Nouveau Monde Mining Releases First Metallurgical Results From Hotel Block

Nouveau Monde Mining Enterprises (TSXV:NOU) has announced results from the first scoping-level for metallurgical test on the Hotel block at its Matawinie graphite property. Further test results are expected to improve flake size distribution and concentrate grade.

As quoted in the press release:

The calculated carbon head grade for the sample was 7.0% Ct. The scoping-level flotation test upgraded the material into a graphite concentrate grading 96.3% Ct. Size fraction analysis of the final flotation concentrate revealed that 60.3% was composed of large flake graphite (greater than 80 mesh), at an average carbon grade of 98.5% Ct. A total of 30.1% of the final concentrate falls in the Jumbo flake category (greater than 48 mesh), with an average grade of 99.1% Ct. The table below summarizes flake size distribution and carbon grade of the greater than 150 mesh size fraction, which contains 76.8% of the graphite mass at an average grade of 97.9% Ct.

Nouveau Monde president and CEO, Eric Desaulniers, said:

We are very pleased with the metallurgical results announced today. The results compares favorably with the top echelon of known graphite projects in terms of flake size distribution and grade of the concentrate. In view of the above and, of the positive trenching results announced earlier in the fall, we are looking forward to advancing the Hotel block to the next development phase at an accelerated rate.

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