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Sarytogan Graphite targets industrial lubricant pigment market following application testing

Published 22/05/2024, 09:40 am
Sarytogan Graphite targets industrial lubricant pigment market following application testing

Sarytogan Graphite Ltd (ASX:SGA) has added a new target market to its strategic plan for the Sarytogan Graphite Deposit, after testing on bulk flotation concentrate revealed the material is also suitable ‘as is’ for industrial and military applications.

The concentrate produced registered a purity of 80% to 85% carbon following bulk flotation – some of this material will be further purified for use in advanced industries like battery manufacturing and nuclear applications.

The remainder has now been identified as suitable for use as a dry lubricant or lubricant pigment in traditional industrial applications as well as military uses.

Targeting as many markets as possible

“The Sarytogan Graphite Deposit is giant and exceptionally high grade,” Sarytogan Graphite managing director Sean Gregory said.

“The key to maximising future economic returns is to get as many of these units of carbon into as many markets as possible.

“We plan to deliver high-purity graphite into advanced industrial markets for batteries and nuclear use, following customer qualification.

“Today’s result demonstrates that the precursor Sarytogan Micro-Crystalline 80-85% C graphite product is suitable in traditional industrial applications, providing an important base load for the project.”

Three product types

SGA intends to produce three types of products from its Sarytogan Graphite Deposit, which boasts a mineral resource estimate of 229 million tonnes at 28.9% total graphite carbon for 66 million tonnes of contained graphite.

With that sizeable deposit, the company will target several markets at different stages of the refinement process, as demonstrated by the following graphic:

Following an “exceptional” performance in testing lithium-ion batteries made from Sarytogan Uncoated Spherical Purified Graphite (USPG) anodes, the company has manufactured coin-cell batteries with Sarytogan Coated Spherical Purified Graphite (CSPG) anodes.

Read: Sarytogan Graphite coin cell lithium-ion batteries display “exceptional” long-cycle endurance

The company says the battery testing of these CSPG anodes is well advanced, with initial results to be reported shortly.

SGA will incorporate said results into a pre-feasibility study, expected to be completed in the third quarter of this calendar year.

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