Graphite One Announces Management Appointments Kevin Torpy , Vice President, Operations Experienced Mining Engineer to Oversee Site Operations, Exploration Activities, and Feasibility Studies for the Graphite Creek Project
Graphite One Announces Management
Appointments
Kevin Torpy
, Vice President, Operations
Experienced Mining Engineer to Oversee Site Operations, Exploration Activities, and Feasibility
Studies for the Graphite Creek Project
Andrew Tan
, Vice President, Advanced Graphite Materials
Experienced Graphite Engineer Overseeing the Development of the Advanced Materials
Manufacturing Facility
VANCOUVER, BC
,
April 3, 2023
/CNW/ -
Graphite One Inc.
(TSXV: GPH) (OTCQX: GPHOF)
("Graphite
One", or the "Company")
, planning a complete domestic U.S. supply chain for advanced graphite materials, is
pleased to announce the following:
Appointment of
Kevin Torpy
as Vice President, Operations of Graphite One (
Alaska
) Inc.; and
Promotion of
Andrew Tan
to Vice President, Advanced Graphite Materials of Graphite One Inc.
Both appointments are effective immediately. Graphite One (
Alaska
) Inc. is Graphite One, Inc.'s 100%-owned
subsidiary.
"Graphite One is fortunate to add an experienced mining executive of Kevin's caliber, and is pleased to recognize
Andrew's contribution to the Company" said
Anthony Huston
, CEO and founder of Graphite One. "Kevin has
brought mines through permitting, construction and into production – a skill set that's going to make our team
even stronger. Andrew's skill, experience and relationship's in the industry are instrumental in developing our
anode manufacturing capability."
Mr. Torpy
is a mining engineer with twenty-six years of experience developing, building, and operating mines,
primarily in remote northern locations. Prior to joining Graphite One he was Vice President, Operations at
Ambler Metals, another Arctic exploration project in Alaska. He was Vice President, Operations at Titan Mining
Corp. where he oversaw the restructuring and operational turnaround of the Empire State Mine in Northern New
York State. He held several positions of increasing responsibility including General Manager at Pretium
Resources' Brucejack Mine in
British Columbia
during the advanced exploration, construction, and startup phases
of the project.
Mr. Torpy's other
Alaska
experience includes the Kensington Mine, where he was Technical Services
Superintendent through construction, and the Pogo Mine, where he was an Operations Engineer during the
advanced exploration and construction phases.
Mr. Torpy has a Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering from
Montana Tech
and received the E.A. Scholz
Award from the Association for Mineral Exploration for excellence in mine development in British Columbia. He is
a current Director and past
Juneau
Branch Chair of the Alaska Miners Association.
Mr. Tan
joined the Company in
April 2021
as Director – Graphite Products Manufacturing and has been
instrumental in planning the Company's advanced graphite materials manufacturing facility. He has over thirty
years industry experience including:
eight years as an independent consultant to the carbon and graphite materials industry with particular
emphasis on manufacturing graphite anode materials and other advanced graphite products
three years academic research in nano carbon materials
three years as General Manager of SGL Carbon Group's graphite foil manufacturing plant in
China
Led the successful development of a non-HF natural graphite thermal chemical purification commercial
process
several technical positions in the industry in
the United States
and
Canada
.
Mr. Tan holds a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from
China's
Hunan
University and a Master's degree
in Chemical Engineering from the University of New Brunswick. He is based in the
Vancouver
office.
Marketing Awareness Program
As part of Graphite One's ongoing strategy to raise the profile of Graphite One and its Graphite Creek Project to
investors, the Company has engaged the services of TD Media LLC d/b/a Life Water Media based out of
Houston, Texas
, to provide a comprehensive digital media marketing campaign for the Company.
The Company has entered into a Digital Marketing Services Agreement with Life Water Media whereby the
services to be provided by Life Water Media will include digital media, advertising, awareness campaigns, and
other digital marketing services for a fee of US150,000 per month for a six (6) month period. The Agreement is
subject to TSX Venture Exchange Approval.
Life Water Media is arm's length to the Company. Neither Life Water Media nor its principals own, directly or
indirectly, any common shares in the Company.
Graphite One's Supply Chain Strategy
With
the United States
currently 100 per cent import dependent for natural graphite, Graphite One is planning to
develop a complete U.S.-based, advanced graphite supply chain solution anchored by the Graphite Creek
resource. The Graphite One project plan includes an advanced graphite material and battery anode
manufacturing plant expected to be sited in
Washington State
integrated with the development of the Property.
The plan includes a recycling facility to reclaim graphite and the other battery materials, to be co-located at the
Washington State
site, the third link in Graphite One's circular economy strategy.
About Graphite One Inc.
GRAPHITE ONE INC. is developing its Graphite One Project (the "Project") to become an American producer of
high-grade anode materials on a commercial scale integrated with a domestic graphite resource. The Project is
proposed as a vertically integrated enterprise to mine, process and manufacture anode materials primarily for the
lithium–ion electric vehicle battery market. As set forth in the Company's 2022 Pre-Feasibility Study, graphite
mineralization mined from the Company's Graphite Creek Property, situated on the
Seward Peninsula
about 60
kilometers north of
Nome, Alaska
, would be processed into concentrate at an adjacent processing plant. Natural
and artificial graphite anode materials and other value–added graphite products would be manufactured from the
concentrate and other materials at the Company's proposed advanced graphite materials manufacturing facility
expected to be located in Washington State. The Company intends to make a production decision on the Project
upon the completion of a Feasibility Study.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors
"Anthony Huston" (signed)
For more information on Graphite One Inc., please visit the Company's website,
www.GraphiteOneInc.com
On Twitter @GraphiteOne
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result of numerous known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, many of which are beyond the
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