RE: RE: Espagnol Superior and Graftech are middle-men who buy graphite at low prices from producers and make value-added products, profiting from the markup. They are NOT the kind of companies graphite producers want to depend on as they low ball on graphite prices. As stated in the Focus N43-101, because 53% of the graphite had no commercial value and metallurgical issues Lac Knife never moved to full feasibility. Pilot plant testing was abandoned and the project never moved to bankable feasibility.