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Update on Madagascar Operations
Update on Madagascar Operations.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n 21 July 2022\n \n \n \n Tirupati Graphite plc\n \n \n \n ('Tirupati', 'TG' or the 'Company')\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Update on Madagascar Operations\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Addressing Operational Challenges and Moving Closer to our target of Net-Zero Emissions\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tirupati Graphite plc (TGR.L, TGRHF.OTCQX), the specialist graphite and graphene company developing sustainable new age materials, is pleased to provide an update on its Madagascar operations. The Company is addressing operational challenges while also moving closer to its target for net zero emissions.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Infrastructure and Capacity Development to 30ktpa\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Company is on track to increase its primary flake graphite production capacity in Madagascar to 30ktpa by September 2022 which will make it one of the few significant producers of the critical mineral outside China.\n \n \n \n \n \n As announced on 22 June 2022, the Company faced challenges achieving production targets in the first half of the year due to constrained weather conditions causing difficulties in transportation of mined ore to the processing plant. To address these challenges and mitigate against future issues, the Company is implementing the following measures:\n \n \n \n \n \n ·\n A c. 5km road improvement programme covering identified failure points has been developed, reduced from the previously estimated 50km programme; and\n \n \n ·\n Reducing transportation requirements via the setup of pre-concentrate units at pit heads, followed by final processing in the plant area to reduce heavy load on the road network.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Pre-Concentrate Unit Plan update\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ·\n The Company is dividing its processing flow sheet into two parts, shifting the first leg of processing, which removes 80-90% of impurities from the ore, to the mine pit heads thus referred to as the 'pre-concentrate' units.\n \n \n ·\n The 'pre-concentrate' will be pumped to the main plant for the final leg of purification, upgrading it into a finished product with up to 96% purity.\n \n \n ·\n The pre-concentrate units have been designed as 'plug and play' type facilities which can be shifted from one pit head to another.\n \n \n ·\n At Vatomina, the pre-concentrate unit is under develo...