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large proportion of almost 80% of the concentrate is also in the higher value larger flake size fractions over 106µ and improvement from 75% from earlier test work. Perfect, Battery-Grade!

Super Jumbo flake size of 500µm and above was improved from 1.3% to 3.6% and Jumbo flake size above 300µm from 15.3% to 20.9% Excellent results!

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I actually think a name change would be a good idea.

From today's RNS Cash at the period end stood at £292k and the Company continues to manage its cash resources carefully. Armadale is constantly reviewing its capital requirements and is in advanced dialogue with potential sources of finance that will ease the cash constraints on the Company.

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https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.cityam.com/272461/power-up-johnson-matthey-soars-plans-invest-gbp200m-battery/amp Chemicals firm Johnson Matthey's shares soared after the firm said it would invest £200m into expanding its battery material technology business. The company will plough an initial investment of up to £200m from 2018 to capitalise on growing demand for electric vehicles.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/09/21/johnson-matthey-shares-soar-plan-charge-electric-car-market/ Johnson Matthey has revealed plans for a £200m investment in battery technology as it aims to become a key player in the coming electric car revolution - news that sent the shares surging. The company generates 60pc of its £12bn in annual sales from making exhaust catalysts for vehicles, and industry observers have warned it could be particularly hurt by the rise of electric vehicles, which do not need catalytic converters. The company's investment spree - designed to "future-proof" the business - will begin in 2018 and last two to three years. Money will be ploughed into enhancing the technology behind the cathodes it makes for batteries as well as into increasing production capacity.

https://investingnews.com/daily/resource-investing/critical-metals-investing/graphite-investing/graphite-electrode-shortage-prices/ Chinese spot graphite electrode prices have reached $30,000 per MT, a 300-percent increase since January. On the back of disruptions to US needle coke production, the share prices of graphite electrode suppliers in India have been rising. Graphite India’s (BOM:509488,NSE:GRAPHITE) share price is up over 40 percent in the past month, while HEG’s (BOM:509631) is up over 100 percent.

http://torque-expo.com/graphite-electrode-shortage-strangling-eu-steel-production Tight supply conditions for carbon graphite electrodes are threatening to stall EU steel production, according to EUROFER, the European Steel Association. The Association said the graphite rods are indispensable in Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) ‘secondary’ steelmaking and in the Ladle Furnace (LF) metallurgy stages of both the EAF and ‘primary’ Blast Furnace-Basic Oxygen Furnace (BF-BOF) production routes. “Graphite electrodes are made from high quality needle coke,” said Axel Eggert, Director General of EUROFER. “Needle coke is a premium grade, high value petroleum coke, which has been seeing shortages and sharply higher prices in recent months. This global shortage has been caused by the idling of global production capacity over the past few years, followed by production stoppages recently enforced by the Chinese authorities as a result of additional environmental standards. “The global carbon graphite electrode market is serviced by relatively few companies in a limited number of regions. Many producers are to be found in China, with others located in India, United States, Japan and Europe. All are heavily dependent on the availability of needle coke. With Chinese supplies of needle coke and graphite out of the market, there is a clear shortage of both materials.”

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/12/electric-cars-jaguar-land-rover-and-ford-take-fight-to-tesla.html Traditional carmakers, such as Jaguar Land Rover, BMW and Ford have all sped up their respective plans to mass produce electric cars in order to challenge the likes of Tesla. A global crackdown on diesel cars in the wake of Volkswagen cheating on emission tests has ramped up the pressure on automakers to rapidly develop electric alternatives.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-autoshow-frankfurt-factbox/factbox-automakers-get-serious-about-electric-cars-idUKKCN1BN21Z #TECHNOLOGY NEWS SEPTEMBER 12, 2017 / 4:11 PM / UPDATED 14 HOURS AGO Factbox: Automakers get serious about electric cars Reuters Staff (Reuters) - Several carmakers have unveiled plans to mass-produce electric vehicles, spurred on by government crackdowns on engine emissions, falling battery costs and the increasing range of electric cars. China wants electric or plug-in hybrid cars - which combine electric motors and combustion engines - to account for at least one fifth of its vehicle sales by 2025.

https://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2017-09-11/electric-cars-reach-a-tipping-point As many as 800,000 charging stations will be built this year alone, according to the official China Daily. Government mandates will require manufacturers to sell 8 percent of their vehicles with electric or hybrid powertrains from next year, or purchase credits to make up the difference, rising to 20 percent by 2025.India, due to overtake Germany and then Japan as the world's third-biggest auto market by 2020, is on a similar path. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's think-tank Niti Aayog aims to get electric vehicles to 44 percent of the fleet by 2030, and is aggressively favoring them with tax rates 31 percentage points below those on hybrids and internal-combustion-engine cars under its new harmonized GST sales tax.

Regarding graphite, the potential here is massive.

VW announces massive $84 billion investment in electric cars and batteries https://electrek.co/2017/09/11/vw-massive-billion-investment-in-electric-cars-and-batteries/ The injection of 50 billion euros (~$60 billion) to support a battery supply chain for VW’s electric cars should shake up the industry and prepare for a rapid expansion of battery production over the next few years. With announcements like this and the recent announcements of gas and diesel-powered car bans from the UK, France, and maybe soon China, I think it’s becoming clear that EVs will move a lot quicker than most people expected.

2 x 400,000

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41218243 China made 28 million cars last year, almost a third of the global total. The proposals would require 8% of automakers' sales to be battery electric or plug-in hybrids by next year, rising to 12% in 2020. Xin predicted the change would create "turbulent times" in the industry. The shift will also have a knock-on effect on oil demand in China. The country is currently the world's second-largest oil consumer after the US.

Its a good thing the gold price is going up then. Next stop $1400oz. If there's a conflict between North Korea and the US, gold will rocket.

Hi pumpky why is this no good to acp? We could get news anytime now regarding funding of the gold project.

Over 1350oz.