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Gold/Mining/Energy : Zentek Ltd - ZEN -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Claude Cormier who wrote (1204)	7/18/2013 1:22:20 PM
From: Merlot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22849

My understanding is that so far there is no evidence that they are isotropic or spherical. Claude, have you read the article titled "Improvement of Nuclear Grade Graphite based on isotropic and Highly Crystalline Natural Graphite" HTR2008-58206 It is put out by Germans, one of which is with Graphit Kropfmuhl, which is supplier for Sri Lankan Graphite. They used the Sri Lankan Graphite in their tests in the paper. They used the Natural Graphite to replace Synthetic used as reactor Graphite. Also at the end of the paper they mention "The reactor grade graphite can also be used in non- nuclear applications such as chlorine alkali electrolysis or for thermal electrodes"

To: Claude Cormier who wrote (1204)	7/18/2013 10:08:10 PM
From: Threshold	8 Recommendations Recommended By Chinarab dantin45 Eva KevinKT kidl and 3 more members Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22849

Claude, no time for a comprehensive response today, but i will follow up in more detail later. I have heard that large steel and aluminum corporations from across the globe have requested samples of ZEN's ore to test, and they obviously fully understand the isotropy issue, so I am not ready to write that market segment off yet. From memory this is one of the application areas that Sri Lankan hydrothermal is used in. Although not in quantity as they can only produce 5000 tonnes of hydrothermal per year. Perhaps more interesting to me is the sample requests from some of the world's largest semi conductor centered firms. This in my mind is more exciting than even the steel and aluminum industries. Then there is the nuclear industry to consider. I have some background in semi conductor materials and physics, quantum physics and semi conductor design among other related disciplines. I don't have any company names to share, as i don't feel it's appropriate to do so, and as all of this request info, I have, has come from talking to third parties. One thing i do know is that the company intends to sign non disclosure agreements with everyone receiving samples and i strongly suspect that they will be restricted from publishing individual company names. With respect to volume samples, ZEN is using a large diameter drill this year so that they can supply decent sized samples to the companies they feel are a good fit for the product. The commercial entities that receive samples will be decided after ZEN gets the pending reports back in from the independent testing facilities. I think you would be well advised to talk to the company yourself as well as companies like Roth Capital and Briscoe along with any brokerage contacts that you may have. Talking to flake companies and synthetic graphite suppliers may give you biased opinions, but probably worthwhile if you are good at reading between the lines. good luck