Kevin Torpy, Vice
President, Operations
Experienced
Mining Engineer to Oversee Site Operations, Exploration Activities,
and Feasibility
Studies for the Graphite Creek Project
Andrew Tan, Vice President,
Advanced Graphite Materials
Experienced Graphite Engineer Overseeing the Development of
the Advanced Materials
Manufacturing Facility
VANCOUVER, BC, April 3,
2023 /CNW/ - Graphite One Inc. (TSXV: GPH)
(OTCQX: GPHOF) ("Graphite One", or the "Company"), planning
a complete domestic U.S. supply chain for advanced graphite
materials, is pleased to announce the following:
- Appointment of Kevin Torpy as
Vice President, Operations of Graphite One (Alaska) Inc.; and
- Promotion of Andrew Tan to Vice
President, Advanced Graphite Materials of Graphite One Inc.
Both appointments are effective immediately. Graphite One
(Alaska) Inc. is Graphite One,
Inc.'s 100%-owned subsidiary.
"Graphite One is fortunate to add an experienced mining
executive of Kevin's caliber, and is pleased to recognize Andrew's
contribution to the Company" said Anthony
Huston, CEO and founder of Graphite One. "Kevin has
brought mines through permitting, construction and into production
– a skill set that's going to make our team even stronger.
Andrew's skill, experience and relationship's in the industry
are instrumental in developing our anode manufacturing
capability."
Mr. Torpy is a mining engineer with twenty-six years of
experience developing, building, and operating mines, primarily in
remote northern locations. Prior to joining Graphite One he
was Vice President, Operations at Ambler Metals, another Arctic
exploration project in Alaska. He was Vice President,
Operations at Titan Mining Corp. where he oversaw the restructuring
and operational turnaround of the Empire State Mine in Northern New
York State. He held several positions of increasing
responsibility including General Manager at Pretium Resources'
Brucejack Mine in British Columbia
during the advanced exploration, construction, and startup phases
of the project.
Mr. Torpy's other Alaska
experience includes the Kensington Mine, where he was Technical
Services Superintendent through construction, and the Pogo Mine,
where he was an Operations Engineer during the advanced exploration
and construction phases.
Mr. Torpy has a Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering from
Montana Tech and received the E.A.
Scholz Award from the Association for Mineral Exploration for
excellence in mine development in British Columbia. He is a
current Director and past Juneau
Branch Chair of the Alaska Miners Association.
Mr. Tan joined the Company in April 2021 as Director – Graphite Products
Manufacturing and has been instrumental in planning the Company's
advanced graphite materials manufacturing facility. He has over
thirty years industry experience including:
- eight years as an independent consultant to the carbon and
graphite materials industry with particular emphasis on
manufacturing graphite anode materials and other advanced graphite
products
- three years academic research in nano carbon materials
- three years as General Manager of SGL Carbon Group's graphite
foil manufacturing plant in China
- Led the successful development of a non-HF natural graphite
thermal chemical purification commercial process
- several technical positions in the industry in the United States and Canada.
Mr. Tan holds a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from
China's Hunan University and a Master's degree in
Chemical Engineering from the University of New Brunswick. He
is based in the Vancouver
office.
Marketing Awareness
Program
As part of Graphite One's ongoing strategy to raise the profile
of Graphite One and its Graphite Creek Project to investors, the
Company has engaged the services of TD Media LLC d/b/a Life Water
Media based out of Houston, Texas,
to provide a comprehensive digital media marketing campaign for the
Company.
The Company has entered into a Digital Marketing Services
Agreement with Life Water Media whereby the services to be provided
by Life Water Media will include digital media, advertising,
awareness campaigns, and other digital marketing services for a fee
of US150,000 per month for a six (6) month period. The
Agreement is subject to TSX Venture Exchange Approval.
Life Water Media is arm's length to the Company. Neither
Life Water Media nor its principals own, directly or indirectly,
any common shares in the Company.
Graphite One's Supply Chain
Strategy
With the United States
currently 100 per cent import dependent for natural graphite,
Graphite One is planning to develop a complete U.S.-based, advanced
graphite supply chain solution anchored by the Graphite Creek
resource. The Graphite One project plan includes an advanced
graphite material and battery anode manufacturing plant expected to
be sited in Washington State
integrated with the development of the Property. The plan includes
a recycling facility to reclaim graphite and the other battery
materials, to be co-located at the Washington State site, the third link in
Graphite One's circular economy strategy.
About Graphite One Inc.
GRAPHITE ONE INC. is developing its Graphite One Project (the
"Project") to become an American producer of high-grade anode
materials on a commercial scale 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 Seward
Peninsula about 60 kilometers north of Nome, Alaska, would be processed into
concentrate at an adjacent processing plant. Natural and
artificial graphite anode materials and other value–added graphite
products would be manufactured from the concentrate and other
materials at the Company's proposed advanced graphite materials
manufacturing facility expected to be located in Washington
State. The Company intends to make a production decision on
the Project upon the completion of a Feasibility Study.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors
"Anthony
Huston" (signed)
For more information on Graphite One Inc., please visit the
Company's website, www.GraphiteOneInc.com
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