Northern Graphite is pleased to announce that ongoing metallurgical testing by Hazen Research has succeeded in purifying spherical graphite from the Bissett Creek deposit up to 99.99% graphitic carbon ("Cg") and large flake graphite to 99.83% Cg. These bench scale tests are the first step in demonstrating that the laboratory process developed by Northern can be scaled to commercial levels. Hazen Research's initial mandate [...]
Northern Graphite is pleased to announce that the Mine Closure Plan for its 100% owned Bissett Creek Mine has been submitted to the Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. Approval of the Mine Closure Plan by the MNDM will enable the Company to commence construction of the Bissett Creek Mine, subject to financing. The MCP is an all-encompassing document that describes, in detail, the nature of the operations [...]
OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 10/15/12 -- Northern Graphite Corporation (TSX VENTURE: NGC)(OTCQX: NGPHF) announces that the National Research Council of Canada ("NRC") has successfully completed the first phase of testing of "spherical graphite" produced from the Company's Bissett Creek deposit. Spherical graphite is an upgraded product, made from the concentrates produced by the mine, and used to make the anodes [...]
OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 10/01/12 -- Northern Graphite Corporation (TSX VENTURE: NGC)(OTCQX: NGPHF) announces that it has commenced a drill program on its Bissett Creek graphite project consisting of approximately 3,000 meters of drilling in 65 holes. The drill program is designed to follow up on opportunities identified in the recently completed bankable feasibility study ("FS") to further improve the already [...]
OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 08/27/12 -- Northern Graphite Corporation (TSX VENTURE: NGC)(OTCQX: NGPHF) is pleased to announce that the bankable feasibility study ("FS") for its 100% owned Bissett Creek graphite deposit has been filed on SEDAR and is available on the Company's website. The FS was prepared by GMining Services Inc. with contributions from SGS Canada Inc. (Lakefield-metallurgy), Geostat-resource [...]
Northern Graphite is pleased to announce the results of its bankable feasibility study for its 100% owned Bissett Creek graphite deposit. The FS was prepared by GMining Services and included contributions from SGS Canada, Knight Piesold Ltd. (environmental, permitting, tailings management and road infrastructure) and Met-Chem Canada Inc. (process engineering). A conference call will be held at 9:00 am Eastern Standard [...]
OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 06/29/12 -- Northern Graphite Corporation (TSX VENTURE: NGC)(OTCQX: NGPHF) provides the following update to its guidance with respect to the timing of the release of the results of the bankable feasibility study ("FS") for its 100% owned Bissett Creek graphite deposit. All work and analysis relating to the FS has now been completed and it is in the final stages of compilation and [...]
OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 05/14/12 -- Northern Graphite Corporation (TSX VENTURE: NGC)(OTCQX: NGPHF) is pleased to announce that it has engaged Hazen Research of Golden, Colorado and the National Research Council Canada ("NRC") to continue testing and optimizing its process for manufacturing spherical graphite which is used to make the anodes in Lithium ion batteries.
Variability testing confirms large flake, high purity, high recovery throughout resourceOTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 04/23/12 -- Northern Graphite Corporation (TSX VENTURE: NGC)(OTCQX: NGPHF) is pleased to announce that variability testing has been completed on its Bissett Creek Project and has confirmed that the high recovery of large flake, high purity graphite is consistent across the entire resource. The [...]
OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 04/20/12 -- Northern Graphite Corporation (TSX VENTURE: NGC) (OTCQX: NGPHF) is pleased to announce that effective April 23, 2012 the Company will be added to the Standard & Poor's S&P/TSX Venture Select Index. The S&P/TSX Venture Select Index, launched in August of 2011, "measures the performance of constituents in the S&P/TSX Venture composite index that meet specific market [...]
OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 04/16/12 -- Northern Graphite Corporation (TSX VENTURE: NGC)(OTCQX: NGPHF) ("Northern Graphite", or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has retained GMP Securities L.P. ("GMP") as its exclusive financial advisor with respect to evaluating strategic alternatives for financing the Company's Bissett Creek graphite project. The Company expects to complete its bankable final [...]
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