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Argo Living Soils Corp. Announces Research and Development Agreement with Graphene Leaders Canada Inc. to Advance Graphene Concrete Solutions
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Argo Living Soils Corp. (CSE: ARGO) (OTCQB: ARLSF) (FSE: 94Y0) ("Argo" or the "Company") is pleased to announce it has entered into a research and development (R&D) agreement with Graphene Leaders Canada (GLC) Inc., an Alberta-based leader in high-quality dispersions of graphene and carbon nanomaterials, to develop a graphene nanoplatelet (GNP) additive for ready-mix concrete. This collaboration, formalized through a Phase 1 project p
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