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Zentek's Albany Graphite Has Demonstrated Nuclear Grade Performance in Independent Testing, Opening Pathways Into a Range of High-Return Commercial Markets
GUELPH, ON / ACCESS Newswire / January 5, 2026 / Zentek Ltd. ("Zentek" or the "Company") (Nas...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Zentek's Albany Graphite Has Demonstrated Nuclear Grade Performance in Independent Testing, Opening Pathways Into a Range of High-Return Commercial MarketsGUELPH, ON / ACCESS Newswire / January 5, 2026 / Zentek Ltd. (\"Zentek\" or the \"Company\") (Nasdaq:ZTEK)(TSXV:ZEN) is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Albany Graphite Corp. (\"AGC\"), has received final, positive results indicating that its ultra‑high purity Albany graphite meets the threshold for applications in a range of high-return markets, including: nuclear energy; defense and national security infrastructure; advanced aerospace and hypersonics; and premium lithium‑ion batteries.This follows on previous press releases (dated September 22, 2025 and October 6, 2025) which confirmed that Albany graphite achieved five‑nines (99.9992%) purity with an equivalent boron concentration of 2.60 ppm, meeting the less‑than‑3‑ppm threshold generally referenced for nuclear applications. The latest independent testing of Albany graphite bricks represents the culmination of the current stage of AGC's nuclear suitability program and further validate Albany's broader ultra‑high‑purity performance. In practical terms, these results re-affirm that the unique Albany graphite material can perform to the same demanding standards as the specialized graphite blocks used in advanced nuclear reactors and other critical systems, a capability historically possessed by synthetic graphite supplied almost entirely from foreign states.Independent market research estimates that the global ultra‑high‑purity graphite market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of about 10.5% through 2030, driven by lithium‑ion batteries, semiconductors, advanced nuclear reactors and high‑temperature aerospace components. Independent market and policy work further indicates that purified natural graphite is the fastest‑growing part of the natural graphite segment, as advances in purification and processing now routinely bring impurities down into the tens of mg/kg range and enable natural graphite to compete in applications that historically depended on synthetic graphite, while policymakers increasingly favour lower‑carbon, non‑foreign supply in response to ESG and critical‑m...