Canaccord Morning Coffee - Feb. 2, 2012 Northern Graphite* (NGC : TSX-V : $1.50), Net Change: 0.20, % Change: 15.38%, Volume: 583,430
Superior flakes.
Northern Graphite announced that it has agreed to supply its +48 mesh and +32 mesh extra-large flake graphite
to Grafen Chemical Industries for graphene research and has also agreed to enter into a cooperation agreement to develop
intellectual property rights. Management highlighted that Northern Graphite has already had graphene made using large flake
graphite from the company's Bissett Creek project in Northern Ontario, by an eminent professor in the field at the Chinese
Academy of Sciences who is doing research making graphene sheets larger than 30cm2 in size using the graphene oxide
methodology. The tests indicated that graphene made from Northern's jumbo flake is superior to Chinese powder and large flake
graphite in terms of size, higher electrical conductivity, lower resistance and greater transparency. Graphene was first isolated
by scientists at the University of Manchester who won the Noble Prize for Physics in 2010 for their efforts. Graphene is
transparent in infra-red and visible light, flexible, and stronger than steel. It conducts heat 10 times faster than copper and can
carry 1,000 times the density of electrical current of copper wire. Graphene is expected to be a revolutionary material that could
change the technology of semi conductors and LCD touch screens and monitors, create super small transistors and super dense
data storage, increase energy storage and solar cell efficiency, and will transform many other applications.