Graphite One Awarded US$4.7 Million Contract by U.S. Department of Defense';s Defense Logistics Agency to Develop Graphite-Based Foam Fire Suppressant
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CEO: New DoD Contract "underscores the importance of graphite for innovative technology applications beyond the renewable energy markets."
Project Will Be Executed Under the G1 Partnership Agreement with Experienced Defense Contractor Vorbeck Materiais
"Graphite One is pleased to begin work on this Defense Logistics Agency project, which responds to the legally-mandated requirement to develop a new alternative to long-standing foam fire suppressants which are known to have toxic impacts on human health and the environment," said Anthony Huston, President and CEO of Graphite One. "This DLA contract underscores the importance of graphite for innovative technology applications beyond the renewable energy markets – an important part of Graphite One's advanced graphite materials strategy."
Graphite One will execute the DLA project with Vorbeck Materials, Corp. of
Vorbeck CEO John Lettow stated, "Vorbeck is excited to work with Graphite One to develop new and safer alternatives for the existing PFAS fire-suppressants for the DLA. Vorbeck's strong experience in creating new formulations based on graphite and graphene should enable us to move rapidly toward a successful solution that will have significant supply-chain, safety and environmental benefits for the country."
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GRAPHITE ONE INC. (TSX‐V: GPH; OTCQX: GPHOF) continues to develop its Graphite One Project (the "Project") to become an American producer of high-grade anode materials that is integrated with a domestic graphite resource. The Project is proposed as a vertically integrated enterprise to mine, process and manufacture anode materials primarily for the lithium‐ion electric vehicle battery market. As set forth in the Company's 2022 Pre-Feasibility Study, graphite mineralization mined from the Company's Graphite Creek Property, situated on the
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