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Berkwood Resources Reports Excellent Results from Purification (99.95%) and Expandable Graphite Tests
Vancouver - TheNewswire - August 27th 2019 -- Berkwood Resources Ltd. (TSXV:BKR) (Frankfurt: BR2N - WKN: A2DNV4) ("Berkwood" or the "company") is pleased to ann
About this update from First Canadian Graphite Inc.
[{"type":"text","content":"Vancouver - TheNewswire - August 27th 2019 -- Berkwood Resources Ltd. (TSXV:BKR) (Frankfurt: BR2N - WKN: A2DNV4) (\"Berkwood\" or the \"company\") is pleased to announce excellent results from recently completed testwork conducted by ProGraphite GmbH (\"ProGraphite\") in Germany. Berkwood has commissioned ProGraphite to test the company's high-grade flake graphite concentrate from the Lac Gueret South deposit in Northern Quebec, Canada for the production of purified and expandable graphite. The company ProGraphite GmbH offers professional expertise and a wide range of laboratory services in natural graphite. ProGraphite's laboratory expertise is well recognized in the industry for the determination of flake graphite qualities specific to various end uses. For more information about ProGraphite, please visit: www.pro-graphite.com The main findings of ProGraphite are: The size distribution of the flake graphite in the concentrate shows a coarse flake size, above market standard (based on the two screened samples \"Berkwood 20x50\" and \"Berkwood 50x100\"). Graphitic carbon grade of the tested graphite samples is above 98% Cgr. The tested material is very suitable for the production of expandable graphite. Expansion rates of 380 ml/g (H2O2 method) and 390 ml/g (KMnO4 method) have been achieved easily. The carbon content obtained after a standard alkaline purification process was 99.95%. Tom Yingling, President and CEO states: \"We are very pleased with these excellent testwork results from ProGraphite. This report is one of the final pieces of the puzzle that was crucial for Berkwood. The Company knew we have high-grade graphite and large flakes. From the recently announced NI 43-101 resource estimation report, we knew that Berkwood has a substantial amount of it and it is right on surface. One of the last pieces of the puzzle we needed to know was if the graphite is able to be expanded, and, can it be done so very easily using standard methods. Today I am pleased to announce that Berkwood's graphite is expandable. Another significant result is the fact that our graphite concentrate can be easily purified to 99.95%. For Berkwood, this opens up the opportunity to sell our graphite flakes into a wide range of standard and value-added graphite markets.\" Based on these encouraging results, ProGraphite draws the following conclusion an...