Triton Minerals graphite discovery to support high-value products

Triton Minerals (ASX:TON) has improved its scope for commercialisation of a wide range of graphite flake sizes by confirming continuous graphitic mineralisation over a 550 metres strike length at its highly prospective Ancuabe project in Mozambique.Initial drilling and visual inspections of drill core of 5 diamond and 3 RC holes at the project’s T12 area found multiple mineable zones of large and jumbo flake graphite.Assay results for the drill core are pending.Triton is now aiming to define a resource at T12 by the end of the year. Continuous graphitic exposures were discovered by ground validation of a previously established electromagnetic anomaly.Initial visual inspections indicate the mineralisation zone to be about 100 metres wide at surface and up to 50 metres in true thickness down hole.The area comprises a number of high, medium and low-grade graphite zones and puts the company in a unique position to customise products to suit various customer demands. Triton’s managing director & CEO Brad Boyle said: “The intersection of this large graphitic mineralisation zone at Ancuabe is a very exciting development for Triton, as it creates more development opportunities."The identification of multiple visual zones of large and jumbo flake graphite over considerable distances is once again verifying the world class nature of the Ancuabe location and the accuracy of the VTEM data. "Triton is now aiming to define a JORC complaint resource at T12 by the end of 2015. This most recent discovery of high quality graphitic mineralisation puts Triton in the unique position to customise TMG products to suit a very diverse market end users, by providing the best range flake graphite sizes.”Triton’s technical director Alfred Gillman stated: “Given the great reverence with which “Ancuabe graphite” has within the global graphite industry, the T12 greenfields discovery is a truly exciting development."Complementary to advanced product lineThe T12 discovery could complement the Triton Minerals Graphite (TMG) products range and provide the company with the potential to produce large volumes of high-grade (high-value) graphite in the full range of flake sizes, thereby accommodating a wider range of end-user requirements. TMG material was confirmed earlier this month to be capable of producing commercial grade graphene oxide using standard extraction methods.The lab work in Singapore also successfully produced graphene powder by simply drying the TMG graphene oxide solution.Graphene oxide solution is sold commercially in a diluted form for of up to $400 for 250ml.Physical characteristics Reconnaissance mapping and sampling undertaken at Ancuabe during the year identified a substantial amount of graphitic outcropping in several locations, over a distance of approximately 3.5 kilometres.Visual inspections of the rock samples taken at the site appear to show a high proportion of large, jumbo and super jumbo graphite flake material, which is readily separated on the outer surface of the rock chip samples.Most significantly, the dominant proportion of recovered large flakes sizes at Ancuabe, with demonstrates grades in excess of 92% at >100 mesh (150µm).These metallurgical results were obtained through a minimal series of crushing, grinding, rougher and cleaner flotation, without the need to complete a regrind of the graphite concentrate. Triton has confirmed that the EIA continues to progress well and is on track for completion by June 2016. DUAT applications (land use license) have commenced together with the initial feasibility study.Analysis The news from Ancuabe continues the forward progression of Triton's projects in Mozambique and ability to become a leading source of globally low cost and a diversified graphite product range with a reliable long mine supply life.Confirmation of a meaningful presence of graphite at this location offers greater confidence in demonstrating that economic quantities of the prized graphite categories of large and jumbo flake material.Multiple mineable zones of large and jumbo flake graphite were intersected. Ancuabe graphite is believed to have the best flake size distribution in the world and the largest majority of jumbo and super jumbo graphite flakes. Very large flake graphite sourced from Ancuabe may provide Triton the ability to produce a wide size range of high-quality graphite concentrates in order to cater for a variety of end-user requirements. The identification of continuous graphitic mineralisation at Ancuabe is significant because it provides additional opportunities to realise the project’s demonstrated potential to become a market-leading graphite supplier. Simpler crushing and grinding due to Ancuabe’s outstanding flake characteristics may result in reduced processing requirements during graphite flotation and a positive impact for Triton reducing the time and energy needed to complete the process. Proactive Investors Australia is the market leader in producing news, articles and research reports on ASX emerging companies with distribution in Australia, UK, North America and Hong Kong / China.  

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