Presidential Order Declares Critical Mineral Dependence Constitutes a "National Emergency" Graphite is One of Four Critical Minerals Specifically Mentioned in the Directive Graphite One Inc. today offers the following comment on a new Executive Order issued by U.S. President Donald Trump. While the directive, entitled "Executive Order on Addressing the Threat to the Domestic Supply Chain from Reliance on Critical Minerals [...]
Graphite One Inc. regrettably announces the passing of Dr. Shane Beattie, the Company's Chief Technology Officer. "From the time he came on board, everyone on our team who worked with Shane experienced his total focus, and relentless interest in pushing the boundaries of energy science," said CEO Anthony Huston. "All of us at Graphite One offer our deepest condolences to Shane's family, and to everyone who had the [...]
Graphite One Inc. Graphite One notes recent policy developments in the U.S. Congress and Executive Branch on Critical Minerals, including graphite. On June 24, 2020 the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources held a hearing titled "Impacts of COVID-19 on Critical Minerals Supply Chains." The Senate hearing took place several weeks after two Presidential Executive Orders expanded U.S. federal policy on [...]
Independent Test Work Identifies a Range of Targeted End-Uses including: Anode material for advanced Lithium-ion batteries Micronized graphite for conductivity enhancement applications High-purity graphite-based coatings Industrial synthetic diamonds Fire retardant/fire suppressant foams Results are anticipated to Inform Pre-Feasibility Study, Expected for Completion in Fall 2020 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders [...]
CEO: “Dr. Shane Beattie is a Leader in Lithium-Ion Battery Development” Appointment Follows Testing of Graphite One Material by Major U.S. Multinational EV Manufacturer VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 06, 2019 -- Graphite One Inc. announced today the appointment of Dr. Shane D. Beattie as its Chief Technology Officer effective immediately. Dr. Beattie received his Ph.D. in Physics through the Jeff Dahn [...]
Graphite One Inc. announced today that material from the Company’s Graphite Creek Project is being tested by a major U.S. multinational electric vehicle manufacturer. The battery-grade purified spheronized graphite was prepared by the Company’s U.S. processing partner that was tasked by the manufacturer to provide material to its specifications and used graphite sourced from the Graphite Creek deposit provided [...]
Graphite One Inc. announces that on October 4, 2019, Alaska Governor Michael J. Dunleavy submitted a letter to the President of the United States requesting that the Company’s Graphite Creek Project and associated advanced materials processing facility be designated a high-priority infrastructure project pursuant to Executive Order 13766 of January 24, 2017. The Graphite Creek deposit, situated about 60 kilometers [...]
2019 Drill Program Results Will Form Part of the Company’s Pre-Feasibility Study Drill Program Follows Successful Funding to Advance PFS Work Company hosts Senator Murkowski at Graphite One Facility in Nome, Alaska VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 23, 2019 -- Graphite One Inc. announced today that it has commenced its 2019 Drilling Program at its Graphite Creek Property located near Nome, Alaska. The drill program [...]
Graphite One Inc. announces that it has entered into a US$4.8 million unsecured loan agreement with Taiga Mining Company, Inc. , a controlling shareholder of the Company. Funded immediately will be US$2.5 million. The Loan is repayable in two years, with the Company having the option to extend the Loan for an additional 12 months with 30 days notice. “In our current challenging capital markets, a commitment of [...]
Graphite One Inc. announced today it has has completed the second tranche of a non-brokered private placement offering, raising gross proceeds from both tranches of the financing to CA$2 million, and also the awarding of options. The Company has completed the second and final tranche of the private placement previously announced on April 1, 2019 and April 22, 2019 , raising gross proceeds from both tranches of the [...]
Graphite One Inc. announced today it has initiated a pilot scale program with the first step being the shipment of approximately 12,000 pounds of raw graphitic material from Graphite Creek’s surface sampling program to Graphite One’s U.S.-based industrial partner for processing into advanced graphite materials. “This is a significant step towards our goal to establish our STAX flake graphite as the key [...]
BENCHMARK’S MOORES: “U.S. IS A BYSTANDER” IN THE “GLOBAL BATTERY ARMS RACE;” CALLS GRAPHITE “THE MOST EXTREME EXAMPLE” Graphite One Inc. was the sole graphite developer taking part in Benchmark Minerals Summit 2019, an invitation-only/no media event for industry leaders and U.S. Government representatives held on May 2 in Washington, D.C. “We are in the midst of a global [...]