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Valterra Resource Corp. (TSXV:VQA,FWB:3VA) reported that analytical and optical analyses from its Bobcaygeon Graphite Property in Southern Ontario returned very high head grades of primarily flake graphite with flakes of up to 3mm in length.
As quoted in the press release:
The sample, which was processed by SGS Lakefield, was comprised of float pieces from a shallow backhoe trench and returned a high-grade assay of 34% C(g). The assay compares favourably with earlier reported analyses of 1kg grab and select chip samples from the same trench which returned between 41.9% C(g) and 69.1% C(g) (see NR-06-12).
Microscopic analyses of the sample provided by SGS Lakefield in a draft mineralogy report identified the graphite as primarily flaky and platy particles with size ranges from80 mesh or 0.177mm) and visually much of the sample appears to be coarse in nature. Photomicrographs provided as part of this report show polycrystalline aggregates and lesser acicular (needle-like) grains making up much of the visible graphite.
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