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GRAPHITE The Driving Force Behind Green Technology AMORPHOUS DIAMONDS GRAPHITE FLAKE Coal, charcoal, etc Lump / Vein Amorphous Demand for flake graphite is being driven upwards by green technology Learn more on page 2 SUPPLY DEMAND Flake Graphite Amorphous Graphite 40% 70% 60% Tonnes per year 100,000 300,000 500,000 700,000 900,000 1,100,000 1,300,000 Li Lithium Ni Nickel Mo Molybdenum REE Rare Earth Graphite 1.1 million tonnes per year Compare Graphite with other markets USD $12,000,000,000 (Estimated worldwide Graphite market in 2011) 5 % growth in the last decade. Driven by Asian steel and auto markets High purity crystal flake graphite supply is very limited. Only this kind of natural graphite can be used for Li-ion batteries, fuel cells, and other green tech. Highest price Lowest supply High Carbon Purity Large Flake Size Carbon Flake Purity directly affects the price of the resource of the world's graphite market. GRAPHITE FACTS Lightest weight of all reinforce- ments Corrosion and heat resistant An excellent conductor of electricity and heat Highest natural strength / stiffness of any material An excellent lubricant C 6 Carbon most abundant element in the Earth’s crust Carbon occurs naturally in forms: Occurs in forms: 15th 3 3 TSX-V:LMR OTC: LMRMF FSE: DH8B
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GRAPHITEThe Driving Force Behind Green Technology
AMORPHOUS
DIAMONDS
GRAPHITE
FLAKE
Coal, charcoal, etc
Lump / Vein
Amorphous
Demand for flake graphite is being driven upwards by greentechnologyLearn moreon page 2
SUPPLY DEMAND
Flake Graphite AmorphousGraphite
40%
70%
60%
Tonnesper year
100,000
300,000
500,000
700,000
900,000
1,100,000
1,300,000
LiLithium
NiNickel
MoMolybdenum
REERare Earth
Graphite 1.1 million tonnes per year
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USD $12,000,000,000(Estimated worldwide Graphite market in 2011)
5% growth in the last decade.Driven by Asian steel and auto markets
High purity crystal flake graphite supply is very limited. Only this kind of natural graphite can be used for Li-ion batteries, fuel cells, and other green tech.
Highest price Lowest supply
HighCarbonPurity
LargeFlakeSize Carbon Flake Purity
directly affects theprice of the resource
of the world's graphite market.
GRAPHITE FACTS
Lightest weight of all
reinforce-ments
Corrosion and heat resistant
Anexcellentconductor
of electricityand heat
Highestnatural
strength /stiffness of any material
Anexcellentlubricant
C6
Carbon
most abundant elementin the Earth’s crust
Carbon occurs naturally in forms:
Occurs in forms:
15th 3
3
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GREEN TECHNOLOGYDRIVING GRAPHITE DEMAND
LITHIUM ION BATTERIES
FUEL CELLS
In a Li-ion battery,graphite is usedas the anode.
Carbon atoms arranged in ahoneycomb pattern can bearranged in sheets that areonly one atom thick.
The amount ofgraphite in asmartphone
battery
Lithium ion batteries are found in many modern electronic devices.
CHINA is aiming to exponentially expand its nuclear power program:
Fuel Cells have the potential to use as much graphite as all other uses.*Proton Exchange Membrane technology requires large amounts of graphite, and is the most likely technology to be developed for use in light vehicles, buildings, and smaller applications.†
NUCLEAR POWER
In the near future, use of electric cars will increase dramatically. Electric car batteries contain a significant amount of graphite.For example:
FACT
FACT
There is actually
10–20xmore graphite in a Lithium Ion battery
than Lithium
15g
Graphite usein
Chevy Volt Nissan Leaf
*US Geological Survey†US Department of Energy
Tesla Roadster
A 1GW Pebble Bed Reactor needs 3,000 tonnes of graphiteto start up and up to 1,000 tonnes to operate annually
30
0
60
90
50GW
2020 2030 2050
100GW150GW200GW250GW300GW350GW400GW
3 MILLION+The number of electricvehicles expected to
be in use by 2017
kgs
China is currently developing and testing Pebble Bed reactor designs.In April 2011, China began building a 210 MW fourth-generation nuclearreactor using high temperature gas-cooled Pebble Bed technology.
GRAPHENE
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10x
1000x
20%
200xbetter heat conductivity than Copper
the electrical current capacity of Copper wire
flexibility without any damage
stronger than structural steel
1mm is the thickness of3 million stackedsheets of graphene
Research has shown that GRAPHENE has unique properties:
Graphene could make technology thinner, transparent, flexible, and more powerful.
Graphite flakes are made of many layers of graphene stacked on top of each other, with weak bonds holding them together.
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