Tirupati Graphite plc (LON:TGR), the specialist flake graphite company and supplier of the critical mineral for the global energy transition, has announced the completion of its exploration and resource drilling programme at its two Madagascan flake graphite projects. An updated Competent Persons Report is now being prepared by SRK Consulting and is expected to be published in the near term.
Exploration Programme Overview
· Completed c.5,000 metres of diamond core drilling, 26,000 metres of auger drilling and 360 running metres of six to eight metres depth trenching across the two projects as detailed in the table below:
Exploration activities executed after 2020 CPR | |||||
Activity | Location | Number | Meterage | Assays | |
Meters | Graphite Intercepts | ||||
Diamond Core Drilling | Vatomina | 85 | 4018.26 | 889,35 | 1307 |
Diamond Core Drilling | Sahamamy | 28 | 803.1 | 191.39 | 52 |
Manual Auger Drill | Vatomina | 1677 | 15093 | 4131 | 788 |
Manual Auger Drill | Sahamamy | 1543 | 11066 | 626 | 452 |
Trenching | Vatomina | 42 | 167.76 | 84.59 | 26 |
Trenching | Sahamamy | 62 | 192 | Data under compilation |