines qualified with European customers. An additional Commercial advantage for Kwinana Facility. EcoGraf Limited is pleased to announce that it has received confirmation that the Company’s high purity graphite which is produced from low value graphite by-product fines utilising the EcoGraf. Process has been qualified by two leading European industrial customers as meeting their strict physical and chemical specifications. In the production of battery [spherical] graphite for the lithium-ion battery market up to 50% of the initial graphite feedstock reports as fines. The ability to further process this low value by-product and sell as a high value product adds significant further value to the processing economics for production of battery [spherical] graphite using the EcoGraf proprietary non-hydrofluoric purification process.
On May 21, EcoGraf Limited announced: “EcoGraf successfully completes share placement. Funds to be applied towards development of New Australian battery graphite business.” Highlights include:
“Share Placement oversubscribed, raising $1.6 million at 6.5 cents per share.
Strong support from existing shareholders and encouraging participation by new institutional investors.
Funds to be applied towards: Development of a state-of-the-art EcoGraf™ battery graphite facility in Kwinana, Western Australia, including: Finalising offtake arrangements with priority customers in Europe and Asia. Preparation of marketing and technical reports to support Government funding processes. Securing lender approvals for the proposed US$35 million debt financing. Pre-development technical programs and submission of Government development approvals. Completion of engineering, procurement, construction and operations planning arrangements. Securing Government approvals for the Epanko US$60 million debt financing proposal developed with KfW IPEX-Bank.
Opportunity for eligible existing shareholders to participate via a Share Purchase Plan at 6.5 cents per share to raise up to an additional $500,000.”
You can view the latest investor presentation here.
ZEN Graphene Solutions Ltd. [TSXV:ZEN] (OTCPK:ZENYF) (formerly Zenyatta Ventures)
ZEN Graphene Solutions Ltd. is a mineral development company based in Thunder Bay, Ontario. ZEN Graphene is currently developing the Albany Graphite Deposit (“Albany”), as well as developing graphene and graphene applications.
No significant news for the month.
Sovereign Metals [ASX:SVM] [GR:SVM]
Sovereign Metals Ltd. is an exploration company, which engages in the explorations of graphite, copper and gold resources. It operates through the Queensland, Australia and Malawi geographical segments. Sovereign Metals has world’s biggest graphite saprolith resource of 65m tonnes at 7.1% TGC at their Maligunde project in Malawi.
No significant news for the month.
You can view the latest investor presentation here.
New Energy Metals Corp. (OTCPK:NEMCF) [ASX:NXE] (formerly Mustang Resources)
New Energy Minerals are pioneering Vanadium and Graphite mining, exploration, and technology. With the unique Caula Project in Mozambique nearing production, they are set to supply the high quality resources critical to the rapidly expanding new energy market.
No news for the month.
You can view the latest investor presentation here.
Westwater Resources Inc. is developing an advanced battery graphite business in Alabama, holds dominant mineral rights positions in the Western United States and the Republic of Turkey for both lithium and uranium deposits, as well as licensed production facilities for uranium in Texas.
Westwater Resources prevails in key decision in the international arbitration against Turkey. Westwater Resources, Inc., an energy materials development company, announced that the tribunal appointed by the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes [ICSID] has issued a procedural order that denies a request made by the Republic of Turkey to bifurcate the arbitration proceeding. As a result, a hearing on the merits is now scheduled for September 2021.
On May 14, Westwater Resources Inc. announced: “Westwater Resources reports first quarter 2020 results & Energy Materials business update.” Highlights include:
Battery Graphite Business Update:
“Our battery graphite business continues on track toward operation of a pilot plant, which we anticipate will make battery graphite in bulk quantities in the fourth quarter of 2020……
You can view the latest investor presentation here.
Other graphite juniors
Berkwood Resources [TSXV:BKR] [GR:BR2N] (OTC:CZSVF), BlackEarth Minerals [ASX:BEM], Black Rock Mining [ASX:BKT], DNI Metals [CSE:DNI] (OTCPK:DMNKF), Eagle Graphite [TSXV:EGA] [GR:NJGP] (OTC:APMFF), Elcora Advanced Materials Corp. [TSXV:ERA](OTCPK:ECORF), First Graphene [ASX:FGR] (OTC:FGPHF), Focus Graphite [TSXV:FMS][GR:FKC] (OTCQB:FCSMF), Graphite One Resources Inc. [TSXV:GPH] [GR:2JC] (OTCQB:GPHOF), Gratomic Inc. (TSXV:GRAT), Graphite Energy Corp. [CSE:GRE] [GR:GOA] (OTCPK:GRXXF), Lomiko Metals Inc. [TSXV:LMR] (OTCQB:LMRMF), NovoCarbon Corp. (formerly Great Lakes Graphite [TSXV:GLK] [GR:8GL] (OTC:GLKIF)), Walkabout Resources Ltd. [ASX:WKT].
Conclusion
May saw graphite prices rise slightly.
Highlights for the month were:
Fine flake prices fall while market for larger sizes tightens.
LG Chem bets big on carbon nanotubes.
Graphite supply needs to increase nearly 500 percent by 2050.
Bass Metals identified mineralization of at least 4.5km in strike between the Mahela and Loharano large flake graphite deposits, 2kms from their Graphmada mine.
Magnis Energy NY Battery Plant funding is close to closing.
Nouveau Monde receives over $5.2m in financial support.
EcoGraf Kwinana battery graphite manufacturing facility advances towards development.
Treaty Creek Project is Fully Funded for the 2020 Exploration Season
Last year Eric Sprott became the largest external investor in Treaty Creek in B.C.’s Golden Triangle. He stated “Treaty Creek has a great shot at having 20 million ounces of gold.†A very successful program was run hitting wide intervals of gold in every drill hole. This year we’ll see if Eric is right as the objective of this year’s program is to develop a resource calculation.
The Goldstorm Zone will host a significantly larger drilling program in 2020
18,000 to 20,000 Meter Drill Program
7-10 Drill Platforms
Four Diamond Drill Rigs
The drill program is designed to extend and to explore the limits of Goldstorm System
The current conceptual model for Goldstorm is 1 billion tonnes at close to 1 gram of gold
The system remains open in all directions and to depth
The best mineralization encountered to date is from the two consecutive 150m step-out holes to the Northeast:
GS-19-42 yield 0.849 g/t Au Eq over 780 m with 1.275 g/t Au Eq over 370.5m
GS-19-47 yield 0.697 g/t Au Eq over 1,081.5m with 0.867 g/t Au Eq over 301.5m
The best Southeast extension:
GS-19-52 yields 0.783 g/t Au Eq over 601.5m
Includes 1.062 g/t Au Eq over 336.0m (NR dated March 3rd, 2020)
The Treaty Creek Project is a Joint Venture with Tudor Gold owning 3/5th and acting as operator. American Creek and Teuton Resources each have a 1/5th interest in the project. American Creek and Teuton are both fully carried until such time as a Production Notice is issued, at which time they are required to contribute their respective 20% share of development costs. Until such time, Tudor is required to fund all exploration and development costs while both American Creek and Teuton have “free ridesâ€.
Treaty Creek Background
The Treaty Creek Project lies in the same hydrothermal system as Pretium’s Brucejack mine and Seabridge’s KSM deposits with far better logistics.
We believe that the Goldstorm deposit at Treaty Creek is quickly becoming one of most significant assets in the gold industry and will be highly sought after.
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 Triangleâ€; the Treaty Creek and Electrum joint venture projects with Tudor Gold/Walter Storm as well as the 100% owned past producing Dunwell Mine.
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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