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South Star Battery Metals Corp. (OTCQB: STSBF) generates frequent news as it advances natural flake graphite projects and a vertically integrated battery anode materials strategy in the Americas. Company updates focus on mine development, production milestones, financing activities, partnerships and technical progress at its key assets in Brazil and the United States.
News coverage often highlights the Santa Cruz Graphite Mine in southern Bahia, Brazil, which South Star describes as the first new graphite production in the Americas since 1996. Releases have detailed the ramp-up of Phase 1 commercial production, shipment of initial containers of graphite concentrates, operational performance metrics, and the mine’s licensing and permitting through multiple expansion phases. Operational updates also cover safety performance, plant availability, concentrate grades and efforts to optimize recoveries and throughput.
Another major theme in South Star’s news flow is the BamaStar Graphite Project in Coosa County, Alabama, and the related value-add plant planned for Mobile, Alabama. The company reports on milestones such as completion and filing of a NI 43-101 Preliminary Economic Assessment, exercise of earn-in rights and acquisition of 100% of the project, metallurgical test results, and the design of vertically integrated facilities to upgrade concentrates from both Santa Cruz and BamaStar.
Investors following STSBF news will also see announcements on non-brokered private placements, streaming agreements, board and management changes, and strategic collaborations. Examples include a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Alabama’s Alabama Mobility and Power Center to support a battery anode materials program, and selection of Santa Cruz by Brazilian development institutions under a strategic minerals initiative. This news page brings together these developments so readers can review South Star’s operational progress, funding activities and strategic positioning in one place.
South Star Battery Metals Corp. announces the first sale of natural flake graphite concentrate from its Santa Cruz Graphite Mine in Brazil. The Company has executed a binding sales agreement for the initial purchase of 100 tonnes of graphite concentrate, with a prominent American industrial graphite customer. Another major US graphite company has also qualified Santa Cruz graphite for a green-energy application. The Phase-1 Plant at Santa Cruz is set to complete construction in June 2024, with commercial production expected to start in August 2024. South Star's commercial strategy includes producing high-quality graphite concentrates for industrial applications and developing value-added battery-graphite products for commercial sales by late 2026/early 2027.
South Star Battery Metals Corp. appoints Richard Vigil as Vice President of Operations, leveraging his 15 years of experience in evaluating mines globally, focusing on the Americas. His expertise includes assessing technical and economic merits, risks for international banks, and being an independent technical mining consultant. Richard Pearce, CEO, welcomes Vigil's expertise to support operations in Brazil and advance technical studies for Santa Cruz and BamaStar projects. South Star aims to become a diversified battery metals company with near-term operations in strategic locations.
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South Star Battery Metals Corp. has announced a significant milestone with the completion of its inaugural mineral resource estimate for the BamaStar Graphite Project in Coosa County, Alabama. The estimate reveals 520,000 tonnes of contained graphite, with 22 million tonnes of inferred resources at an average grade of 2.4% (Cg). This evaluation was based on 12 drill holes totaling 506 meters of HQ diamond drilling conducted in 2022. The project shows potential for open-pit mining and will undergo another drilling program starting in May 2023 to support a planned Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) set for Q1 2024.