Brisbane, Queensland, Australia--(Newsfile Corp. - July 8, 2026) - Graphene Manufacturing Group Ltd. (TSXV: GMG) ("GMG" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors has approved AU$1.2 million in capital expenditure for the next stage of detailed design, engineering and long-lead procurement for its next-generation graphene manufacturing plant. The plant will modularise GMG's recently commissioned Gen 2.0 Plant and support the development of a "Factory for Graphene Factories."
These capital funds will support feasibility level design, engineering and long-lead procurement for GMG's "Fulcrum" Facility. Figure 1 shows an informational image of the planned facility, which will be located in GMG's newly leased warehouse in Richlands, near the existing GMG "Boundary" Facility (HQ).
Figure 1.0 GMG Fulcrum Gen 2.1 Technology (Image for Informational Purposes Only)
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The GMG Fulcrum Facility will include an area for assembling Graphene Modular Production Units (MPU's) and a separate operating area for up to 5 separate Graphene MPU's, "Technology Gen 2.1 Plant", each with an estimated capacity of up to 20 tonnes per annum.
Once fully completed and optimised, the Fulcrum Facility is expected to have annual production capacity of up to 100 tonnes of graphene. It is also expected to be largely self-powered through standalone energy generation using renewable sources, an energy storage system and hydrogen-enriched natural gas supplied by tail gas power generation. The facility is also expected to assemble and commission up to 12 additional MPU's per annum, equivalent to a further 240 tonnes of annual graphene production capacity.
The GMG Fulcrum Facility is expected to take several years to complete, with funding and operational readiness to be phased and subject to separate Board approvals and press releases. GMG is also optimising the Gen 2.0 Plant for graphene quality, production rate, graphene packing, and self-power generation, with these elements not expected to be completed until the end of 2026.
In the meantime, GMG is progressing site selection and local, state and federal government approvals studies of locating a graphene production facility in both USA and Canada. The expectation is for the Graphene MPU's to be assembled and commissioned in the Fulcrum Facility and then relocated to the site in North America for operations and graphene production along with any liquid graphene production and packing facility.