The bulk sampling permit will enable the company to extract and ship large samples of graphite-bearing material. The company noted that it has multiple stockpiles of graphite bearing material some of which were recently discovered near the historic Miller Mine pit as well as graphite material collected as it is displaced from trenching during current exploration activities.
The stockpiles were discovered during beep-mat surveying and prospecting. The total stock piled material contains 640 tons of graphite vein mineralization in marble, paragneiss and wollastonite, as well as 5 tons of high-grade lump graphite.
Wollastonite has a range of uses in the automotive industry, and the company is investigating the recovery of wollastonite as a by-product of graphite mining at the Miller mine. Samples from the stockpiles have been sent to Actlabs for total graphite analysis, and the results will be used to prioritize processing of the stockpiled material.
According to the company, certain parts of the drill program assays are still pending, with the digestion phase done for the graphite vein mineralisation and samples being processed in the analytical instruments.
Canada Carbon director and CEO R Bruce Duncan said that permitting for bulk sampling is a logical next step as the company advances the Miller Mine project, and the discovery of historic stockpiles on surface is extremely fortuitous.
"It confirms the historic accounts of high-grade lump graphite on the property, and provides a significant amount of material for comparison to our recent discoveries."
"We now have access to this material, at surface, ready to be moved, that required minimum cost to discover. The Company anticipates the shipping of bulk samples for further testing once the bulk sample permit is received," Duncan added.
