CEYLON GRAPHITE ANNOUNCES RECEIPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PERMIT FOR K1 MINING OPERATIONS

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Ceylon Graphite Corp. (“Ceylon”) (TSX-V: CYL) (OTC:CYLYF) (FSE: CCY) is pleased to announce receipt of the renewal of its Environmental Protection Licence from the Central Environmental Authority of Sri Lanka for ongoing operations at the K1 Mine. The Licence is valid for three years after having past an inspection that the operation conforms to stipulated standards.

 

Ceylon CEO, Don Baxter stated, “We are very pleased with our technical staff on site, having maintained compliance with the applicable environmental standards and we look forward to applying these standards to our production growth vein graphite prospects in Sri Lanka.”

 

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors have become an increasingly important part of the investing and off-take process. Ceylon is looking to “tick all the ESG boxes” for OEMs and investors alike as it  continues to evolve into a stand-alone battery technology company, with exclusive access to a lower cost and, unique, high performance battery grade graphite, sourced from our wholly owned deposits in Sri Lanka.

 

QUALIFIED PERSON

 

Donald K. D. Baxter, P.Eng.,CEO of Ceylon Graphite Corp., is a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 (“N.I. 43-101”) guidelines, and has reviewed and approved the content of this news release.

  

Ceylon Graphite is a public company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange, that is in the business of mining for graphite, and developing and commercializing innovative graphene and graphite applications and products. Graphite mined in Sri Lanka is known to be some of the purest in the world and has been confirmed to be suitable to be easily upgradable for a range of applications including the high-growth electric vehicle and battery storage markets as well as construction, healthcare and paints and coatings sectors. The Government of Sri Lanka has granted the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary Sarcon Development (Pvt) Ltd. an IML Category A license for its K1 mine and exploration rights in a land package of over 120km². These exploration grids (each one square kilometer in area) cover areas of historic graphite production from the early twentieth century and represent a majority of the known graphite occurrences in Sri Lanka.

 

Further information regarding the Company is available at www.ceylongraphite.com

 

Don Baxter, Chief Executive Officer

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