Saint Jean Carbon is “Well positioned to take advantage” of opportunities like Tesla Motors’ Gigafactory Lithium Battery Plant

Saint Jean Carbon (TSXV:SJL) CEO Paul Ogilvie says “As a developer of low cost lump graphite and products, Saint Jean believes it will be extremely well positioned to take advantage of these new opportunities”, on Tesla Motors’ recent announcement to build a $5bn Gigafactory. Tesla’s lithium-pin batter factory could potentially increase natural graphite demand by up to 37% per year.

As quoted in the press release:

Paul Ogilvie CEO commented; “As a developer of low cost lump graphite and products, Saint Jean believes it will be extremely well positioned to take advantage of these new opportunities. Our team has worked in the graphite industry for many years and is not surprised by this potential new demand. We have worked with groups such as Quebec Hydro to understand battery technology; we have mined, purified and refined graphite samples; and we developed spherical shaped graphite specifically for lithium ion batteries. We are therefore very encouraged by the news as we feel our low-cost extremely high quality lump graphite; and our experience and product knowledge will help Saint Jean lead the way with first mover advantage. We feel it’s also important to keep in mind that not all graphite can be used for high quality battery production. Each mine will have to go through the multiyear learning curve required to make spherical shaped and highly purified graphite. From there one must also make a cell and then see how their graphite performs. Given that our team has already done much of this work this is where I think we can demonstrate a significant advantage over our future competition. In short we have the knowledge and the quality”.

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