Matawinie – Phase 2 graphite project and Bécanour – Phase 2 battery material plant, Canada
Name of the Project
Matawinie – Phase 2 graphite project and Bécanour – Phase 2 battery material plant.
Location
Quebec, Canada.
Project Owner/s
Nouveau Monde Graphite (NMG).
Project Description
The project involves the development of a turnkey natural graphite operation.
The Matawinie mine will have a nominal processing rate of 2.55-million tonnes and will use the West Zone deposit with an average production of 103 328 t/y of high-purity graphite concentrate over the life-of-mine (LoM).
The deposit will be mined using conventional openpit mining methods comprising drilling, blasting, loading and hauling.
A concentrator will be built adjacent to the pit. Through crushing, milling, flotation, cleaning and drying, the ore is concentrated to attain 97% graphitic carbon and classified per flake size.
The project will have a LoM of 25 years.
The Bécanour plant will receive about 63 775 t/y of graphite concentrate – to be transformed into about 42 616 t of coated spherical purified graphite, 3 007 t of purified jumbo flakes and 18 384 t of by-product fines – from the Matawinie mine.
Potential Job Creation
Not stated.
Net Present Value/Internal Rate of Return
The Matawinie project has a pretax net present value, at an 8% discount rate, of C$986-million and an internal rate of return of 28.2%, with a payback of 3.2 years. The Bécanour project has a pretax net present value, at an 8% discount rate, of C$1.37-million and an internal rate of return of 22.8%, with a payback of 4.3 years.
The projects will have a collective net present value, at an 8% discount rate, of C$2.36-billion and an internal rate of return of 24.6%, with a payback of 3.9 years.
Capital Expenditure
C$1.40-billion – Matawinie is estimated at C$481-million and Bécanour at C$923-million.
Planned Start/End Date
Not stated.
Latest Developments
None stated.
Key Contracts and Suppliers
None stated.
Contact Details for Project Information
NMG VP communications and ESG strategy, Julie Paquet, tel +1 450 757 8905 or email jpaquet@nmg.com.
NMG director, investor relations, Marc Jasmin, tel +1 450 757 8905 or email mjasmin@nmg.com.
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