I have met Greg Bowes from NGC and Gary Economo from Focus. They are both very passionate about the graphite industry and come from very different backgrounds that are both condusive to making their respective project advance. Beyond the traditional exploration and mine building process which all mining project go through, both Bowes and Economo assert that the key to the graphite industry, and therefore thier respective plays, is off-take agreements.

Milestones for NGC in the next 6mo.:

• Results on producing spherical graphite for Li ion batteries
• Results of Bankable Feasibility Study
• Strategic partnership
• Completion of all mine permitting