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688,831 trade now showing. Pretty sure it's a buy judging by the price paid...looks like interest finally is building.

Mr. Johansen said there is strong and growing interest for high quality graphite products in China, in particular for larger flake size graphite suitable for the expandable graphite market, which includes battery manufacturers. http://rutilance.com/tanzania-armadale-capital-casts-a-wide-net-for-liandu-graphite

The government will today announce a £246m investment in battery technology for electric vehicles as it aims to “establish the UK as world leader” in the sector. . http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/07/23/uk-power-industrial-strategy-battery-funding-revolution/

Gold price back over $1250oz. We should get news on the gold project, as it's well overdue.

http://www.northernminer.com/news/rising-battery-demand-drives-allure-technology-metals/1003787633/

https://www.cleanenergynews.co.uk/blogs/transport/europes-electric-bus-market-in-transformational-growth-mode

https://investorintel.com/market-analysis/market-analysis-intel/analyst-math-teslas-potential-new-demand-flake-graphite/

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/roskill-batteries-spark-dynamic-change-in-graphite-markets-2017-07-10-420326

Highlights: Two-phase development plan defined at Mahenge Liandu – Stage One to focus on processing higher grade mineralisation before a later expansion to take advantage of the large size of the deposit for Stage Two 2,500m Reverse Circulation (‘RC’) drill programme underway – focussed on increasing the current JORC Resource of 40.9Mt at 9.41% Total Graphitic Content (‘TGC’) and defining zones of +10% TGC near surface mineralisation Drilling follows completion of road access and construction of 25 drill pads Road access has exposed wide zones up to 110m of graphite mineralisation near surface Identified and met with a number of potential offtake partners in China – product samples from recent bulk sampling programme to be provided for test work The key focus of the RC drilling programme is to target near surface zones of +10% TGC mineralisation identified in the 2016 drilling programme. The objective of the drilling is to define 3-5Mt of higher grade mineralisation allowing the Company to develop the Project in two stages with an initial focus on processing higher grade mineralisation before a later expansion to take advantage of the large size of the deposit. Results of the drilling will be released to the market in due course. An initial visit to China by company representatives to a range of graphite industry participants, including graphite consumers, engineering, procurement, and construction providers and funding institutions was successful, with requests received for samples to be provided for test work. Further updates regarding offtake discussions will be made when appropriate.

https://qz.com/1024520/renewable-energy-is-becoming-so-cheap-the-us-will-meet-paris-commitments-even-if-trump-withdraws/

Elon Musk to build worlds biggest battery in Australia. http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/south-australia-to-announce-tesla-as-backer-of-worlds-largest-battery-20170707-gx6mhy.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/07/05/volvo-becomes-first-major-car-manufacturer-go-electric/

http://www.autonews.com/article/20170630/OEM05/170639987/chinas-plans-for-lithium-ion-battery-production-could-overtake-tesla?X-IgnoreUserAgent=1&X-IgnoreUserAgent=1

http://m.miningweekly.com/article/armadale-trenching-programme-intercepts-high-grade-graphite-2017-06-21

Mpokoto The Mpokoto project comprises four mining licences, which are valid for an initial term of 30 years from 30 September 2014. Significant further upside is anticipated with an exploration target of 2.4-3.0m tonnes grading 1.25-1.5 g/t Au, which the Board estimate should yield an additional 120,000-150,000oz Au to the project. Furthermore, the project is part of a total licence area of 800,000 hectares yet to be explored.

Acp also have 32 mining licences in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Mining industry of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is rich in natural resources. DR Congo is estimated to have $24 trillion (equivalent to the combined Gross Domestic Product of Europe and the United States) worth of untapped deposits of raw mineral ores, including the world’s largest reserves of cobalt and significant quantities of the world’s diamonds, gold and copper.[1][2] The primary resources extracted in the DRC include cobalt, diamonds, gold, copper, and oil. Much of the resource extraction is done in small operations,[citation needed] known as "Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining" (ASM),[3] which are unregulated in the DRC.[4] Recently, more money is being invested into the extraction and refining of some of the ores found in the DRC, primarily copper and cobalt, which may help regulate the extraction and reduce environmental impacts.[5] Many ASM operations still exist for minerals such as coltan that can be mined with little capital investment.[citation needed] ASM operations employ a significant number of DRC's population, with estimates of up to one fifth of the country or 12.5 million

Could really do with Mpokoto gold update to keep the momentum going.

https://stocknews.com/news/tsla-tesla-inc-tsla-model-3-will-decimate-lithium-ion-battery/

Tesla Inc (TSLA): Model 3 Will Decimate Lithium Ion Battery Supplies

June 19th 2017 From the Article To put the scale of Model 3 into perspective, he shared that “the Model 3 alone, when it’s at half a million vehicles per year, will use the world’s entire lithium ion battery supply.” The clarification builds on previous statements by Tesla CEO Elon Musk several years ago that the Gigafactory would produce more lithium ion cells than the entire world’s capacity at the time. https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-model-3- worlds-lithium-ion-battery-supply/