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1 year 3 weeks ago #128071 by lynnsa10
lynnsa10 replied the topic: Northern Graphite: Enters Agreement for Construction of NA's Largest BAM Plant
I bought some more stock as well. Here is an interesting article

"If we want to produce more batteries domestically, we're going to need to increase our production of graphite," said Northwestern University chemical engineer Jennifer Dunn. "But the question is, how can we do so in a way that contributes to decarbonization goals?"

Dunn is an associate professor of chemical and biological engineering at Northwestern's McCormick School of Engineering and director of the Center for Engineering Sustainability and Resilience. The paper was co-authored by Jinrui Zhang, who at the time of the study initiation was a post-doctoral scholar in chemical and biological engineering; and Chao Liang, previously a member of Northwestern's Institute for Sustainability and Energy (ISEN). Both co-authors are alumni of Dunn's research group.

The U.S. uses mostly synthetic graphite, which is produced from by-products of the fossil fuel industry and creates a paradoxical relationship between graphite and technologies like electric vehicles (EVs) that aim to remove fossil fuel supply chains from transportation and cut greenhouse gas emissions.

techxplore.com/news/2023-02-ramping-dome...-production-aid.html

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1 year 3 weeks ago #128070 by GoldnBoy
GoldnBoy replied the topic: Northern Graphite: Enters Agreement for Construction of NA's Largest BAM Plant
This was a very important news release IMO

Mr. Hugues Jacquemin reports

NORTHERN GRAPHITE SIGNS AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN NEOGRAF SOLUTIONS

Northern Graphite Corp. has entered into an agreement with Edgewater Capital Partners to acquire an ownership interest in NeoGraf Solutions LLC. NeoGraf is a leading provider of specialty, value-added products manufactured from natural graphite and has a strong intellectual property portfolio and a blue-chip customer base. NeoGraf is one of Northern's largest customers. This investment will enable Northern to integrate downstream into the manufacturing of graphite products for a number of high-growth markets, including lithium-ion batteries/electric vehicles, fuel cells, graphene and nanomaterials, thermal management in consumer electronics, smart building products, and fire retardants.

Under the terms of the agreement, Northern has a six-month option to acquire an effective 50.1-per-cent voting interest and a 33.3-per-cent equity interest in NeoGraf and also has an option to increase its interest up to 100 per cent at a later date, subject to the terms and conditions of the agreement. Northern has engaged Sprott Capital Partners LP to act as its financial adviser with respect to financing the investment. Closing of Northern's investment is subject to the execution of definitive agreements, the receipt of all required third party and regulatory approvals, including, if applicable, approval of the TSX Venture Exchange, and to Northern completing satisfactory financing arrangements.

Hugues Jacquemin, Northern's chief executive officer, commented, "The NeoGraf transaction is a major step toward integrating downstream to capture a greater share of the value chain and creating an industry-leading mine-to-market natural graphite company with the ambition to produce low-carbon footprint products." He added: "We are very pleased to be partnering with Edgewater, which will enable us to complete the transaction in a very capital-efficient manner. The combination of Edgewater's performance materials expertise and our knowledge of the graphite industry will help enable NeoGraf to achieve its full growth potential."

"We are very excited to partner with Hugues and the Northern team," commented Robert Girton, a partner at Edgewater. "Their investment in NeoGraf clearly demonstrates their mine-to-market strategy and enhances the security of supply and value that NeoGraf provides to its blue-chip customer base. Further, the collaboration between the organizations will serve to accelerate and expand the breadth of unique solutions, which ultimately enable our customers' commercial success."

Drew Walker, chief executive officer of Neograf, commented: "Similar to NeoGraf, Northern is a noted thought leader in the worldwide graphite industry, an industry which sits at the centre of several megatrends that will drive outsized growth opportunities for our products. Together, Northern and NeoGraf will be a powerful combination in the development of high performance technical solutions that address our customer's application-specific needs. Additionally, Northern provides NeoGraf with greater security of supply and expands the geographic regions from which we source our graphite. This will be a key advantage as we execute our shared vision for growth."

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1 year 3 weeks ago #128069 by DearJohn
DearJohn replied the topic: Northern Graphite: Enters Agreement for Construction of NA's Largest BAM Plant
Great report by RonS, sooner or later the EV market and investors will put more emphasis on graphite. I bought a decent position in this one

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1 year 3 weeks ago #128068 by GoldnBoy
GoldnBoy replied the topic: Northern Graphite: Enters Agreement for Construction of NA's Largest BAM Plant
I sold my position when it ran to $0.65 and bought back yesterday

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1 year 1 month ago #128067 by alexgreat
alexgreat replied the topic: Northern Graphite: Enters Agreement for Construction of NA's Largest BAM Plant
Gambler, I am with you and added more today as well. The stock should be a lot higher

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1 year 1 month ago #128066 by Gambler
Gambler replied the topic: Northern Graphite: Enters Agreement for Construction of NA's Largest BAM Plant
Nice report by Struthers. I added some to my position today. I really like the chart set up and buying way lower than Sprott

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1 year 1 month ago #128041 by lynnsa10
lynnsa10 replied the topic: Northern Graphite: Enters Agreement for Construction of NA's Largest BAM Plant
New Northern Graphite video covering their recent acquisitions

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1 year 2 months ago #127957 by CIMA
CIMA replied the topic: Northern Graphite: Enters Agreement for Construction of NA's Largest BAM Plant
Ottawa, Ontario, Jan 10, 2023 (Newsfile Corp via COMTEX) -- Ottawa, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - January 10, 2023) - Northern Graphite Corporation (TSXV: NGC) (OTCQB: NGPHF) (FSE: 0NG) (XSTU: 0NG) (the "Company" or "Northern") announces that it has entered into an agreement with Innovation et Development Manicouagan ("IDM") at Baie-Comeau, Quebec to evaluate sites for the construction of a planned 200,000 tonnes per year ("tpy") battery anode material ("BAM") plant in the industrial port zone of Baie-Comeau. The plant would be one of the largest in the world and would convert graphite concentrate from the Company's mines, as well as other producers, into anode material to supply existing and planned lithium-ion battery manufacturing plants throughout North America. Building a low-cost, large-scale conversion facility is a key component of Northern's strategy to empower the electric vehicle industry by creating an end-to-end North American graphite supply chain from the mine to the battery.

Hugues Jacquemin, Northern's CEO commented that, "Downstream processing is capital and energy intensive. It makes little sense for every graphite mine to develop its own capability. Northern intends to build a large-scale center of excellence based on our own production, but the participation of other graphite producers will be welcomed." He added, "The supply picture for natural graphite is marked by a significant dependence on China for both graphite mine production and downstream processing. Our proposed plant would solve both issues on an industry-wide scale by providing OEMs and battery makers with a transparent, ESG compliant supply of anode material to meet current and projected demand."

Pursuant to the agreement, Northern has a 12-month period to evaluate several sites around Baie-Comeau to determine their technical and economic suitability for the proposed BAM plant. The sites range between 200,000 and 450,000m2 in size and have direct rail and port access as well as green hydroelectric power that would result in one of the lowest CO2 footprints in the industry. Quebec's industrial rate for large power customers is one of the most competitive in the world. Baie-Comeau is located 400km from Quebec City in the Cote-Nord economic region and has direct rail and road access to the rest of North America as well as a deep water, all season port. It is eligible for Plan Nord incentives and other assistance is potentially available under programs offered by the Manicouagan region, the province of Quebec and the Canadian and US Governments. Construction of the proposed battery plant would be subject to identification and acquisition of an appropriate site, receipt of regulatory approvals and financing.

Marcel Furlong, Prefect of the Manicouagan Regional County Municipality (RCM), commented that, "The Baie-Comeau industrial port area has a lot of space, as well as numerous energy and logistical resources, thus facilitating the establishment of a project in the battery and anode material industry. The Manicouagan RCM was also recognized by UNESCO in 2007 as the 14th and largest World Biosphere Reserve in Canada. For the past 15 years, the region has been able to develop relations with various stakeholders in its territory, facilitating dialogue with businesses and allowing the development of important industrial projects such as the one proposed by Northern Graphite. We can only welcome this collaborative agreement and commit ourselves with confidence to the success of the BAM project in our territory."

Manicouagan-Uapishka World Biosphere Reserve Territory

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1 year 3 months ago #127953 by CIMA
CIMA replied the topic: Northern Graphite: Announces LOI with Graphex Technologies
Companies Plan to Build a Mine-to-Battery Supply Chain in North America and Europe

December 21, 2022: Northern Graphite Corporation (NGC:TSX-V, NGPHF:OTCQB, FRA:0NG, XSTU:0NG) (the “Company” or “Northern”) announces that it has entered into a non-binding Letter of Intent (“LOI”) with Graphex Technologies LLC, the U.S. subsidiary of Graphex Group Limited (NYSE American: GRFX | HKSE: 6128) (collectively “Graphex”), a global leader in the production of the anode material used in electric vehicles (EV)/lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries, with the intent of combining Northern’s raw material supply capabilities with Graphex’s downstream processing expertise to build plants that will provide an end-to-end Northern American supply chain from the graphite mine to the battery.

Graphex and Northern intend to diligently and in good faith negotiate the terms of a Joint Venture, including management and ownership percentages, to jointly produce coated spherical graphite anode material for the EV/battery market. Northern will provide the Joint Venture with security of raw material supply (graphite concentrate) and it is contemplated that Graphex will license and/or contribute all the technology, plans and expertise for building and operating the plant(s). Graphex has already secured and is developing a site in Warren, Michigan that is being designed to produce 15,000 tonnes per annum (tpa) of battery anode material, and Northern is evaluating sites in Canada that could accommodate production of up to 200,000 tpa of anode material. Northern shall remain entitled to enter into supply agreements with third parties for production not committed to the Joint Venture and to participate in the construction of other processing plants provided that Northern may not directly or indirectly use, exploit or disclose any of Graphex’s technology.

Hugues Jacquemin, Northern’s CEO commented that “collaborating with an existing anode material producer that has established technology and expertise will enable Northern to leapfrog the product development stage and to shorten both the product qualification period and our time to market. We look forward to working with Graphex to establish a secure, transparent supply chain for battery anode material in both North America and Europe.”

“By combining the experience and expertise of Graphex in downstream processing and Northern in upstream raw material production, the collaboration will improve the anode supply picture for the industry significantly, beginning in North America,” said John DeMaio, CEO of Graphex Technologies. “From the time we decided to expand into North America, we have been committed to providing foundational support to the electrification effort which means applying our experience and expertise to solve industry-wide challenges - this effort with Northern is exactly that.”

Graphite is the anode material in EV batteries and its single largest component. Typically, graphite ore is mined and concentrated to ~95% purity by companies such as Northern. The mine concentrate is then shaped, purified, and coated to create the critical EV battery anode material in a downstream process carried out by companies like Graphex. The supply picture for natural graphite in North America is marked both by a significant shortfall in the availability of graphite mine concentrate (particularily from non-Chinese sources), and a complete absence of experienced commercial-scale downstream processing to transform it into battery-grade anode material. The collaboration between Northern and Graphex is designed to solve both issues on an industry-wide scale by providing OEMs and battery makers with a transparent, ESG compliant supply of quality product needed to meet current and projected demand.

Northern owns the only producing graphite mine in North America with current production of 15,000 tpa of graphite mine concentrate. The Company also has three development projects with resources that are capable of supporting production of over 100,000 tpa by 2025 and 300,000 tpa by 2027. Graphex has a long history of processing mine concentrate into high yield, high quality battery anode material and currently produces 10,000 tpa. Graphex is the only experienced downstream processor of natural graphite that has announced plans to develop anode material processing plant(s) in North America. The collaboration between Northern and Graphex has the potential to accelerate this process. Given the U.S. government’s emphasis on stimulating the development of domestic supply chains for critical minerals through the Inflation Reduction Act, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Defense Production Act, the Graphex-Northern collaboration represents a significant advancement toward making a domestic supply chain for graphite anode material a reality.

About Northern Graphite

Northern is a Canadian, TSX Venture Exchange listed company that is focussed on becoming a world leader in producing natural graphite and upgrading it into high value products critical to the green economy including anode material for lithium ion batteries/EVs, fuel cells and graphene, as well as advanced industrial technologies.

Northern is the only significant graphite producing company in North America and will become the third largest outside of China when its Namibian operations come back online. The Company also has two large scale development projects, Bissett Creek in Ontario and Okanjande in Namibia, that will be a source of continued production growth in the future. All projects have “battery quality” graphite and are located close to infrastructure in politically stable countries.

About Graphex

Graphex Group Limited is a Cayman Island company with its principal offices in Hong Kong and regional offices in Shanghai and Royal Oak, MI, USA. Graphex is focused on the development of technologies and products to enhance renewable energy, particularly the production of spherical graphite and graphene, key components in EVs/lithium-ion batteries as well as in other uses. Graphex has extensive commercial experience in the deep processing of graphite and producing battery grade purified spherical graphite. Current production is 10,000 tpa and an expansion is underway to increase production to 20,000 tpa within the next 12 months. Graphex intends to further expand existing operations to 40,000 tpa over the next three years. Graphex is currently among the top suppliers of specialized spherical graphite to the EV and renewable energy industries and holds patents in areas including products, production methods, machinery design, and environmental protection. Graphex’s strategy is to expand its operations globally to support energy transition and electrification efforts worldwide.

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1 year 6 months ago #127814 by CIMA
CIMA replied the topic: Northern Graphite: Appoints New Chief Financial Officer
Northern Graphite Appoints New Chief Financial Officer

Senior Graphite and Carbon Executive Joins Management Team

September 19, 2022: Northern Graphite Corporation (NGC:TSX-V, NGPHF:OTCQB, FRA:ONG, XSTU:ONG) (the “Company” or “Northern”) ”) is pleased to announce that Mr. Guillaume Jacq (MBA) has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of the Company, bringing 20 years of international finance experience to the team.

Guillaume’s extensive experience includes more than ten years in various business & corporate finance roles, as well as internal audit functions at Imerys SA in France, Austria and Switzerland. He was the Finance Director of Imerys Graphite & Carbon between 2016 & 2019 before assuming the role of Group Controlling Director of Imerys in 2020. He most recently held the position of Global Head of Finance for the Construction & Consumer Business Unit of Bostik, a division of Arkema Group, with sales of over US$1 billion. Both Imerys and Arkema are multibillion euro companies listed on Euronext Paris, formerly known as the Paris Stock Exchange. His career also includes financial controlling roles with Nestle and General Mills. Guillaume holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Kentucky, USA. He is a French citizen, based in Paris.

“I am very excited to join Northern Graphite and to be working again with Hugues Jacquemin as well as the teams at Lac-des-Iles and Namibia as we execute a clear vision and strategy to become a world leader in graphite production & processing,” said Guillaume Jacq.

Hugues Jacquemin commented: “I am very pleased to have Guillaume on our team. His business acumen combined with his experience in the Graphite and Carbon business will be invaluable as we continue the transformation of the company and extend our leadership position. I would also like to thank Christopher Park who has acted as interim CFO and guided Northern through the Imerys acquisition.”

Subject to the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange, the Board of Directors has approved the grant of 200,000 stock options to Mr. Jacq which are exercisable at a price of $0.60 per share, have a term of five years and vest as to 70,000 after years one and two and 60,000 after year three.

About Northern Graphite
Northern is a Canadian, TSXV listed company that is focussed on becoming a world leader in producing natural graphite and upgrading it into high value products critical to the green economy including anode material for LiBs/EVs, fuel cells and graphene, as well as advanced industrial technologies.

Northern is the only significant graphite producing company in North America and will become the third largest outside of China when its Namibian operations come back on line in the first half of 2023. The Company also has two large scale development projects, Bissett Creek in Ontario and Okanjande in Namibia, that will be a source of continued production growth in the future. All projects have “battery quality” graphite and are located close to infrastructure in politically stable countries.

Qualified Person
Greg Bowes, B.Sc. MBA P.Geo is a “qualified person” as defined under NI 43-101 and has reviewed and approved the content of this news release.

For additional information
Please visit the Company’s website at www.northerngraphite.com/investors/presentation/ , the Company’s profile on www.sedar.com , our Social Channels listed below or contact the Company at (613) 241-9959.

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1 year 7 months ago #127720 by CIMA
CIMA replied the topic: Northern Graphite: Acquires Mousseau West Graphite Project
August 8, 2022: Northern Graphite Corporation (NGC:TSX-V, NGPHF:OTCQB, FRA:ONG, XSTU:ONG) (the “Company” or “Northern”) is pleased to announce that it intends to exercise its option to acquire a 100% interest in the Mousseau West graphite project (“Mousseau West” or the “Property”) which is located approximately 80 kms from, and within economic trucking distance of, the Company’s producing Lac-des-Iles (“LDI”) graphite mine in Quebec. Pursuant to the Company’s option agreement relating to the Property, Northern has the option to acquire Mousseau West through the payment of $500,000 in cash and the issuance of 900,000 common shares of the Company, subject to the acceptance of the TSX Venture Exchange (“TSX-V”). Northern also has the right to acquire a 2% net smelter royalty retained by the owners at any time upon the payment of $1 million.

“We expect Mousseau West will enable Northern to extend the mine life at LDI and return its production to 25,000tpy,” said Hugues Jacquemin, Northern’s CEO. “Mousseau West also has the potential to become a significant project in its own right and we expect the deposit will play an important role as the Company solidifies its position as the only significant graphite producer in North America. With high quality, advanced stage projects in close proximity to a number of North American lithium ion battery factories, Northern is well positioned to provide them with a secure supply of graphite.”

Mousseau West consists of 12 claims totalling 489 hectares in size. It is located approximately 150 kms north of Montreal in the Mont-Laurier area and can be accessed from Highway 117 over 12 kms of good quality logging roads. Over 7,500 meters of drilling has been carried out on the Property. A technical report entitled “Technical Report and Resources Estimate of the Mousseau West Property” dated September ‎‎24, 2013 (the “Report”) was completed by Alain Tremblay, geol. eng. and Yvan Bussières, geol. eng. in accordance with the requirements of National Instrument 43-101, Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”). It was filed on SEDAR on October 17, 2013 and is available under the profile of NanoXplore Inc. From 1996 to 2008, Alain Tremblay was in charge of exploration at the LDI mine and is well-acquainted with the geology and mining of graphite mineralization in the area. The Report states that the nature of mineralization at Mousseau West is similar to LDI which “indicates high confidence in the possibility of mining, milling and concentrating it into a final graphite product suitable for customers.”

The Report estimates that the Property contains an Inferred Resource of 4.1 million tonnes grading 6.2% graphitic carbon (“Cg”). The resource includes 2.7 million tonnes that have been drilled on 25 meter centers which the Report states “are considered to have reached a high level of definition and do not need additional work.” To the best of Northern’s knowledge, information, and belief, there is no new material scientific or technical information that would make the disclosure of this resource inaccurate or misleading. The Company intends to update the resource estimate and complete a Preliminary Economic Assessment to evaluate the economics of mining graphite at Mousseau West and trucking it to LDI for processing in the coming months.

The Mousseau West deposit outcrops at surface and the Report indicates that the morphology of the deposit is potentially very suitable for open pit mining and zonation in the deposit may allow access to richer mineralization first. The deposit is 250 metres long and lies at the western end of an EM conductor that extends another 400 meters east to the property boundary. This area represents a prime exploration target with the potential to expand the size of the deposit. Other conductors also exist on the Property and represent additional exploration targets. The graphite is mainly hosted by calcitic marbles which provide buffering capacity for the low level of sulphides. Like LDI, this likely indicates that any tailings would be non-acid generating.

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1 year 7 months ago #127719 by CIMA
CIMA replied the topic: Northern Graphite: Appoints Vice President of Global Sales
August 2, 2022: Northern Graphite Corporation (NGC:TSX-V, NGPHF:OTCQB, FRA:ONG, XSTU:ONG) (the “Company” or “Northern”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Marco Zvanik B.Sc as Vice President of Global Sales. Marco has 35 years of sales, management and operational experience in the composite material, carbon fiber, nanomaterial and wind energy manufacturing industries. He has created, implemented and managed global commercial teams for start-up, mid-cap and Fortune 500 companies with a focus on delivering value for both his customers and their businesses. Mr. Zvanik received his B.Sc degree in Ocean Engineering in 1986 from Texas A&M University.

Mr. Zvanik will oversee all global commercial activities for Northern. Sales Managers in North America and Europe will report to Marco with respect to marketing production from the Lac des Iles and Namibian graphite mines and he will be intimately involved in developing new markets for value added industrial products and lithium ion battery anode materials.

Marco Zvanik commented, “I am extremely excited to be joining Northern at this important time as we implement our strategy to become the world’s leading graphite producer and processor. By supporting both current and future customers that require critical materials such as graphite, we will enable them to transform new industries such as the lithium ion battery market for electric vehicles.”

“Marco is exactly the person we were looking for in this role as we continue to grow and transform into a world leading global graphite company,” said Northern CEO Hugues Jacquemin. “By leveraging his global experience, combined with a deep understanding of the specialty materials industry, he will make a big difference for our customers and our company by helping to provide complete solutions to the market.”

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