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Hi Danny,
With all due respect....
Apple is now bigger than Microsoft and Google combined - and worth more than the gross domestic product of Sweden
As much as I want QTMM to succeed that's a little far fetched they have a long way to go to live up to such a claim.... Dont want to mislead future investors....
lets wait for the next q and see if any hard cash came in....
GLTA
Excellent News....
This one is the keeper.
LATEST PRESS RELEASE
Focus Metals and Hydro Québec’s IREQ Sign Graphite Purification Technology Agreement and Anode Production Agreement for Li-ion Batteries
MONTREAL/OTTAWA – May 7, 2012 – Focus Metals Inc. (TSX-V: FMS; OTCQX: FCSMF; FSE: FKC) and Hydro-Québec’s world-leading research institute, IREQ, today announced the signing of a licensing agreement enabling Focus Metals to develop a graphite purification facility and a graphite anode production facility for lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries.
A new, Focus-owned facility will transform first-production graphite sourced from Focus Metals’ Lac Knife (Québec) high-grade deposit to battery-grade material.
The licensing agreement is in two parts. The first part is related to Focus Metals’ development of a graphite purification process that brings Lac Knife’s processed graphite to 99.95% carbon for use in lithium battery applications. The processing includes spherical shaping as well as thermal and chemical purification. The second part of the agreement provides for the production of anodes for Li-ion batteries.
IREQ will provide technical support and cooperate in future material and processing technology improvements.
Focus Metals’ President and CEO, Gary Economo, said the new purification and production facilities will be built in Québec and will be owned and managed by Focus Metals. The new purification facility will be designed, subject to positive economic analysis, to produce 15,000 tons of spherical battery-grade flake graphite at peak, by 2015, whereas the anode production facility will be designed to produce up to 5,000 tons of anodes. The exact cost of the facilities and the financing required have yet to be determined.
In exchange for the technology licence, technological support and future processing improvements, IREQ will receive a licensing fee that will be paid in cash over a three-year period, representing less than 10% of the current working capital, as well as a royalty fee based on a percentage of future sales.
“This agreement represents a huge and significant milestone for us as we move through pre-development to production of our Lac Knife technology graphite deposit,” said Mr. Economo. “Moreover, the marriage of Focus’s Québec-based, world-class graphite deposit to the Québec-based global leader in processing technologies—especially in battery anode production—will leave Focus Metals well-positioned to secure its place as a quality supplier to the fast-growing lithium battery manufacturing sector.”
“In particular, this agreement reinforces our goal of becoming the lowest-cost technology graphite producer in the world,” Mr. Economo added. “To have an all-Québec technology agreement with a world leader in graphite anode development and patenting bodes well for our shareholders.”
Mr. Economo went on to say that the battery-grade process will be incorporated into the Lac Knife Preliminary Economic Assessment due in June 2012.
Focus Metals is the 100% owner of the Lac Knife deposit, which contains 4.9 million tons of measured and indicated resource grading 16% Carbon as graphite (Cgr) and 3.0 million tons of inferred resource grading 16% Cgr (see NI 43-101-compliant Technical Report on the mineral resource estimate filed on SEDAR), the bulk of which is intended for use in technology applications.
IREQ is recognized globally as a leading technology source for renewable energy solutions.
“We believe that the high-grade graphite of the Lac Knife property, associated with our graphite purification and shaping technologies, will yield a quality product for Li-ion battery applications,” said Karim Zaghib, Director – Energy Storage and Conversion at IREQ.
About IREQ
Hydro-Québec’s research institute, IREQ, is a global leader in the development of advanced materials for battery manufacturing and designs cutting-edge processes in its state-of-the-art facilities. IREQ holds more than 100 patent rights and 15 licences for battery materials that are used by some of the world’s most successful battery manufacturers and materials suppliers. Its contributions are helping to develop safe, high-performance lithium-ion batteries that can be charged more quickly and a greater number of times. IREQ also acts as lead partner with private-sector companies based in Québec to build EV and HEV charging stations in support of its technology developments. It promotes open innovation and partners with private firms, universities, government agencies and research centres, both in Québec and abroad. These partnerships allow IREQ to develop, industrialize and market the technologies resulting from its innovation projects.
About Hydro-Québec
Hydro-Québec is Canada’s largest electricity producer and ranks among the world’s leading hydropower producers. It also transmits and distributes electricity. Its sole shareholder is the Québec government. It uses mainly renewable generating options, in particular hydropower, and supports the development of wind energy through purchases from independent power producers. Its research institute, IREQ, conducts R&D in energy efficiency, energy storage and other energy-related fields. Hydro-Québec invests $100 million per year in research.
About Focus Metals
Focus Metals Inc. is an emerging mid-tier junior mining company, a technology solutions supplier and a business innovator. It is the owner of the highest-grade (16%) technology graphite resource in the world. The company's goal is to assume a dominant industry leadership position by becoming the lowest-cost producer of technology-grade graphite. As a technology-oriented enterprise with a view to building long-term, sustainable shareholder value, Focus Metals is invested in the development of graphene applications and patents through Grafoid Inc.
CONTACT:
Gary Economo, President and CEO
Focus Metals Inc.
613-691-1091 Ext. 101
gary@focusmetals.ca
www.focusmetals.ca
Louis-Olivier Batty, Media Relations
Hydro-Québec
514-289-4214
batty.louis-olivier@hydro.qc.ca
No.
Just went to the agm
Someone posted. The whole agm soon after and it was considering insider info.
CEO mentioned partners and answered some questions.
Nothing insider IMO.
Bc restriction
Hi rocket,
I attended Focus Metals AGM.
IT was awesome. It was in a boardroom with about 30 people. It's nice to meet and see people who work for a company you invested money in.
This one is a keeper, they are near execution. CEO is passionate and his team is world class.
This is going to get big.
They have a sub division which is called grafoid and they are going to process the graphite into graphene and anodes. Added value versus just being a mining company.
They are well funded and I believe that this one is going to go for the Grand Slam.
GLTA
Hiya,
I attended a AGM yesterday. and it was awesome....
it was small in a boardroom.
When will we hear from our CEO himself?
GLTA
just a thought, any of you interested in posting on stockhouse.com
it would give additional exposure.
CVD Completes Building Sale
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/cvd-completes-building-sale-2012-04-30
RONKONKOMA, N.Y., Apr 30, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- CVD Equipment Corporation CVV +4.10% announced today that it has completed the sale of the Company's facility located at 979 Marconi Avenue, Ronkonkoma, New York where our Application Laboratory was located.
Leonard Rosenbaum, President and Chief Executive Officer stated, "During the 2nd Quarter, 2012 we will be focusing on moving the Company to our recently purchased building at 355 South Technology Drive, Central Islip, New York and growing our CVD materials and equipment business.
We expect additional growth opportunities for both equipment and materials, based on materials developed in our larger and enhanced Application Laboratory. After our relocation is complete, we will be able to expand our i) Equipment manufacturing ii) Nano material manufacturing, iii) Pilot production process development and demonstration for the transformation of nano materials to macro sized materials and iv) Joint business/technology developments for products enabled by nano materials that will be marketed through our wholly owned subsidiary, CVD Materials Corporation."
About CVD Equipment Corporation
CVD Equipment Corporation CVV +4.10% is a designer and manufacturer of custom and standard state-of-the-art equipment used in the development, design and manufacture of advanced electronic components, materials and coatings for research and industrial applications. CVD offers a broad range of chemical vapor deposition, gas control, and other equipment that is used by customers to research, design and manufacture semiconductors, solar cells, graphene, carbon nanotubes, nanowires, LEDs, MEMS, smart glass coatings, battery and/or ultra capacitor materials, medical coatings, industrial coatings and equipment for surface mounting of components onto printed circuit boards.
The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a "safe harbor" for forward-looking statements. Certain information included in this press release by CVD, as well as information included in oral or other written statements made or to be made by CVD, contains statements that are forward-looking. All statements other than statements of historical fact are hereby identified as "forward-looking statements," as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward looking information involves a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed or anticipated by management. Potential risks and uncertainties include, among other factors, industry specific and general business conditions, competitive market conditions, success of CVD's growth and sales strategies, possible customer changes in delivery schedules, cancellation of orders, delays in product shipments, delays in obtaining parts from suppliers, failure to satisfy customer acceptance requirements and other risk factors described in CVD's SEC filings. All forward-looking statements are based on management's estimates, projections and assumptions as of the date hereof and CVD assumes no obligation to update this press release.
SOURCE: CVD Equipment Corporation
I called patent and research dept. was a brief phone conversation with yes and no.
I actually called Rice University a few weeks ago.
They told me that QTMM does have implications with them and are active....
Did my own kind of DD.
Good news.
Tentacles are growing.
Now for some revenue and good buzz, and this might be ready for take off.
GLTA
Thanks for the suggestion Trevor.
I wonder if QTMM is the one producing them....
They are offering free samples
After this huge volume, there should be good news to follow .
Murdock Capital Graphite Symposium: Focus Metals, Strike Graphite, Galaxy Capital and more
Wed 8:53 pm
Looking for an investment in graphite? Murdock Capital Partners is hosting a Symposium Series on the metal on May 4th in New York.
Graphite, an allotrope - or different physical form - of carbon, is a good conductor of electricity and heat with a temperature resistance above 3,500 degrees Celsius - the same temperature as the outer atmosphere of the sun.
Unlike other metals, when heated, it does not expand.
The metal, like its sibling diamond, is one of the strongest and hardest materials in the natural world and is used in a wide range of products.
As the graphite market bubble grows, so does investor interest and scrutiny of a mining sector bedeviled historically by supply/demand cycles, aided and abetted by China’s overwhelming market influence.
The United States, Europe and China regard graphite as a critical material for future industrial growth. Global markets know this fact and the response has been an explosion of interest, investment and growth in new graphite mine development.
At the Murdock event, Zenyatta Ventures (CVE:ZEN), Strike Graphite (CVE:SRK), Galaxy Capital Corp (CVE:GXY), Standard Graphite (CVE:SGH), Flinders Resources (CVE:FDR) and Focus Metals (CVE:FMS) will be presenting.
Focus's Lac Knife, Quebec natural flake deposit holds the highest grade of graphite in the world. The company’s NI 43-101 compliant resource estimate validated its 16% grading and its commercial bragging rights to that claim.
Most, if not all of Focus’ production, is destined for niche, high demand, technology applications and in particular, it holds fine-mesh graphite destined for the lithium-ion battery manufacturers.
The company also anticipates demand for its particular graphite from the international scientific and industrial development communities engaged in graphene research.
Focus Metals holds a 40 percent interest in Grafoid Inc., a graphene investment, research and development and patenting joint venture.
For a schedule of Murdock's symposium, please see below. The symposium will be held at the Solarium - 3 West Club, 3 West 51st Street, New York, NY 10019, on Friday May 4, 2012 from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM EDT.
To register for the event, visit http://murdockcapital.com/wordpress2/.
Symposium Schedule:
8 AM registration and continental breakfast
8:45 Opening Remarks: Tom Dean
President Murdock Capital Partners
9:00 Symposium Kickoff: Byron W. King
Agora Financial, LLC
Editor, Energy & Scarcity Investor, and Outstanding Investments "The Astonishing World of Graphite -- and How We Can Go There and Make Some Money..."
9:30 Cell Phone Break
9:45 Zenyatta Ventures, Ltd.
10:15 Strike Graphite
10:45 Cell Phone Break
11:00 Galaxy Capital Corp.
11:30 Standard Graphite
12:00 Keynote Luncheon Speaker: Dr. Gordon Chiu, M.SCi, Chief Scientist, Grafoid, Inc.
"Graphine/Graphite in the Technology Food chain"
1:00 Focus Metals
1:30 Flinders Resources
2:10 Dessert and Coffee Served
2:30 Panel Discussion: "Graphite: are we all on the same page?"
Panelists: Ben Axler, Sprucepoint Capital
Chris Berry, House Mountain Capital
Dan Sovel, Tokeneke Research LLC
3:00 Official Close with One on One Meetings, Networking
http://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/41948/murdock-capital-graphite-symposium-focus-metals-strike-graphite-galaxy-capital-and-more--41948.html
Graphene boosts efficiency of next-generation solar cells
http://www.printedelectronicsworld.com/articles/graphene-boosts-efficiency-of-next-generation-solar-cells-00004367.asp?sessionid=1
Graphene boosts efficiency of next-generation solar cells
The coolest new nanomaterial of the 21st century could boost the efficiency of the next generation of solar panels, a team of Michigan Technological University materials scientists has discovered.
Graphene, a two-dimensional honeycomb of carbon atoms, is a rising star in the materials community for its radical properties. One of those properties is electrical conductivity, which could make it a key ingredient in the next generation of photovoltaic cells, says Yun Hang Hu, a professor of materials science and engineering.
Dye-sensitized solar cells don't rely on rare or expensive materials, so they could be more cost-effective than cells based on silicon and thin-film technologies. But they are not as good at converting light into electricity.
In dye-sensitized solar cells, photons knock electrons from the dye into a thin layer of titanium dioxide, which relays them to the anode. Hu's group found that adding graphene to the titanium dioxide increased its conductivity, bringing 52.4 percent more current into the circuit.
"The excellent electrical conductivity of graphene sheets allows them to act as bridges, accelerating electron transfer from the titanium dioxide to the photoelectrode," Hu said.
The team also developed a comparably foolproof method for creating sheets of titanium dioxide embedded with graphene. It first made graphite oxide powder, then mixed it with titanium dioxide to form a paste, spread it on a substrate (such as glass) and then baked it at a high temperatures.
"It's low-cost and very easy to prepare," said Hu. But not just any recipe will do. "If you use too much graphene, it will absorb the light in the solar cell and reduce its efficiency," he said.
Their work was presented at the US-Egypt Joint Workshop on Solar Energy Systems, held March 12-14 in Cairo. It was funded by the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund and the National Science Foundation. Their paper "Promoting Effect of Graphene on Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells," authored by Hui Wang, Samantha Leonard and Hu, has been submitted to Industry and Engineering Chemistry Research. Wang is a PhD candidate and Leonard is an undergraduate, both in materials science and engineering.
Source: Michigan Technological University www.mtu.edu
For more information attend Printed Electronics Asia in Tokyo, Japan on October 2-3 - the key event to learn and network with the leaders in printed electronics in Asia. See Printed Electronics Asia, October 2-3, 2012 to register early for the best savings.
The Demand is there, like everything this takes time. This should come to fruition in 1-2 years. Maybe sooner.
If building a house takes about 3 months, doing something of this magnitude might take a little longer ;).
GLTA
Hi Doc,
Yes this is me.
I meant photos of r2r, action shots of lab/facility used... Updated pictures. Can they show us some cool shots they have taken over the past few years?
Revenue would be nice, that's part of their business plan.....
GLTA
Something tangible to see for investors would be a huge progress.
Hi
This just means that they are ok financially for the time being.
They dont need additional funds.
I'm going to the shareholders meeting may 3rd. I will let you know
with any news.
No, with the million of expenses it wouldn't be stated.
Maybe a line or two of new partnerships possibly.
Old news
Great entry....
I wouldn't worry too much. The CEO is heavily promoting his company.
Hi,
Welcome to the board.
It's a good entry point. I bought mine originally at.95 and then @1.20. May 3rd is the shareholders meeting. Maybe we will get news by then and stock will go up.
The reason why it went down, the whole market is down. Everything is red for the past two weeks....
Yes, also the high volume
Thinking and doing, is two things.
Sounds like a plan.
Glta
Your absolutely right. Let's just wait and see. And let's take our Pom pom's out.
that was a pretty quick response, you know where to get your dots at your fingertips.
I will try Qmcdots.com, I'm going to give them a call on monday and place an order on the phone.
that sounds like something I would say.
It seems im not the only one out there in the universe with the same perspective. God Bless America.
I no longer feel alone.
have a great weekend everyone.
I,m not trying to act smart,
But read this.
Can I please buy qdots for 500$ to 1000$ worth.
I really dont mind spending that much just for fun.
Where can I call I'll send a money order no problem.
im serious.
I'm not pulling out, I like the risk reward on this one.
Just want some stuff straightened out and physical evidence of something. Nothing on paper, not enough.
His Previous Venture with AVCOM went bankrupt also. It might just be a coincidence.
Because this company has been running like a black ops operation. Except SS previous ventures did not run as smoothly as one thinks.
I'm in.
And ready to buy more if physical evidence is presented.
I agree with you.
I want as an investor something tangible, physical, an action shot. After 2 + years, you would think ?
For this stock, it's highest it's been
Exposure.