MRL doubled graphite licenses in Sri Lanka
New license provides raw material for MRLs strategy
Production expansion for graphite transition over the next 2 to 3 years
MRL Corporation (ASX: MRF) today announced that the company has a
major new exploration permit for a 7,600 hectare area in the
highly prospective graphite provinces of Sri Lanka has secured.
This license, which at 6,300 hectares to the existing exploration licenses
In addition the company in Sri Lanka, is located in the region
Warakapola harboring MRLs advanced graphite project Pandeniya.
Like the other exploration licenses of MRL was this new license over
two years granted with five extension options at each
2 years.
MRL is preparing for the start of production of high-grade
Graphite in March quarter of next year. The company is one of the
its highest-grade graphite producers in the world.
MRL also indicates start of pilot plant tests at the University of
Adelaide known. These tests are the best method for extracting
the high-priced graphs from the graphite of the company determine.
Earlier testwork on MRLs graphite found that he is for the production
the high-priced graph is very good. The first test at the
University of Adelaide found that the quality of the graphite from the MRL
gained excellent graphs and with the quality of by synthetic
Method produced graphene was comparable.
They showed that a very high crystalline graphite MRLs
Carbon content has, in any of the other previously tested
Graphite materials was observed.
At a time of just 10 minutes for the Abblätterungsverfahren 50
Exfoliated% of graphite and deliver a graph yield of> 90%.
About MRL Corporation Ltd. (ASX: MRF)
MRL aims at developing a high grade underground mine deplete
crystalline graphite transition, which occurs uniquely in Sri Lanka. There
Owns the exclusive rights for exploration licenses, the
about a 6,300 hectare area with historic mining trails
cover throughout the license screen.
About graph
Graphs which adequately publicized and now famous two-dimensional
Carbon allotrope is as diverse as any other than material
discovered on Earth material. Its amazing features as the
lightest and strongest material with respect to its ability to heat and electricity
better to lead than any other material means that it is in a
huge number of applications can be integrated.
Initially means that mean graphs for improving the performance
and efficiency of the current Materials and substances used, but in
the future there will also developed in conjunction with other
two-dimensional crystals are to produce some even more astonishing
compounds in a will fit even wider range of applications.
One area of research that is being studied intensively is that
Energy storage. Currently, scientists are working on improving
the storage capacity of lithium-ion batteries (by inserting
Graphs as an anode) to much larger storage capacities with much
longer life and charging times offer. Graph will also
studied and developed in the preparation of supercapacitors
To apply, which can be charged very quickly and
also can save a large amount of current.
Nature of the transition graphite
The graphite deposit model for Sri Lanla is best from the bottom
described above: In the metamorphic sediments expansion cracks formed
by the folding of the sediments. This led to the formation of
Conveying channels for hydrothermal deposition of very high
quality gear graphite. By breaking down in the past is known,
that the thickness and the quality level of these transitions with depth
increase. The graphite transitions generally fall steeply with 70 degrees up
almost perpendicularly. This enables the reduction in the transitional mining method,
similar to that process that the degradation of rich gold deposits
is used.
The method generally used is the
Stoping, whereby the high-grade transitional graphite mined and without
Contamination is transported to the surface. The Grafitsalband, the
Contact the adjoining rock dove, is to the surface
transported and poured for enrichment stockpiled. The remaining
Overburden is used to backfill the stope.
Due to the nature of the transition to graphite transition widths of approximately 25 cm
expects that the economically by applying the transitional mining method