07:42 AM EST, 01/16/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Titan Mining ( TIMCF ) on Thursday said Phase III metallurgy results for the Kilbourne graphite project yielded final concentrate of 98.8% total carbon and saleable product.

Size fraction analysis of the final concentrates also showed good flake size distribution with the potential to deliver to available U.S. domestic segments and value-added products, Titan added.

The company is also completing engineering for the processing facility for Kilbourne natural graphite, at Empire State Mines (ESM) in New York state. The facility is expected to produce 1,000-1,200t per annum of graphite concentrate and aims for modular expansion to baseline production of 40,000t per annum with further growth capability.

The aim is to fast-track development of Kilbourne and make ESM the first end to end producer of natural flake graphite in the U.S. since the 1950s, a statement said.

"The current resource outlined at Kilbourne represents only 8,300 ft of strike length tested of a total strike length of 25,000 ft. Kilbourne has significant resource expansion potential to meet the demands of US natural flake graphite over a long- term period and we are excited to be moving towards the next phase of development," said Don Taylor, CEO of Titan.