i guess it's kinda hard to transition from an amateur Blackberry analyst over on Seeking Alpha to a graphite expert in a couple of months.

what you are missing jabber is that Sri Lankan hydrothermal vein/lump graphite, and ZEN's hydrothermal vein/lump graphite manifests in flake format. just so you can understand, the lumps are made up of layers of flakes.

unlike sedimentary flake deposits ie: those of all the rest of the graphite stocks other than ZEN and CCB, hydrothermal lump/vein type graphite has been pre cooked (at very high temperatures) AND pre pressurized (at very high pressures) by Mother Nature resulting in a very unique type of graphite that has superior electrical and thermal properties. regular flake graphite has not been pre cooked or pre pressurized by Mother Nature, and that is the key factor that escapes you.

not only that, hydrothermal vein/lump type graphite has a different crystalline makeup than sedimentary flake graphite. it is isotropic whereas flake graphite is anisotropic. what does this mean to you, the Blackberry analyst?

well hydrothermal vein/lump can transmit electricity in 3D while sedimentary flake can only transmit electricity along the length of the flakes.

this is one simple reason why flake companies have so much difficulty altering their graphite to even start to compete in the battery space for instance. they have to grind their flake down into potatoe shapes to fudge 3D transmission of electrical currents.

in this process they lose about two thirds of their feedstock, not to mention the numerous challenges they face even bringing it up to the purity levels required for battery grade graphite.

you, like many others, have not take the time that is required to understand this situation, and it has been a pleasure to watch you make a complete fool out of yourself on here and on Seeking Alpha.

if anyone wishes to copy this post and use it in future when responding to these idiots it is fine with me.