Gratomic Inc has issued an update for its Aukam graphite mine and processing plant in Namibia.
In April, the company’s technical team arrived at the mine site to advance that plant in order to batch process 100 tonnes of a high-purity graphite concentrate that will be shipped to industry partners in Asia, Europe and the US.
That program marks the completion of Gratomic’s operational readiness ahead of commercial production and is expected to run through mid-August.
This will also complete the installation of the polishing mill and the stirred media mill, which are designed to remove minor impurities from the surface of graphite particles to attain the specification required by customers. This circuit should be installed at the Aukam site by mid-June, the company said.
Over the next 60 days, Gratomic’s engineering team will take steps to prepare for delivery of the final product.
"We are very pleased with the progress at Aukam and look forward to the completion of our final stages and the commencement of production,” CEO Arno Brand said in a statement. “I'd like to thank our entire Gratomic team for their efforts and we look forward to enhancing shareholder value and servicing our global customers.”
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