--- title: "Sovereign Metals Ltd (AIM:SVML) Leading Market Position for Kasiya’s Graphite" publisher: "Share Talk" author: "sharetalk" published: "2022-06-10T06:43:43+00:00" modified: "2022-06-10T06:43:43+00:00" date: 2022-06-10 canonical: "https://www.share-talk.com/sovereign-metals-ltd-aimsvml-leading-market-position-for-kasiyas-graphite/" category: "Mining" categories: ["Mining"] tags: ["batteries", "Ben Stoikovich", "Carbon", "Critical", "deposit", "footprint", "Graphite", "Julian Stephens", "Kasiya", "Kasiya Rutile", "lithium-ion", "Malawi", "minerals", "Nigel Jones", "northern hemisphere", "Optiva Securities", "Project", "Rio Tinto", "rutile", "Sam Cordin", "Sapan Ghai", "Share Talk", "Sovereign Metals", "SVLM", "SVM", "SVML", "titanium", "UK Parliament"] image: "https://i0.wp.com/www.share-talk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Stencil-Google-Chrome-2023-04-19-at-2.47.43-PM.jpeg?fit=1231%2C615&quality=89&ssl=1" format: "news" language: "en-GB" --- # Sovereign Metals Ltd (AIM:SVML) Leading Market Position for Kasiya’s Graphite **Published:** June 10, 2022 **Author:** sharetalk **Categories:** Mining **Tags:** batteries, Ben Stoikovich, Carbon, Critical, deposit, footprint, Graphite, Julian Stephens, Kasiya, Kasiya Rutile, lithium-ion, Malawi, minerals, Nigel Jones, northern hemisphere, Optiva Securities, Project, Rio Tinto, rutile, Sam Cordin, Sapan Ghai, Share Talk, Sovereign Metals, SVLM, SVM, SVML, titanium, UK Parliament **Featured image:** ![](https://i0.wp.com/www.share-talk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Stencil-Google-Chrome-2023-04-19-at-2.47.43-PM.jpeg?fit=1231%2C615&quality=89&ssl=1) --- **LEADING GLOBAL MARKET POSITION BECKONS FOR KASIYA’S LOW-COST FLAKE GRAPHITE CO-PRODUCT** · Graphite planned to be produced as a co-product from the Kasiya rutile operation is estimated to sit at the lowest end of the global flake graphite cost curve · As one of the world’s largest flake graphite deposits, Kasiya has potential for a dominant market position due to production scale of a coarse flake, high purity and highly crystalline product which should be suitable for lithium-ion batteries and wider traditional industrial uses · Kasiya’s graphite flake size distribution compares favourably to industry peers suggesting potential to achieve a high graphite basket price · Independent Life Cycle Assessment Study demonstrates Kasiya’s high quality natural graphite concentrate should have a significantly lower carbon footprint than Chinese-produced natural graphite - China currently produces over 75% of the world’s natural graphite, almost 80% of the world’s synthetic graphite and 100% of the world’s natural graphite anodes used in lithium-ion batteries - Each tonne of graphite produced from Kasiya is expected to have a Global Warming Potential of only 0.2 tonnes CO2e which represents 5x less greenhouse gas emissions compared to natural graphite produced in the Heilongjiang Province, China · Recent independent studies published in the Journal of Industrial Ecology estimates global warming potential of synthetic graphite to be 20.6 t CO2e i.e., 103x that estimated for Kasiya’s natural graphite · Updated Scoping Study for Kasiya on track and due for completion shortly **Sovereign Metals Limited (ASX:SVM; AIM:SVML)** (the Company or Sovereign) is pleased to report recent analysis of Kasiya Rutile Project’s (Kasiya) graphite co-product, one of the critical raw materials contained with the Kasiya deposit. Natural graphite concentrate would be produced as a co-product from Kasiya, the world’s largest rutile deposit. Benchmarking of characteristics of Kasiya’s natural graphite demonstrate that it can be produced in line with the 2021 Scoping Study with: · one of the lowest potential production costs globally · extremely low carbon footprint versus hard-rock operations or synthetic graphite production · favourable flake size distribution suitable for a wide range of end uses including feedstock for the lithium-ion battery sector – technology crucial to tackling global climate change. **Sovereign’s Managing Director, Dr Julian Stephens commented:** “Not only is Kasiya the world’s largest rutile deposit and one of the largest flake-graphite resources, but our latest graphite industry benchmarking also demonstrates the potential for Kasiya to be a globally dominant supplier and low-cost flake graphite producer at scale. Importantly, the very low graphite production costs at Kasiya should allow Sovereign to compete aggressively on price point across global graphite markets. ” **ENQUIRIES** Dr Julian Stephens (Perth) Managing Director +61(8) 9322 6322 Sam Cordin (Perth) +61(8) 9322 6322 Sapan Ghai (London) +44 207 478 3900 --- **Original URL:** https://www.share-talk.com/sovereign-metals-ltd-aimsvml-leading-market-position-for-kasiyas-graphite/ *Created by [WP Markdown Endpoint](https://wpmarkdownendpoint.com/)*