Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc. {TSX.V: NOU}

Announced their latest graphite concentrate results following the mechanical commissioning of its demonstration plant..

From November 29 to December 5, 2018, the DP operated during five days for a total of 43 non-consecutive hours. During that period, 140 tonnes of ore from the West Zone deposit was processed.

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SAINT-MICHEL-DES-SAINTS, Quebec, Dec. 17, 2018 – Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc. {TSX.V: NOU} is proud to present its latest graphite concentrate results following the mechanical commissioning of its demonstration plant (“DP”) (see Press Release dated September 18, 2018).

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From November 29 to December 5, 2018, the DP operated during five (5) days for a total of 43 non-consecutive hours. During that period, 140 tonnes of ore from the West Zone deposit, with an average total carbon (“Ct”) content of 4.5%, was processed. This corresponds to a throughput of approximately 3.3 tonnes per hour (“tph”), which is close to the design throughput of 3.5 tph.  This resulted in an output of 6 tonnes of graphite concentrate of which 5.1 tonnes were bagged for distribution to potential customers. The natural flake graphite concentrate reached an average purity content of 96.6% Ct with a recovery rate achieving 95.3% Ct.

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Karl Trudeau, Chief of Operations at NMG, is impressed by such results: “I have never seen such a rapid ramp-up and optimization of a graphite processing facility. This demonstrates the outstanding quality of the West Zone deposit of our Matawinie Project. The results shown today clearly exceeded our team’s expectations, especially in the context that we had a very short break-in period. The ore responds very well to the process and its superior quality supports the efficiency of our demonstration plant, which is very encouraging for our future commercial operations.”

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