The
Australian mining company Triton Minerals, which holds the rights to graphite
and vanadium deposits in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado,
announced on Tuesday that it is to focus on developing its graphite deposits at
Ancuabe.The deposit is expected to be the source of premium graphite flakes.
Triton states that “initial flotation test work of Ancuabe material has
returned some of the highest concentrations of jumbo and super jumbo flake
graphite ever recorded from East Africa”. The mine has the additional benefit
of being only fifty kilometres away from the port of Pemba.According to the
Triton, the company intends to become “a graphite concentrate producer of
global significance over the next twelve months, underpinned by its world-class
graphite assets in Mozambique”.Triton
also has a graphite and vanadium asset at Balama North which it describes as
“world class”. However, the statement makes clear that in 2016 the focus will
be on Ancuabe.Graphite is a form of carbon which is highly priced due to its
properties as a conductor of electricity. It is used in batteries and fuel
cells, and is the basis for the “miracle material” graphene, which is the
strongest material ever measured, with vast potential for use in the
electronics industries.
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