MRL Corporation: GM Wish List, page-6

MRL Corporation Ltd (MRL) holds licences to exercise the exclusive right to explore and mine for Graphite within 6,300 hectares of land located in several provinces of Sri Lanka.*

The world production of Graphite is approximately 1.1 million tonnes per year - more than 50 times the size of the lithium or rare earth markets. Depending on the mode of occurrence and origin, natural Graphite is graded into three forms: Flake, Amorphous and Lump.

Sri Lanka is known as the only major producer of crystalline vein Graphite (or lump Graphite) - the highest quality of naturally occurring material in the world. The purity level of vein Graphite produced in Sri Lanka is in excess of 90% carbon. This means little upgrading and processing is required to make a high-quality saleable product. Vein graphite is the rarest, most valuable form of natural Graphite.

Today, Graphite demands are increasing as valuable and broad applications are being researched and developed daily from consumer electronics, green energy, medical, mining and military applications.

The U.S.A. is a 100% importer of Graphite, and has recently joined China and the European Union in classifying Graphite as a critical strategic material. (SOURCE: https://au.linkedin.com/company/kumai-energy-pte-ltd )

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We also have another player in this one-step graphene process, MRL Resources (ASX:MRF) with its crystalline vein project in Sri Lanka. MRL says its deposit has a very high crystalline carbon content not observed in any other previously tested graphite materials.

The company said it will now consider the merits of producing both graphite and graphene in its development plan and it will begin talks with several research organizations to find a way to production.

MRL employs a combined thermal and mechanical process to isolate the graphene directly from the raw graphite (without milling) and without having to produce graphene oxide.

So where does this leave Talga?

Here’s Grigor again: “You may be tempted to declare that Talga is not longer unique, but that isn’t of itself a problem. You should have always been prepared for the possibility that alternatives would eventually come along.”

“Some people have said that Talga is too good to be true, but the emergence of another company that can employ a similar process actually adds credibility to the thematic,” Grigor argues.

He says the two companies are different: Talga’s orebody has simple geometry that lends itself to low-cost, open cut mining. MRL will access its ore from narrow, very high grade underground mines that will be volume-constrained.

“Talga is still the best option for bulk production, but a small, sweet Sri Lankan mine, or series of mines, could offer high profit margins on low capital costs,” he adds.

- See more at: http://investorintel.com/cleantech-...m-big-graphite-advances/#sthash.fDrZQmec.dpuf

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I think MRF should bring the experts and expand the brief of the Meeting to the science and offtake partners and experts.

What do you think?

Graphene to reinvigorate mining sector, says sector chief



Junior mining companies need to fail to make way for innovative firms who can take advantage of the “deeply disruptive graphene age” says Warwick Grigor, Executive Chairman of Far East Capital.

Speaking at a conference in Australia covered by Australian Mining magazine, Grigor said that mining companies needed to recognise the opportunity that the graphene industry provides the sector.

Grigor said: “There has been an explosion in the number of patents being taken out, as industry has been preparing to take advantage of a new and deeply disruptive graphene age.”

He also pointed out that graphene had the potential to alter demand for other commodities, pointing out that graphene was 200 times the strength of traditional steel and, as a result, could displace iron ore in the future.

Grigor said most companies would end up mining graphite to contribute to the production of high-quality graphene, but singled out Talga Resources and MRL Corporation for special mention, noting that they managed high-grade graphene deposits in Sweden, Germany and Sri Lanka, which could be used for the production of low-cost graphene.

Warwick Grigor is Chairman of Far East Capital Limited, a specialist research-based mining company financier and corporate adviser.

SOURCE: http://newmaterialsnews.com/graphene/graphene-to-reinvigorate-mining-sector-says-sector-chief

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There is allot for MRF to expand on I think...


Is MRL Corporation going after large Dormant Mines that can go straight into production?

What is Sri Lanka Giving to help build a Graphene Facility?

How close is MRF to achieving its next phase of targets?


Even though it is constantly throwing me off I hope this is interesting...



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