Tesla's New Giga-Plant Will Double the World's Demand for Flake Graphite and Energizer Resources Inc. (OTCQX: ENZR) May Just Be
TORONTO, ONTARIO - September 11, 2014 - InvestorsHub NewsWire
- Tesla Motors Inc. (TSLA)
has announced their intentions to build a $6 billion dollar
lithium-ion battery factory in Nevada capable of producing enough
batteries to power 500,000 vehicles every year. According to
industry sources, every electric car requires about 100 lbs. of
natural flake graphite. With 11 times more graphite in a
lithium-ion battery than lithium, electric vehicles represent a
significant future off-take demand for flake graphite.
Tesla alone will require six new mines - double the global
demand
The Tesla Giga-Plant, at full operation, will require the
equivalent of six new, full-scale graphite mines and would consume
the entire amount of flake graphite used today for batteries
globally.. This represents adoubling of the world's demand for
flake graphite for batteries. Presently, the U.S. does not have any
producing graphite mines and imports 100% of its graphite and just
last year, the U.S., the United Kingdom and the European Union
designated graphite as a critical mineral. It's easy to
understand why.
Not all graphite is the same
Graphite comes in basically two forms, powder (amorphous) and
flake. Powder is the plentiful and cheap form used in
pencils, lubricants, and brake pads. Flake graphite is the
scarcer form, it commands the highest selling price and is the only
form of graphite that can be used in all 180-plus applications we
use on a daily basis that depend upon graphite. Flake graphite is
the only form of natural graphite that can be used lithium-ion
batteries and is used exclusively in new tech applications such as
graphite foils, which are used in almost every consumer
electronics product you own to cool your electronics. Flake
graphite is the requisite mineral behind nearly all advancements in
new innovations and nano-technologies. Flake graphite in its
single-layer form is the 'wonder-product' graphene, and is the key
raw material used in large-scale energy storage systems and
pebble-bed nuclear reactors.
In addition to the graphite used in every lithium-ion battery,
portable electronics increasingly rely on graphite to cool
components and dissipate heat. Very thin sheets of graphite foil,
made exclusively from natural graphite flake, line the insides of
electronics and act as both a sealant and a heat sink for all
laptop computers, tablets, flat panel televisions, solar panel
arrays, cellular phones and smartphones. Graphite foil is one of
the fastest growing end-use segments for flake graphite.
Where will we get all that graphite?
Enter Energizer Resources' Molo Graphite project - a world-class
flake graphite deposit that you have probably never heard of.
Energizer Resources Inc. OTCQX:
ENZR, is sitting on the proverbial mother lode. It's 100% owned
and operated Molo project in Madagascar is one of the largest, most
advanced, high-quality flake graphite deposits in the world.
Energizer is just weeks away from releasing a bankable feasibility
study on the project and is well positioned to have a first-mover
advantage in being major supplier of high quality flake graphite to
the world.. Energizer is already at the stage where it has
entered into advanced discussions regarding off-take
and project investment agreements with over 20 of the world's
largest flake graphite buyers and end-users in the refractory,
lithium-ion battery and consumer electronics industries. Next steps
consist of multi-national companies running full-scale, multi-tonne
production runs of graphite-based end products using Energizer's
graphite. Pending successful test runs, Energizer would be able to
secure a "preferred supplier" status for flake graphite with these
potential customers.
The Molo
The Molo 100% flake and it is massive. The NI 43-101 resource of
141 million tones has a mine life of over 130 years and its
expandability is virtually limitless. The Molo alone represents
less than 1% of the total graphite confirmed on Energizer's
property. The graphite at the Molo deposit sits immediately at
surface, which means very low-cost, open pit mining with no
stripping waste. Energizer has partnered with DRA , Africa's
largest mine builder and operator, which ensures a turn-key
solution when it comes to construction and operation of the future
mine. This provides added confidence for both investors and future
customers for the timeline of the mine. . The Molo has passed
government environmental permitting, and is within easy trucking to
two major sea ports serving transportation corridors to the world's
highest graphite demand markets: Japan, China, India and South
Korea. Production is targeted for mid-2016.
Market Response
Powerhouse Institutions on both Wall Street and Bay Street have now
started to pay attention to Energizer Resources Inc. OTCQX:
ENZR. Notable investors are JP Morgan, Canada's largest
resource investment bank, Dundee Resources, , and mutual fund giant
AGF Group. Analysts covering ENZR with buy recommendation include
well known Canadian and European institutions GMP Securities and
Stormcrow Capital Ltd.
Profitability
Based upon early and robust economic studies, the sheer size
and quality of the deposit, as well as manufacture demand for this
specific type of high-quality flake graphite, Energizer expects
their investor's payback periods to be only three years with very
healthy margins. The Molo is easily expandable and can meet market
demand as required.
The stars are aligning for Energizer to supply one of the most
innovative materials of our time - applicable in everything from
electric vehicles to energy storage to safe nuclear applications.
Given everything we now know about graphite and its rising status
in the world of strategic minerals, Energizer's Molo Graphite
Project represents one vital source of supply and is shaping up to
be an undeniable opportunity for investors.
To learn more about Energizer and its Molo Graphite Project, visit
Energizer Resources (OTCQZ:
ENZR) at www.energizerresources.com or
call 1.416.364.4911
About Energizer Resources
Energizer Resources is a mineral exploration and mine development
company based in Toronto, Canada, that is developing its
100%-owned, flagship Molo Graphite Project in southern
Madagascar.
The Molo Graphite Project is one of the largest known crystalline
flake graphite deposits in the world. The Molo Project hosts a NI
43-101 compliant indicated mineral resource of 84.04 million tonnes
grading 6.36%C and an inferred resource grading 6.29% C of
crystalline flake graphite.
Energizer has initiated a Full Feasibility Study, with results
to be released to the market by Q4 2014. Results of the Company's
recently completed pilot plant operation confirmed that 43.5% of
the Molo deposit is classified as the premium-priced large and
extra-large flake, with an average purity level in excess of 97%C
achieved through standard flotation alone. The Company is targeting
production in Q2/Q3 of 2016.
Energizer's total land package in southern Madagascar encompasses
approximately 320 kilometres (198 miles) of continuous graphitic
trends, where all graphite mineralization is immediately at
surface.
In addition to the Molo Graphite Project, Energizer has also
identified through drilling, trenching and geological mapping at
least six other zones that could be potential stand-alone graphite
deposits.
Safe Harbor:
This press release may contain forward-looking statements that may
involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual events or
results could differ materially from expectations and projections
set out herein.
The National Instrument 43-101 ("NI 43-101") compliant technical
report, titled "Molo Graphite Project Fotadrevo Province of
Toliara, Madagascar Preliminary Economic Assessment Technical
Report Update and dated April 12, 2013, was prepared
by DRA Mineral Projects Pty Ltd and authored by John
Hancox, Pri.Sc.Nat, Desmond Subramani, Pri.Sc.Nat, Dave Thompson
and Glenn Bezuidenhout, all Qualified Persons as defined by NI
43-101, and independent of Energizer Resources for the purposes of
NI 43-101 requirements. The Technical Report is available on SEDAR
at www.sedar.com and on the Company's website
at www.energizerresources.com
The above resource estimates were calculated in accordance with NI
43-101 as required by Canadian securities regulatory authorities.
For United States reporting purposes, Industry Guide 7 (under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934), as interpreted by the Staff of
the SEC, applies different standards in order to classify
mineralization as a reserve. Among other things, the terms
"measured", "indicated" and "inferred" mineral resources are
required pursuant to National Instrument 43-101, the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission does not recognize such terms.
Canadian standards differ significantly from the requirements of
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and mineral resource
information contained herein is not comparable to similar
information regarding mineral reserves disclosed in accordance with
the requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission.
Mineral resources are not mineral reserves and do not have
demonstrated economic viability. The mineral resource estimates in
this press release include inferred resources that are normally
considered too speculative geologically to have economic
considerations applied to them that would enable them to be
categorized as mineral reserves. There is also no certainty that
the inferred mineral resource will be converted to the measured and
indicated mineral resource categories through further drilling, or
into a mineral reserve once economic considerations are
applied.U.S. investors should understand that "inferred" mineral
resources have a great amount of uncertainty as to their existence
and great uncertainty as to their economic and legal feasibility.
In addition, investors are cautioned not to assume that any part or
all of the Company's mineral resources constitute or will be
converted into reserves. Cautionary Statement: Neither TSX
Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is
defined in the policies of the TSX Exchange) accepts responsibility
for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
CONTACT:
Energizer Resources
416-364-4911
www.energizerresources.com
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