# Green Battery Minerals Ships Graphite Bulk Sample to Volt Carbon for Waterless Processing Trial

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/green-battery-minerals-ships-graphite-bulk-sample-to-volt-carbon-for-waterless-p--e05ecfa2-d9f0-4fc4-b83c-9628e71cbc36

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/GEM/news/6816477594584934/green-battery-minerals-ships-graphite-bulk-sample-to-volt-carbon-for-waterless-p

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2023-08-02T12:00:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Green Battery Minerals Inc.

- Ticker: GEM

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Québec

- Primary commodity: Graphite

- Secondary commodities: None reported

- Document categories: Metallurgy, Other

- Extracted: 2026-09-12 08:34:45 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.60 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Green Battery Minerals has shipped a 27-tonne graphite bulk sample from its Berkwood property to Volt Carbon for waterless processing trials. The trial aims to validate Volt Carbon's proprietary air separation technology at a commercial scale, potentially reducing operating costs and environmental impact.

Reasoning: The shipment of a 27-tonne bulk sample for commercial-scale trial of proprietary dry separation technology is a significant de-risking step for the project's processing economics.

- Positive factor: advancement toward commercial scale testing

- Positive factor: proprietary waterless/dry separation technology

- Positive factor: potential for lower operating costs and reduced environmental footprint

- Negative factor: trial results are pending validation

Facts used in scoring: 3

## Classification and evidence

**Mill Route**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Processing via mill or concentrator \(CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation\).

Why it applies: The trial involves processing bulk samples using air separation technology.

Evidence · text

> processing using its proprietary air separation technology

**Multi-Domain Tested**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Variability across ore domains \(oxide, transition, fresh\) has been addressed.

Why it applies: 2 distinct composites were tested

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 3. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Metallurgical Results (3)

### air separation

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/green-battery-minerals-ships-graphite-bulk-sample-to-volt-carbon-for-waterless-p--e05ecfa2-d9f0-4fc4-b83c-9628e71cbc36#fact-metallurgical-facts-0)

Berkwood · graphite

#### Identity

- Project: Berkwood
- Commodity: graphite
- Region: canada\_qc
- Reported Region: Québec
- Ticker: GEM

#### Test Work

- Program Status: optimization
- Test Type: air separation
- Processing Route: proprietary air separation technology
- Sample: bulk sample from zones 1 and 6

#### Lab

- Consultant: Volt Carbon Technologies Inc.

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2023-08-02T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: A 27-tonne bulk sample is a significant volume for metallurgical testing, moving beyond bench-scale towards commercial validation.

- Positive factor: bulk scale sample

Evidence · text

> excavated and shipped approximately 27 tonnes of graphite from its Berkwood property to VOLT Carbon for processing using its proprietary air separation technology

### air separation

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/green-battery-minerals-ships-graphite-bulk-sample-to-volt-carbon-for-waterless-p--e05ecfa2-d9f0-4fc4-b83c-9628e71cbc36#fact-metallurgical-facts-1)

Berkwood · graphite

#### Identity

- Project: Berkwood
- Commodity: graphite
- Region: canada\_qc
- Reported Region: Québec
- Ticker: GEM

#### Test Work

- Program Status: optimization
- Test Type: air separation
- Processing Route: proprietary air separation technology
- Sample: Zone 1 bulk sample

#### Location

- Easting: 493077
- Northing: 5655747
- CRS: NAD83 Zone 19
- Loc. Confidence: high

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2023-08-02T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Coordinate data for sample location.

Evidence · table

> 493077

Context: 493077

### air separation

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/green-battery-minerals-ships-graphite-bulk-sample-to-volt-carbon-for-waterless-p--e05ecfa2-d9f0-4fc4-b83c-9628e71cbc36#fact-metallurgical-facts-2)

Berkwood · graphite

#### Identity

- Project: Berkwood
- Commodity: graphite
- Region: canada\_qc
- Reported Region: Québec
- Ticker: GEM

#### Test Work

- Program Status: optimization
- Test Type: air separation
- Processing Route: proprietary air separation technology
- Sample: Zone 6 bulk sample

#### Location

- Easting: 487554
- Northing: 5651581
- CRS: NAD83 Zone 19
- Loc. Confidence: high

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2023-08-02T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Coordinate data for sample location.

Evidence · table

> 487554

Context: 487554

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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