Talga Resources (ASX: TLG) has contracted Adelaide Research and Innovation (ARI), the commercial development arm of the University of Adelaide, to test ore from its Nunasvaara graphite project in Sweden.
Importantly, ARI will assess the ability of this super grade graphite deposit to produce the much publicised high technology material, graphene.
Samples from Nunasvaara are already with the University and test results are expected in a few weeks’ time.
Graphene is an emerging industrial derivative of graphite being increasingly researched worldwide for its unique properties and potential extensive application across a range of new era technologies.
It refers to a one-atom-thick sheet of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal lattice and is renowned as the world’s first two-dimensional material identified.
Graphene has superior mechanical stiffness, strength and elasticity, electrical and thermal conductivity that could allow it to replace many common materials and additionally enable several disruptive technologies across many applications, from energy mobility and storage devices to computing and biotechnology.
It occurs naturally in the mineral graphite and can be synthesised in the laboratory.
Nunasvaara has a Resource of 7.6 million tonnes at 24.4% contained graphite that is suitable for open put development.
It has ready access to low-cost grid power and nearby road, rail and port options.
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