Canada Carbon Reports Significant Initial Graphite Grades as High as 49.4%Cg from Grab Samples off the Miller Lump/Vein Property
OAKVILLE, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 21, 2013) - Canada Carbon Inc. (BRUZF
Mr. Paul Ogilvie, the CEO of Canada Carbon (BRUZF
Stephen Riddle, CEO of Asbury Graphite Mills Inc., a widely regarded expert in the graphite and carbon industry commented: "Canada Carbon's (BRUZF
This view was supported by Dr. Remi Charbonneau, Ph.D., P.Geo an associate of Inlandis Consultants and Canada Carbon's (BRUZF
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THE MILLER PROPERTY
The former producing Miller property is situated approximately 60 miles west of Montreal and approximately the same distance east of Ottawa. It is located north of Grenville city in the Laurentian Hills. The entire region has been the subject of extensive review and past production going back 100 years or more. According to a publication for the Canadian Department of Mines published in 1907 (historic and non-compliant by NI 43-101 standards) and entitled 'Graphite: Its Properties, Occurrence, Refining and Uses' by Mr. Fritz Cirkel, M.E., in the early 1900's sixty-five tons of vein graphite were mined from Miller and sent to the Globe Refining Company of Jersey City, N.J. This yielded thirty-two tons of clean crucible graphite. The Morgan Crucible Company of London and also J.H. Gauthier and Company, Jersey City, used some of this graphite in their crucibles and pronounced it equal to the best graphite known to come from Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
The field team was able to localise a pit that correspond with such historic production. The access is easy due to existing trails. The pit is about 85 metres long and 6 to 10 metres wide. The pit is made of three sections making a "Z" form with the longest line being of east-west direction (see figure below). One of the mineralized veins of the Miller Mine was found at surface, along the southern pit wall on the southwest section of the pit.
The mineralization consists of two massive veins (70-90% visual graphite) of 4 centimetres to 15 centimetres thick in a graphitic marble unit (10-30% graphite). This zone was found a few metres away from a pegmatite and marble contact, which is coherent with historic data. Samples A41170 (49.4% Cg) is a grab sample coming from the graphite veins and the mineralized marble while sample A41171 (32.4% Cg) is a grab sample coming from the overall mineralized zone. The orientation of the vein is N240 degrees, steeply dipping to the northwest with a dip of 80 degrees.
A smaller 2 centimetres vein was found a few metres north of the mineralized zone and had an orientation of NNW-SSE with vertical dip. Sample A41172 (10.7% Cg) is a grab sample from this veins and its graphitic marble host. Other samples were grab samples in paragneiss all around the pit and contained 0.22% Cg to 1.2% Cg.
Observation of a high grade graphite vein left untouched at surface of the pit gives a good idea of the graphite grade mined and what was considered good material for mining at the time. This also reveals that we can hope to find equal or better grade graphite where mining ceased in 1900 on the other 4 veins mined on the property. Vein type deposits usually hold high purity graphite along with bigger flake size in comparison with other deposit types, allowing a favourable mining context. Scanning Electron Microscope in the near future will allow determining the morphology, size, and purity of the graphite crystals.
LUMP/VEIN GRAPHITE
Natural graphite occurs in three forms: flake, amorphous and lump/vein. Grades (ie. %Cg) within these forms can range from 2% to upwards of 50% depending on its type and location. Lump or vein deposits such as those found most often in Sri Lanka often display these high grade profiles and are highly sought after by both producers and graphite customers. This is because purity is a key consideration within the graphite sector. For producers, the higher the grade, the lower the production cost. This also often means that milling plants can be constructed with a lower overall capital expenditures (capex) budget, and in turn produce higher rates of investment return.
For customers it offers the opportunity to reduce supply costs, decrease subsequent processing costs, and offer more flexibility in product applications. For example, lump or vein graphite has been shown to be highly conductive and requires less binder compounds when being formulated into finished products. It is therefore significant that the initial samples from Canada Carbon's (BRUZF
CONCLUSION
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QUALITY ASSURANCE
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Shown in the table below is the list of samples assembled during initial review of the property in early February, and the assay results provided by Actlabs. Grab samples are selective by nature and are unlikely to represent average grades of the deposits.
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MILLER GRAPHITE PROPERTY
INITIAL GRAB SAMPLING PROGRAM RESULTS FEBRUARY 14, 2013
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Assayed Grade
Sample ID X (UTM NAD83 Z18) Y (UTM NAD83 Z18) (%Cg)
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A41170 530714 5058006 49.4%
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A41171 530714 5058012 32.4%
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A41172 530713 5058003 10.7%
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Qualified Person: Remi Charbonneau, Ph.D., P. Geo #290 an Associate of Inlandsis Consultants s.e.n.c., is the Independent Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101. Remi has reviewed and approved this release and was involved in the preparation of the technical information.
ABOUT CANADA CARBON INC. (BRUZF
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The Walker Mine is a past producer with about 816 tons of graphite extracted from the mine between 1876 and 1920. The mine is located northwest of Buckingham, in Buckingham Township. The Dun Raven graphite deposit is easily accessible a few hours west of Montreal, in Thorne Township. The Maria Graphite Project is located in Maria Township, south of the community of Bissett Creek on the Trans Canada Highway between the cities of Ottawa and North Bay, Ontario. These claims surround and are contiguous to Northern Graphite's Bissett Creek graphite deposit. Northern Graphite recently reported the extraction of very large high purity flake graphite consistent across the entire resource with overall recovery rates of 97%. (NGC.V News Release 23/04/2012).
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