The company earlier concluded its 2015 drill program under budget and has decided to start a supplemental, concurrent drill program to target further areas for more quantities of large-size flake graphite.
The expanded drill program targets Roscoe Ridge and the Holy Schist trench. The company said metallurgical work from trenching in both areas yielded 28.2% and 30.5% large flake respectively.
Alabama Graphite will drill four 100ft drill holes at Roscoe Ridge to the southeast of the existing resource grid.
The company will test the Holy Schist target by undertaking a small exploration drill program featuring five drill holes, consisting of a combined total 244m of core.
Alabama Graphite co-chief executive officer Don Baxter said: "With graphite, large flake commands higher prices than smaller flake sizes of equal purity.
"The purpose of AGC’s expanded 2015 drilling program at Coosa is to target areas that have been tested and indicate a higher percentage of large flake than we have seen in the southern portion of the current resource.
"These additional drill targets show the potential to increase both the overall grade and large flake percentage of the existing resource."
