Northern Graphite to Join Canadian Critical Minerals Technology R&D Delegation to the United Kingdom
Northern Graphite to Join Canadian Critical
Minerals Technology R&D Delegation to the
United Kingdom
Ottawa, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - June 23, 2023) - Northern Graphite Corporation
(TSXV: NGC)
(OTCQB: NGPHF) (FSE: 0NG) (XSTU: 0NG)
(the "
Company
" or "
Northern
) is pleased to announce
that it will be joining a Partnership Development Activity (PDA) delegation to the United Kingdom on
Critical Minerals from June 26-29. The delegation is organized by the
High Commission of Canada in
London, UK, and funded by the Trade Commissioner Service through the Canadian International
Innovation Program
.
The delegation will bring together private sector and government leaders from the critical minerals
industry in Canada and UK businesses and organizations involved in the space for four days of events
curated to forge ties and explore opportunities for collaboration in the energy transition.
"We are honored to be included in such an important delegation as we explore ways to leverage the
strength of our two countries to advance toward a global net-zero future," said Northern Graphite Chief
Executive Officer Hugues Jacquemin. "Collaboration is critical to the energy transition and to building
sustainable critical minerals supply chains, and Northern Graphite, as a sustainable, integrated, mine-to-
market company, is committed to playing its part."
Scheduled delegation highlights include a day-long partnering event organized by the High Commission
of Canada in collaboration with Innovate UK and aimed at fostering industrial R&D partnerships between
Canadian and UK organizations, and a visit by the Canadian delegation of businesses and key
organizations to the Battery Cells & Systems Expo at the NEC in Birmingham on June 28-29.
On March 6, Canada and the UK signed the
Critical Minerals Supply Chain Dialogue to Strengthen
Collaboration
to deepen engagement and cooperation on critical minerals, prioritize critical minerals
security of supply and joint economic prosperity, and attain high environmental, social and governance
standards (ESG) and innovation throughout the value chain.
About Northern Graphite
Northern is a Canadian, TSX Venture Exchange listed company that is focused on becoming a world
leader in producing natural graphite and upgrading it into high value products critical to the green
economy including anode material for lithium-ion batteries/EVs, fuel cells and graphene, as well as
advanced industrial technologies.
Northern is the only significant graphite producing company in North America and will become the third
largest producer outside of China when its Namibian operations come back online. The Company also
has two large scale development projects, Bissett Creek in Ontario, and Okanjande in Namibia, that
have the potential to generate continued production growth in the future.
All projects have "battery quality"
graphite and are located close to infrastructure in politically stable jurisdictions.
About the Trade Commissioner Service
The
Trade Commissioner Service (TCS)
helps Canadian businesses of all sizes succeed in
international markets with export advisory services, funding and accelerator programs. With a presence
in more than 160 cities worldwide, the TCS can help you go global.
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Pav Jordan, VP of Communications
Email:
For further information contact
Guillaume Jacq, CFO
Telephone: (613) 271-2124
Email:
Qualified Person
Gregory Bowes, B.Sc. MBA P.Geo, the Chairman of Northern, is a "qualified person" as defined under
National Instrument 43-101 and has reviewed and approved the content of this news release.
For additional information
Please visit the Company's website at
http://www.northerngraphite.com/investors/presentation/
, the
Company's profile on
www.sedar.com
, our
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listed below or
contact the Company at
(613) 271-2124.
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