Graphite concentrate recovered at International Graphite’s Springdale project in WA. Credit: File International Graphite (ASX: IG6) has reported “exceptional” battery testwork results on graphite concentrate from its 100 per cent-owned Springdale project in Western Australia’s deep south, with studies in Germany showing purity levels above that expected for use in lithium-ion electric vehicle (EV) batteries. The company says its graphite has now proven to be suitable for prem

International Graphite has agreed to loan major shareholder Comet Resources $1.5 million. Credit: File Shares in International Graphite surged more than 27 per cent today after it agreed to loan major shareholder Comet Resources $1.5 million to resolve market speculation on the short-to-medium-term security of its stock owned by the latter. Management says the strategic funding transaction will prevent the potential sell down of any of the 40 million International Graphite sh

International Graphite’s valuable micronised graphite product for EV batteries. Credit: File International Graphite’s (ASX: IG6) plans to produce battery-quality anode material in Western Australia for the burgeoning electric vehicle industry has received a $1.3 million boost after securing a timely tax rebate from the Australian Taxation Office for its research and development (R&D) activities in the past year. The cash injection bolsters the company’s funding for its pathwa

International Graphite managing director and chief executive officer Andrew Worland at today’s commissioning of the company’s micronising plant in Collie. Credit: File ASX-listed International Graphite has successfully commissioned its new graphite micronising plant in the South West town of Collie in what it says is a first for the Australian battery minerals industry. Its qualification-scale microniser, with a capacity of 200 tonnes per annum, will be the first to produce g

International Graphite has released a scoping study into its mine-to-market graphite strategy in WA. Credit: File International Graphite says its planned Springdale graphite mine and downstream processing facilities in the Western Australian town of Collie are “world-leading” assets following an integrated mine-to-market scoping study into the operation. The latest scoping study is based on the company’s decision to now use concentrates produced entirely from its Springfield

International Graphite plans to use Federal Government funding on feasibility work at its Collie processing hub. Credit: File International Graphite will use a second-tranche $1.25 million Critical Minerals Development Grant payment to continue feasibility work on its Springdale graphite project and downstream processing facilities. The latest payment is part of a $4.7 million funding agreement with the Federal Government as part of the national Critical Minerals Development

The qualification plant installation at International Graphite’s research and development facility in Collie. Credit: File International Graphite is closing in on a significant company milestone with the expected commissioning next month of its new micronising plant at Collie in WA’s South West region. Management today revealed it had kicked off the installation of the plant, which it says will be capable of producing 100 to 200 tonnes per annum of micronised graphite product

International Graphite chairman Phil Hearse, left, and OmniGeoX geologist Darren Sparks. Credit: File International Graphite has more than tripled the size of its mineral resource at the company’s Springdale graphite project near Hopetoun to a whopping 49.3 million tonnes at 6.5 per cent total graphitic carbon (TGC). The impressive new resource also includes a grade increase from the previous figure of 15.3 million tonnes at 6 per cent TGC, with 11.5 million tonnes at 7.5 per

International Graphite drilling at Springdale. Credit: File International Graphite will confirm an updated graphite resource in a fortnight, incorporating more solid assay results from recent infill and exploration drilling at its Springdale project near the Western Australian town of Hopetoun. The company says four new graphite deposits based on airborne electromagnetic anomalies were confirmed by the drilling campaign, but also left more potential upside with three targets

International Graphite continues to record impressive hits from drilling at its Springdale graphite project near Hopetoun. Credit: File International Graphite says it is just weeks away from a revised mineral resource at its Springdale graphite project near Hopetoun, after receiving a slew of positive results from its infill drill campaign. Assay highlights from the company’s Eastern prospect returned an 18m hit going 13 per cent total graphitic carbon (TGC) from 47m, includi

The processing facility at International Graphite’s Collie plant. Credit: File Metallurgical testwork has begun on ore from International Graphite’s Springdale graphite project on Western Australia’s south coast, as the company fast-tracks its integrated “mine-to-market” graphite supply chain strategy. International Graphite is aiming to be the State’s first mine-to-market producer of battery anode graphite, sourcing material from Springdale and treating it at its downstream

International Graphite has landed more high-grade graphite from its Springdale graphite project near Hopetoun on WA’s south coast. Credit: File High-grade graphite hits continue to cascade in for International Graphite from its Springdale project near Hopetoun on Western Australia’s south coast, where the company has etched out four new discoveries surrounding its existing mineral resource. Management has revealed highlights that include 18m averaging 12.2 per cent total grap

International Graphite continues to return impressive results from drilling at its Mason Bay graphite prospect near Hopetoun. Credit: File International Graphite has returned high-grade results from drilling at its Mason Bay prospect, about 2km east of its Springdale graphite project’s mineral resource near Hopetoun on Western Australia’s stunning south coast. Assay highlights show an 11m hit grading 18 per cent total graphitic carbon (TGC) from 28m, including a 4m intercept

A-focused International Graphite has landed a $4.7 million funding agreement with the Federal Government as part of the national Critical...

International Graphite chief financial officer Robert Hodby and chief technical officer David Pass. Credit: File International Graphite has locked in $4.2 million from the Federal Government towards feasibility studies to fast-track its mine-to-market graphite supply chain development plans in Western Australia. The company plans to process ore from its Springdale graphite project near Hopetoun in the State’s deep south at its proposed graphite battery anode materials facilit

International Graphite CEO Andrew Worland inspects the new site in Collie. Credit: File International Graphite has made a key strategic move in bedding down a site for its proposed battery anode material (BAM) plant near the Western Australian town of Collie. Management says it is negotiating a lease of up to 40 years on private land in an industrial estate 5km from the South West town. It has signed an exclusive non-binding memorandum of understanding for an option agreement

International Graphite is closing in on a suitable site for its proposed graphite battery anode material facility in Collie. Credit: File International Graphite says its latest scoping study has highlighted the “outstanding” economics of developing the company’s proposed graphite battery anode material facility at Collie, in Western Australia’s South West region. The company’s new report shows the estimated total capital cost to produce uncoated spheroidised purified graphite