GRAPHITE, RUSH to secure deposits... Options

[ASTROBLEME]

Graphite is a VERY HOT MINERAL presently. Here's a link that might interest prospectors;

https://investingnews.com/daily/resource-in...aphite-outlook/

Here are some photos of my graphite finds that may help others that are interested in pursuing this mineral;

Prospecting Pics



Graphite Flake pics;










Sincerely,

ASTROBLEME

[GeoMatt]

Graphite is a VERY HOT MINERAL presently. Here's a link that might interest prospectors;

https://investingnews.com/daily/resource-in...aphite-outlook/

The graphite supply isn't really the pinch point. There are lots of good high grade projects out there. Syrah over in Mozambique can mine it,refine it, and ship it to your port cheaper than anything you can produce here in the US or Canada due to their very high grades and low OPEX. In fact, their sales pricing isn't meeting their expectations. The market is pretty soft. The real money to be made in graphite is in the value added processing - purified and micronized, delaminated and expanded, spherical, coated spherical, and so on. I wouldn't plan on getting rich on any graphite lode claims in the lower 48, the best districts for graphite are back east on private land. Let's just say that I've looked at a few of the larger graphite deposits in North America and know the sector well.

[ASTROBLEME]

The "big money" is in natural flake graphite deposits. The amorphous graphite deposits aren't in such high demand and are already pretty well known.

Here's a summary (bold emphasis added by me) of a notice published by the Interior Department in the Federal Register on May 18, 2018;

The United States is heavily reliant on imports of certain mineral commodities that are vital to the Nation's security and economic prosperity. This dependency of the United States on foreign sources creates a strategic vulnerability for both its economy and military to adverse foreign government action, natural disaster, and other events that can disrupt supply of these key minerals. Pursuant to Executive Order 13817 of December 20, 2017, “A Federal Strategy to Ensure Secure and Reliable Supplies of Critical Minerals,” the Secretary of the Interior on February 16, 2018, presented a draft list of 35 mineral commodities deemed critical under the definition provided in the Executive Order. After considering the 453 public comments received, the Department of the Interior believes that the methodology used to draft the list remains valid and hereby finalizes the draft list of 35 critical minerals. The final list includes: Aluminum (bauxite), antimony, arsenic, barite, beryllium, bismuth, cesium, chromium, cobalt, fluorspar, gallium, germanium, graphite (natural), hafnium, helium, indium, lithium, magnesium, manganese, niobium, platinum group metals, potash, the rare earth elements group, rhenium, rubidium, scandium, strontium, tantalum, tellurium, tin, titanium, tungsten, uranium, vanadium, and zirconium. This list of critical minerals, while “final,” is not a permanent list, but will be dynamic and updated periodically to reflect current data on supply, demand, and concentration of production, as well as current policy priorities. This final list will serve as the Department of Commerce's initial focus as it develops its report to comply with Section 4 of Executive Order 13817.

As part of developing the new Federal strategy, Executive Order 13817 and Secretary's Order 3359, “Critical Mineral Independence and Security” (December 21, 2017), direct further efforts to assess potential domestic critical mineral resources above ground and below ground, and to examine Federal leasing and permitting processes to expedite access to these potential resources. Because the critical minerals on the final list are administered under existing mineral disposal laws and regulations, any recommendations to improve permitting processes for those critical minerals will improve permitting processes for all minerals administered under the same laws and regulations by the Bureau of Land Management and other Federal land management agencies.

[ASTROBLEME]

Prospecting for Colorado graphite deposits can be a lot of fun. I've really enjoyed sampling the targets that I've identified but beginning last month, mother nature gave me a notice to start wrapping up the prospecting season. It looks like I'll be waiting until next spring to search for more.

The best thing happened though...my ride blended into the surroundings so well that those claim jumpers just drove right by the parking spot.



ASTROBLEME

[GeoMatt]

Have fun prospecting, but nothing you are looking at there has value for development. You need large tonnage and high grade to be able to produce graphite concentrate economically. And yes, I'm talking about flake graphite here.

[ASTROBLEME]

I'm loving the Green New Deal!

The domestic mineral resources necessary to initiate and move this process through to completion are well aligned with my family's mining business plan. It is exciting to see that, over the past two decades, our "environmentally friendly" ethic has now matured into a position having great wealth potential.

Domestic flake graphite deposits are critical for building the massive battery storage needed for solar and wind projects, plus all the electric vehicles that will replace what we are using now. It is my opinion that USA based mineral interests have a much greater upside potential than we've ever dreamed of thanks to the Green New Deal.

ASTROBLEME