100% of Lac Gueret Nouveau Monde has somehow managed to acquired 100% of what is, by far, the largest, highest grade graphite deposit in North America for essentially peanuts ($20 mm). They’ll be talking about this one for a while.
Ore Value Calculation FlakeMesh
size | Price/lb
(US$)3 | Mason
Lac Gueret, PQ
(17.5% C2, 385 lbC/t) | Nouveau Monde
Matawinie, PQ
(4.3% C; 97 lbC/t) | Graphite One
Graphite Creek, Alaska
(6.5% C; 143 lbC/t) |
| | | % | lb/t | $/t | % | lb/t | $/t | % | lb/t | $/t |
| -32 | $3.10 | | | | | | | 63 | 8.6 | 27 |
| -50 | 0.60 | 13 | 50 | 27 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 7 |
| -80 | 0.25 | 16 | 62 | 11 | 32 | 31 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 4 |
| -100 | 0.24 | 14 | 54 | 12 | 34 | 33 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 5 |
| fines | 0.19 | 57 | 219 | 37 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 58 | 83 | 16 |
| | Total ore value | US$87/t | | Total | $29/t | | Total | $59/t |
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| | Deposit size (mmt) | 66 mt | | | 62mt | | | 22mt |
| | Contained C (mmlb) | 11,600 | | | 2,700 | | | 1,430 |
2) average grade of larger scale mining operation in revised PFS; previous DFS proposed mining higher-grade core zone @ 28% C.
3) from Fig. 13-2, of GPH prefeasibility study.
4) FOB China, 2021