Graphite is king at prospectors' awards.

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Ardiden Ltd. received the Bernie Schneiders Discovery of the Year Award for its Silver Star North Graphite Project from the Northwestern Ontario Prospectors Association at its annual convention and awards dinner in Thunder Bay, April 5.

Ardiden, an Australian graphite junior, has discovered the presence of high-quality, jumbo flake graphite near Manitou-wadge in northwestern Ontario.

With three Ontario projects, the West Perth company is angling to access the growing demand for North American graphite, spurred by the growing use of lithium-ion batteries.

The company has completed its 2,000-metre drilling program, reporting assay results as high as 2.71 per cent Cg (graphite content) over 41.6 metres and 4.23 per cent Cg at 17 metres, and super jumbo flake sizes of 500 microns.

The Developer of the Year Award went to Amethyst Mine Panorama, a family-run business owned by Steve Lukinuk. The Thunder Bay amethyst mine has been in...

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