INNOVATION May-June 2018

Project Highlights •

DEVELOPMENT OF A GRAPHITE MINE Located near Slocan, BC, Eagle Graphite’s Black Crystal project, one of only two graphite mines in North America, is uniquely positioned to provide high- purity, coarse-flake, environmentally friendly graphite to the global market. During test mining, its milling facility consistently produced 94 percent to 99 percent coarse-flake graphite, suitable for use in refractories, lithium- ion batteries, and hydrogen fuel cells. A recent trial demonstrated that it could be further upgraded to achieve 99.995 percent purity. To date, this is the highest-grade graphite produced within the industry and it is currently being sold for use in specialty products. The mill tailings are merchantable and include high-quality golf sand. Tetra Tech Canada is working with Eagle to generate an updated technical report. Results will help guide the project forward as Eagle continues to advance toward commercial production. Tetra Tech: Cam Norton, P.Geo., James Barr, P.Geo., Mark Horan, P.Eng., Chan Sekhon, EIT DIFFERENTIAL GPS NETWORK FOR A RIVER The Nile River Information System project will provide marine traffic with precise, reliable vessel positioning and tracking. Beacon Co. was contracted to design and install the differential GPS (DGPS) network component, providing a metre-level, IALA-compliant DGPS correction service for marine traffic from Cairo south to Aswan. One site was installed in December 2017, 50 kilometres south of Cairo, providing metre-level DGPS positioning for maritime traffic and is currently operating in a test mode. Three more sites are planned for 2018 to complete river coverage. Each site consists of Kongsberg DGPS receivers (two reference stations, one integrity monitor), a Southern Avionics 1000-watt radio-beacon transmitter, a battery plant, and civil infrastructure. Project owner: Nile River Transport Authority (Egyptian Ministry of Transport). Company: Beacon Co. (Egypt). Bruce Butler, P.Eng.

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