Focus Graphite Files Environmental and Social Impact Assessment for the Lac Knife Graphite Project - Seite 2

Worthy of mention is that the Lac Knife battery ready graphite project is a relatively small-scale mining operation with a relatively small footprint in a well-established mining district.

Following the Company's news release on May 27^th titled "Independent Test: Focus Graphite Succeeds in Producing Extremely High-Performing Coated Spherical Graphite For Lithium Ion Batteries", a Preliminary Economic Assessment of this second transformation into spherical graphite is planned. This study regarding value added products is not within the scope of the current Lac Knife project but it is now an integral part of the process for obtaining a mining lease. The Lac Knife concentrate would be further processed in a separate commercial scale production facility to manufacture spherical graphite.

Therefore, participation in this project offers the potential added value of this second transformation to spherical graphite used in Li-ion batteries that will help to enable the electrification of transportation and other green technologies as well as creating more jobs in the secondary transformation sector. These are key interests with respect to the Plan Nord in Québec. Both the mine site and the spherical graphite production plant would be powered by Hydro Québec's low cost and low carbon footprint sustainable energy sources.

Neither the capital expenditures or operational costs nor the potentially higher margins associated with the second transformation of graphite concentrate into spherical graphite products are included in Lac Knife's current project economics.

The positive Feasibility Study for the Lac Knife Project covers a 25 year mine life based on 7.86 million tonnes (429,000 tonnes Proven and 7,428,000 tonnes Probable) of Proven and Probable Reserves grading 15.13%Cg. The project has the potential to become a low cost high quality battery ready graphite producer with an internal rate of return of 30.1% before-tax (24.1 after-tax) based on an average value of $1,713 per tonne of high carbon content concentrate (base case). The payback period is estimated at 3 years.

Qualified Person

The technical information in this news release was prepared, reviewed and approved by Mr. Don Baxter, P. Eng., Focus President & Chief Operating Officer, a Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101 guidelines.

About Focus Graphite

Focus Graphite Inc. is an emerging mining development company with an objective to produce value added products initially for the lithium ion battery market from the Lac Knife graphite deposit located south west of Fermont, Québec. The Lac Knife project hosts a NI 43-101 Measured and Indicated Mineral Resource Estimate* of 9.6 million tonnes (432,000 tonnes Measured and 9,144,000 tonnes Indicated) grading 14.77% graphitic carbon (Cg) as natural flake graphite with an additional Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate* of 3.1 million tonnes grading 13.25% Cg. Focus' goal is to assume an industry leadership position by becoming a low-cost producer of technology-grade graphite. The Feasibility Study filed with SEDAR on August 8, 2014 for the Lac Knife Project indicates the project is economically viable and has the potential to become a low cost graphite producer based on 7.86 million tonnes (429,000 tonnes Proven and 7,428,000 tonnes Probable) of Proven and Probable Reserves grading 15.13 Cg. On May 27, 2014 the Company announced the Potential for High Value Added Sales in the Li-Ion Battery Sector following battery coin cell tests performed on Lac Knife Spherical Graphite ("SPG"). Testing measured the performance metrics and confirmed Focus' capability to tailor lithium ion battery anode grade graphite and value added products to meet the most stringent customer specifications. Focus Graphite is a technology-oriented enterprise with a vision for building long-term, sustainable shareholder value. Focus also holds a significant equity position in graphene applications developer Grafoid Inc.