Are Graphite and Graphene going to be a ‘second’ Ring of Fire?Do we have any?

HIGH-GRADE NI-CU-PT-PD-ZN-CR-AU-V-TI DISCOVERIES IN THE "RING OF FIRE"

NI 43-101 Update (September 2012): 11.1 Mt @ 1.68% Ni, 0.87% Cu, 0.89 gpt Pt and 3.09 gpt Pd and 0.18 gpt Au (Proven & Probable Reserves) / 8.9 Mt @ 1.10% Ni, 1.14% Cu, 1.16 gpt Pt and 3.49 gpt Pd and 0.30 gpt Au (Inferred Resource)

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Are Graphite and Graphene going to be a ‘second’ Ring of Fire?Do we have any?

posted on May 01, 2012 02:27PM

...in support of my previous post.

Written by: James Murrayon May 1, 2012

THUNDER BAY – Business Now – There is a not so quiet mining revolution happening in Northern Ontario. While much of the talk has been about chromite and the Ring of Fire, there are several companies reporting on finding graphite. Chromite is used in the manufacture of stainless steel. Graphite which has been around for a long time, as any golfer or pencil pusher will attest, has gained significant interest as scientists are discovering exciting new uses in the form of graphene which may make it the mineral of the future.

Are Graphite and Graphene going to be a ‘second’ Ring of Fire?

So what is making graphite so hot in the mining and scientific communities? Part of it is the developing technologies and potential. High value graphite flake is used to make the anodes for lithium-ion batteries. That has applications for electric cars, computer batteries, and power storage.

It is however Graphene which is generating some real buzz. Graphene was first discovered in 2004. In 2010 two scientists from the UK won the Nobel Peace Prize for their research into the uses of this new mineral.