Sarytogan Graphite Ltd (ASX: SGA) managing director Sean Gregory joins Proactive’s Tylah Tully to discuss the 20-tonne trial mining exercise it will start this week at the Central Graphite Zone (CGZ) of its namesake project in Kazakhstan. The purpose of this exercise is to collect ore for vendor testing and to generate customer samples. The bulk sample will undergo milling at a local Kazakh laboratory to confirm grinding parameters, aiming to meet definitive feasibility study (DFS) standards. One tonne of the milled sample will be shipped to Australia for the production of ‘Micro80C’ products, which will undergo further testing and customer qualification. Some of the Micro80C will be refined to ‘five nines purity’ for battery applications. The trial mining will be conducted in the CGZ, where the probable ore reserve contains 8.6 million tonnes of graphite at 30% total graphitic carbon. The 20-tonne sample will be mined using a hydraulic excavator and the mined ore will be transported to Karaganda for milling and further test work. The company also continues copper exploration at Bainazar and anticipates the completion of a A$5 million equity placement from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). #ProactiveInvestors #SarytoganGraphite #ASX #GraphiteMining #ASXSGA #TrialMining #GraphiteOre #KazakhstanMining #Micro80C #BatteryMaterials #GraphitePurity #DefinitiveFeasibilityStudy #GraphiteZone #MiningTechnology #VendorTesting #CustomerQualification #CopperExploration #MineralResources #EnergyEfficiency #MillingTests #AeromagneticSurvey #EBRD #EquityPlacement #invest #investing #investment #investor #stockmarket #stocks #stock #stockmarketnews