Nova Scotian firm builds pilot plant to process Tanzanian graphite

Photo by Elcora Advanced Materials.

Elcora Advanced Materials (TSXV: ERA) announced that it is building a pilot plant to process the mineralized material from the South Nachu graphite project in Tanzania.

The plant is being built at Elcora’s facility in Bedford, Nova Scotia.

In a press release, the Canadian company said it is currently awaiting the delivery of five tonnes of mineralized material from the African mine. Once received, the pilot plant will be used to process the ore and to extract graphite. 

The extracted graphite will then be purified to various grades with the idea of targeting the expandable graphite market. 

Spec sheets detailing particle size distribution, purity and expansion percentage will be produced and once those are completed, Elcora says it will build a pilot plant on the Tanzanian site.

In early July, the Nova Scotian firm entered into a 10-year joint venture profit-sharing agreement with Eminent Minerals’ interest in South Nachu, which is located in the Ruangwa district of the southeastern Lindi region.

The project is nearby two large, high-grade graphite properties, namely Syrah Resources’ Balama project and Magnis Energy Technologies’ Nachu project.

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