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Leading Edge Materials Receives Engineering Study for Battery Graphite Demonstration Plant at Woxna, Sweden
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nLeading Edge Materials Receives Engineering Study for Battery Graphite Demonstration Plant at Woxna, Sweden\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCanada NewsWire\nVANCOUVER, May 15, 2019\n\n\n\nVANCOUVER, May 15, 2019 /CNW/ - Leading Edge Materials Corp. (\"Leading Edge Materials\" or the \"Company\") (TSXV: LEM) (OTCQB: LEMIF) (Nasdaq First North: LEMSE) is pleased to announce receipt of an engineering study (the \"Study\") for the installation and operation of a battery graphite demonstration plant at the Woxna mine site in Sweden.\n\n \n \n\n \nThe Study was undertaken by a leading global engineering firm, using data from the extensive purification and spheronisation test work completed by the Company over past years (see press release dated 18th Jan 2019).  The Study provides design, installation and cost estimate criteria for a spheronisation and thermal purification process that can deliver approximately 100kg per day of high purity natural graphite anode suitable for lithium ion batteries (see flowsheet Figure 1).  \nWhen installed, it is expected that the demonstration plant will deliver a substantial volume of natural graphite anode, enabling Woxna graphite to progress towards battery customer qualification.  The thermal purification process is designed with a high degree of flexibility.  Recent test work by Leading Edge Materials has produced ultra-high purity graphite up to 99.998% carbon and the process flexibility will allow purity to be tailored to customers performance and price requirements.  Spheronisation test work produced D50 size ranges from 15-25 micron with D10 ranges of 7-12 micron and D90 from 28-35 micron.  These ranges meet specifications provided by potential customers and are consistent with anode materials used by all current lithium ion battery manufacturers.\nTechnical information has been verified by Mr. Mark Saxon, Interim President and CEO of Leading Edge Materials and a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining Metallurgy, being a qualified person under National Instrumen...