RE:RE:RE:GRAT featured in Investing News NetworkSince its discovery in early 1928 the Aukam graphite deposit has been worked intermittently including two periods of mining between 1940 and 1974 that produced a total of 22,602 tons of graphite from three adits and an open cut. Minimal further exploration was undertaken in the area prior to Next’s acquisition of the property in November 2013.