Benoit Gascon: An Insider’s Take on the Complicated Graphite Market

January 30, 2013 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment 

GUEST COMMENTARY — Brian Sylvester, The Metals Report (1/29/13) http://www.theaureport.com/pub/na/14956 Ten years ago, Benoit Gascon would have said there’s no money in graphite investment. But the former CEO of the only North American graphite producer to survive Chinese competition has changed his tune, thanks to increasing graphite consumption in China and India. Gascon, who argues [...]

Graphite: The Boom, China’s Bottleneck and the Exploration Crunch

April 23, 2012 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment 

COMMENTARY–ProspectingJournal.com– In graphite very few can doubt the potential. When the metal first came into use its applications were widely restricted to lubricants and pencils. The impending boom of the auto industry in the 1960s then allowed it to tap into new markets, substantially widening graphite’s reach and economic value. Today, a similar pattern of [...]

Standard Graphite (SGH-TSX.V) is Super Charged

April 18, 2012 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment 

Guest Commentary–Metal Investment News– Graphite is hot and getting hotter.  Global demand is expected to double in the next 8 years catalyzed by a 20% a year growth rate in the lithium ion battery space which uses high carbon, “large flake” (+80 micron) graphite selling for $2,400 a tonne. Rapid adoption of battery-driven technologies in [...]

Zimtu Capital Corp. Announces Property Transaction with Strike Graphite Corp.

February 15, 2012 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment 

NEWS–February 14, 2012 – Zimtu Capital Corp. (TSXv: ZC; FSE: ZCT1) (the “Company” or “Zimtu”) is pleased to announce that the Company and three prospecting partners have signed an agreement with Strike Graphite Corp. (TSXv: SRK) (“Strike”) whereby Strike can earn a 100%-interest in the Wagon Graphite Property located in southwestern Quebec. The Wagon Property [...]

ProspectingFM – Ep3: Chris Berry (House-Mountain.com)

July 18, 2011 by prospectingjournal · Leave a Comment 

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Episode 3: In this episode we talk about the current state of the United States’ economy, in the aftermath of Federal Reserve Chairman’s monetary policy report to Congress in which he faced a showdown with Presidential candidate, Congressman Ron Paul. Upon hearing the many pregnant pauses and delays from Bernanke, the market has responded, with [...]