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Focus Graphite Advanced Materials Joins The Military Power Sources Consortium And The American Carbon Society
Securing Critical Minerals and Supporting National Security Initiatives: Focus Graphite Aligns wi...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Focus Graphite Advanced Materials Joins The Military Power Sources Consortium And The American Carbon SocietySecuring Critical Minerals and Supporting National Security Initiatives: Focus Graphite Aligns with Military and Carbon Industry Leaders in the United States OTTAWA, ON / ACCESS Newswire / April 1, 2025 / Focus Graphite Advanced Materials Inc. (TSXV:FMS)(OTCQB:FCSMF)(FSE:FKC) (\"Focus\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce its membership in the Military Power Sources Consortium and the American Carbon Society, reinforcing its commitment to strengthening North America's critical mineral supply chain. As a longstanding member of the U.S. Defense Industrial Base Consortium (DIBC), Focus continues to invest in strategic initiatives that support the onshoring of high-quality natural flake graphite for defense, energy storage, and advanced technology applications. With the U.S. government prioritizing domestic graphite supply and committing substantial funding to North American projects, Focus Graphite's 100% owned high-purity Lac Knife and Lac Tétépisca projects (\"Projects\"), located in Québec, Canada, are well-positioned to play a pivotal role in securing this essential material for military and industrial use.The Military Power Sources Consortium (\"MPSC\") is a non-profit dedicated to representing the needs of the entire life cycle of the domestic military power production base. The mission of the MPSC is to provide a forum for members to share information and develop a collective voice on issues related to preserving and enhancing the domestic design, development, and manufacture of energy generation and storage systems, both renewable and none-renewable, and their components for the Department of Defence (\"DoD\"). The MSPC provides a unified voice for the issues and challenges of the domestic military production base to DoD, Department of Energy (\"DoE\"), and other industry groups, recommends solution to the issues and challenges, ensure industry representation from traditional and non-traditional defence contractors, and bring together academia, industry, and the DoD.Critical Metals, including natural flake graphite, are considered essential for the U.S. defense industrial base, and the U.S. Government is engaged in strategic planning, initiatives, and funding to ensure it can access and onshore ...