Posted by AGORACOM
at 5:03 PM on Thursday, April 14th, 2022
Did you know that there is a growing demand for formerly-obscure elements in new technologies such as clean energy, aerospace, energy efficiency, modern electronics and medical applications.
Avalon is the gateway for shareholder access to these metals as advances in technology increase demand
Avalon owns a diverse critical metals and minerals property portfolio and is poised to fill this emerging high tech demand through the exposure to rare earth elements, lithium, tin, indium, cesium and tantalum. Obscure yes, but no less valuable than the other metals that are driving the demand for new advances in technologies such as Nickel, Cobalt and Copper.
Avalon has been developing critical mineral properties since the mid 1990’s, when President & CEO, Don Bubar, first acquired the Separation Rapids Lithium Project for its industrial mineral potential for glass-ceramics. The project in northwestern Ontario hosts the world’s largest, undeveloped known resource of the rare lithium mineral petalite. Avalon is currently re-evaluating the potential to serve the glass-ceramics market and has also investigated the possibility of producing a high purity lithium chemical for the rapidly expanding market in lithium ion batteries.
The global glass industry is valued at over $100 billion, and continues to grow through innovation of new glass products, many of which take advantage of the unique properties of lithium for strengthening glass. In addition to the burgeoning battery industry expansion, the glass industry still represents 25-30% of global demand for lithium
… but wait there is more…
Avalon has made a stunning announcement recently to establish Ontario’s first regional Lithium Battery Materials Refinery in Thunder Bay, and they are not doing it alone. Supported by the Essar Group, a company with assets under management of over 8.2 BILLION, they plan on refining not only their own critical metals, but those of other companies as well. This is true leadership in the metals arena and a decision that will reward Avalon shareholder for years to come as they develop a supply chain for lithium in Ontario.
Sit down and take a moment to listen to this fantastic interview with Don Bubar, President and CEO of Avalon Advanced Materials Inc. as he walks investors through the plans to establish a regional lithium battery materials supply chain to serve the needs of future electric vehicle and battery manufacturers in Ontario and elsewhere.
Posted by AGORACOM
at 4:56 PM on Friday, January 25th, 2019
GRAT and TODAQ Holdings Inc. have entered into a memorandum of understanding
Describes the terms of a supply chain partnership to put Gratomic’s supply chain and products on the TODA Protocol.
Integrating Gratomic’s operations and products onto the TODA-as-a-service platform with TODAQ as a partner allows delivery of desired product efficiently and effectively into the customers hands
TORONTO, Jan. 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Gratomic Inc. (the “Company”) (TSX.V:GRAT), a publicly traded Canadian TSX.V company, and TODAQ Holdings Inc. (“TODAQ”) are pleased to announce that they have entered into a memorandum of understanding describing the terms of a supply chain partnership to put Gratomic’s supply chain and products on the TODA Protocol.
“The
market for tires requires products that deliver fuel efficiency, safe
handling, and extended wear. Integrating Gratomic’s operations and
products onto the TODA-as-a-service (“TaaS”) platform with TODAQ as a
partner allows us to deliver the desired product efficiently and
effectively into the customers hands, with the peace of mind of knowing
what they own has been monitored from the raw material source through to
the finished product,”said Gratomic’s Chairman and co-CEO Sheldon Inwentash.
The project will focus on providing incontrovertible proof of
provenance in respect of Gratomic’s graphite supply and consequent
synthesis of commercial nano engineered graphene products throughout the
global graphene marketplace down to the end consumer.
“We’re pleased to add Gratomic as our mining partner alongside our
other pharmaceutical and energy supply chain projects. TODAQ is looking
forward to adding efficiency and security with scale to Gratomic’s
operations, providing a brand multiplier that adds confidence to
products carrying liberated nano engineered graphene from Gratomic’s
dedicated graphite source, and of course addressing the potential for
forgeries and fakes that can become a constant source of leakage,” said Sung Soo Park, TODAQ Managing Director in Seoul.
The project will be rolled out in stages over 2019 as Gratomic brings
its end products to market starting with first proof of concepts and
staging to commercial delivery of its fuel efficient tire in
collaboration with its development partner, Perpetuus Carbon
Technologies.
“Our Graphite mine in Namibia
delivers some of the highest quality exceptionally friable graphite for
ease of commercial processing. A methodology for monitoring which
graphite source is processed into a specific product is a game changer,”
said Arno Brand, Gratomic’s co-CEO.
It is expected that the complete project will span multiple
continents with peer-to-peer cross-border settlement of transactions in
less than a minute, and aim to efficiently demonstrate results that can
commercially scale up looking into 2020. Later phases will also aim to
include value-added trade finance services on the TaaS platform.
“The TODA Protocol ensures individual ownership of your own data and
TODAQ is here to enable secure and efficient international trade and
commoditize the settlement of value. The beauty of this project is that
once a customer buys graphene ultra-efficient tires, they own that
digital asset and embedded proof of the tire, without requiring any
other intermediary including the mine, processor, manufacturing company,
retail source or even TODAQ,” said TODAQ CEO, Hassan Khan.
About TODAQ Holdings Inc.
TODAQ is a fintech “bank of the future” that offers both a supply
chain solutions platform and a consumer solutions platform to
enterprises, banks, and smart cities for all their asset and money
transactions. It intends to also provide these clients access to value
added finance and insurance services. TODAQ is also initially
responsible for the distribution of the Toda Note (TDN), a
cryptographically controlled supply of 237 USD backstopped digital notes designed to be used as a medium of exchange for commerce and industry.
For more informationcontact: Hassan Khan, CEO, +1 416-704-3113 E-mail inquiries: [email protected]
About Gratomic Inc.
Gratomic is an advanced materials company focused on mine to market
commercialization of graphite products most notably high value
graphene-based components for a range of mass market products. We are
collaborating with a leading European manufacturer of graphenes to use
Aukam graphite to manufacture graphene products for commercialization on
an industrial scale. The company is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange
under the symbol GRAT.
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
news release.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS:This news release contains
forward-looking statements, which relate to future events or future
performance and reflect management’s current expectations and
assumptions. Such forward-looking statements reflect management’s
current beliefs and are based on assumptions made by and information
currently available to the Company. Investors are cautioned that these
forward looking statements are neither promises nor guarantees, and are
subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause future results to
differ materially from those expected. These forward-looking statements
are made as of the date hereof and, except as required under applicable
securities legislation, the Company does not assume any obligation to
update or revise them to reflect new events or circumstances. All of the
forward-looking statements made in this press release are qualified by
these cautionary statements and by those made in our filings with SEDAR
in Canada (available at www.sedar.com).
