- Gratomic graphenes derived from Gratomic graphite mined from its Aukum Mine located in Namibia are being used to manufacture Graphene enabled conductive inks and pastes.
- The inks and pastes are amongst the most conductive carbon inks and pastes currently available within the global market place.
- The Gratink product is formulated specifically to meet the needs of the printed flexible electronics and EMI shielding markets.
TORONTO, May 23, 2019 /CNW/ – Gratomic Inc. (“GRAT” or the “Company”) (TSX-V: GRAT) (FRANKFURT:CB81, WKN:A143MR) is pleased to announce its first Graphene from Gratomic Graphite derived product.
Gratomic graphenes derived from Gratomic graphite mined from its Aukum Mine located in Namibia
are being used to manufacture Graphene enabled conductive inks and
pastes. The inks and pastes (to the best of the Company’s knowledge) are
amongst the most conductive carbon inks and pastes currently available
within the global market place.
The Gratink product is formulated specifically to meet the needs of
the printed flexible electronics and EMI
shielding markets. Electromagnetic interference (EMI), sometimes
referred to as radio-frequency interference (RFI) is a disturbance
generated by an external source that affects an electrical circuit by
electromagnetic induction, electrostatic coupling, or conduction.
The Gratink and paste applications based on surface modified nano
graphene “enablers” offer a product for market penetration into the
information technology sector that is now an important aspect of our
everyday life.
The Gratomic Gratink product delivers a functional print and coat component solution.
Due to a multiple range of potential applications including antennas,
RFID tags, transistors, sensors, and wearable electronics, the
development of printed conductive inks and coatings for electronic
applications is growing rapidly. Currently available conductive inks
exploit metal nanoparticles to realize electrical conductivity.
Traditionally, metallic nanoparticles are normally derived from
silver, copper and platinum based enablers which can be expensive and
easily oxidized.
The Gratink product is designed to fill a gap in both the flexible
printed electronics and EMI market space where metallic nanoparticle
solutions are unnecessary.
Gratink is initially available to meet customer printing and coating
preference specifications for R&D purposes with orders available in
one-kilo packages.
Following satisfactory customer preproduction qualification, the
products can then be varied so they are suitable for printing and
coating in bulk quantities formulated to specification and made
available as required in 10’s to 100’s of kilos or tonnes.
Please note – Inks and pastes are prepared for all currently
available methods of printing and coating with the exception of ink jet
printing.
Sheldon Inwentash Co-CEO of Gratomic commented. “Gratomic is
delighted to offer their first product of a planned product range based
on the Company’s graphene derived from graphite mined from its Aukum
Mine.”
Gratink is a collaborative development product formulated in tandem with Perpetuus Carbon Technology Wales UK and Gratomic Inc.
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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 Aukam.
Presently the Company uses its existing pilot processing facility to
produce certain amounts of graphite concentrate from accumulated surface
graphite.
Qualified Person
Steve Gray, P.Geo. has reviewed, prepared and approved
the scientific and technical information in this press release and is
Gratomic Inc’s “Qualified Person” as defined by National Instrument
43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.
Risk Factors
The Company advises that it has not based its production decision 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 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 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.”
