November 25, 2021 South Star Battery Metals Corp. (TSXV:STS, Not Rated, David A. Talbot) and its technological partner announced final cycle test results pertaining to its
South Star Battery Metals announced it has entered into a proposal with Hexagon Energy Materials (ASX:HXG, Not Rated) and US Critical Materials (Private, Not Rated) to earn up to a 75% interest in the Ceylon graphite project in Alabama, USA. We view the proposal positively, as it represents a major step towards becoming a multi-asset, diversified battery metals company, with exposure to another key asset in a strategic location.
Q3 operating and financial results are to be announced over the next few weeks. While gold is out of favour, prices have been trading within a narrow window that have allowed companies to continue to turn profits, despite an uncertain outlook. Late summer was hard on most commodities as precious and industrial metals alike fell on a slowdown in global economic growth due to surging fuel prices, Chinese power restrictions, labour shortages, disrupted global supply chains and a stronger USD. Metal prices came under further pressure as major property developer Evergrande missed further bond payments, impacting iron ore and copper prices. With this update, we provide new commodity price and FX forecasts, updated coverage estimates, and a fresh set of top picks.
September 23, 2021 South Star Battery Metals Corp. (TSXV:STS, Not Rated, David A. Talbot) announced further cycle test results and additional value-add test results pertaining to
South Star announced successful production of LiB battery-grade anode materials and positive initial cycle testing results for the 100%-owned Santa Cruz Graphite project in Southern Bahia, Brazil. The testing results were for the first 35 cycles (charging & discharging) in CR2016 LiB coin cells constructed with anode material (coated spherical purified graphite). We believe that this is another round of very good news that supports value added processing of Santa Cruz graphite; and follows on previous tests that demonstrated purification to very high levels that is suitable for lithium-ion batteries. We also expect these results to help better define processes to allow creation of spherical and purified graphite on a larger scale. Santa Cruz Graphite has all the attributes you want in a project, including experienced management in a mining-friendly district with good infrastructure and access.
Red Cloud Securities hosted its Green Energy Conference on July 13th and 14th, achieving 579 registrants. The conference featured 24 presenting companies and three keynote discussions. We provide a quick recap of the highlights from the conference within this report. And for those who were unable to attend the live event, replays will be available on the Red Cloud website shortly.
June 30, 2021 South Star Battery Metals (TSXV:STS, Not Rated, David A. Talbot) announced that it has successfully produced uncoated and coated spherical purified graphite
May 26, 2021 South Star Battery Metals Corp. (TSXV:STS, Not Rated, David. A. Talbot) has changed its name from South Star Mining Corp., effective market open
May 21, 2021 South Star Mining Corp. (TSXV:STS, Not Rated, David A. Talbot) announced positive thermal purification results from advanced testing of its flake graphite
May 13, 2021 South Star Mining Corp. (TSXV:STS, Not Rated, David A. Talbot) announced that it has entered into an MOU offtake agreement for 20,000t of