OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 01/14/13 -- Focus Graphite Inc. (TSX VENTURE: FMS)(OTCQX: FCSMF)(FRANKFURT: FKC) ("Focus" or the "Corporation") is pleased to announce that it has signed a Definitive Option Agreement (the "Agreement") with Lara Exploration Ltd. ("Lara")(TSX VENTURE: LRA) regarding Lara's wholly-owned Caninde graphite project located in Ceara State, northeastern Brazil.
OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 01/07/13 -- Mr. Gary Economo, President and CEO, Focus Graphite Inc., (TSX VENTURE: FMS)(OTCQX: FCSMF)(FRANKFURT: FKC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Benoit Lafrance, P.Geo, Ph.D., as Vice-President, Exploration. Mr. Lafrance's appointment is effective immediately.
"Mr. Lafrance's addition to Focus Graphite's management, particularly his experience in mineral [...]
OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 11/28/12 -- Focus Graphite Inc. ("Focus" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: FMS)(OTCQX: FCSMF)(FRANKFURT: FKC) announces it is exercising a legal recourse against certain parties with respect to a transaction with the Company for the Labrador Trough group of properties. Focus has taken steps so as to protect its rights and claim damages, and initiated required action pursuant to [...]
OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 11/26/12 -- Focus Graphite Inc (TSX VENTURE: FMS)(OTCQX: FCSMF)(FRANKFURT: FKC) is pleased to announce that Grafoid Inc. - in which Focus Graphite holds a 40% ownership stake - has executed a three-year research and development agreement with Hydro-Quebec's Research Institute for the development of next generation rechargeable batteries using graphene with lithium iron phosphate [...]
OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 11/15/12 -- Focus Graphite Inc. ("Focus" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: FMS)(OTCQX: FCSMF)(FRANKFURT: FKC) is pleased to announce the discovery of a new graphite bearing corridor on the Company's 100%-owned Lac Tetepisca property (the "Property") located to the southwest of the Manicouagan reservoir, 234 km north-northwest of Baie-Comeau, Quebec. Reconnaissance bedrock sampling [...]
OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 11/01/12 -- Focus Graphite Inc. ("Focus" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: FMS)(OTCQX: FCSMF)(FRANKFURT: FKC) announces it has retained the services of Quebec-based Terrapex Environnement Ltd. ("TERRAPEX") to assist the Company in obtaining the required federal, provincial and municipal permits and authorisation to develop the Lac Knife graphite project ("Lac Knife" or the "Project [...]
OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 10/31/12 -- Focus Graphite Inc. ("Focus" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: FMS)(OTCQX: FCSMF)(FRANKFURT: FKC) is pleased to announce it has filed with SEDAR a technical report on the results of a Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA") of the Lac Knife Graphite Project ("Lac Knife" or the "Project").
The Lac Knife PEA technical report was prepared by Roscoe Postle Associates Inc [...]
OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 10/29/12 -- Focus Graphite Inc. ("Focus" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: FMS)(OTCQX: FCSMF)(FRANKFURT: FKC) announces positive results of the Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA") on its Lac Knife Graphite Project ("Lac Knife" or the "Project"). The PEA was prepared by Roscoe Postle Associates Inc. ("RPA"), in collaboration with Soutex Inc. ("Soutex" - responsible for metallurgy and [...]
OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 10/12/12 -- Focus Graphite Inc. ("Focus" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: FMS)(OTCQX: FCSMF)(FRANKFURT: FKC) announced on September 10, 2012 that it had reviewed and clarified the technical disclosure regarding its Lac Knife Project (the "Project") after having been notified by the Ontario Securities Commission (the "OSC") of its recent selection for a review of its continuous [...]
OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 10/02/12 -- Focus Graphite Inc. (TSX VENTURE: FMS)(OTCQX: FCSMF)(FRANKFURT: FKC) ("the Company") wishes to provide the following shareholder update regarding the timing of the release of its NI 43-101 compliant Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) and supporting Technical Report (the "Technical Report") for its Lac Knife, Quebec graphite resource.
OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 10/01/12 -- Focus Graphite Inc. (TSX VENTURE: FMS)(OTCQX: FCSMF)(FRANKFURT: FKC) the "Company," is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Joseph E. Doninger as Director of Manufacturing and Technology. The appointment is effective Oct. 1, 2012.
Dr. Doninger is the developer and co-developer of a number of U.S., European and Canadian patents and patent applications related to [...]
Focus Graphite announces that the Ontario Securities Commission has, in accordance with its guidelines, issued a Management Cease Trade Order that prohibits, effective immediately, all trading of the securities of the Company by the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer. The MCTO is being issued following a review by the OSC of the Company's disclosure on the Lac Knife Project (the "Project").