Graphano Energy Ltd. reported that it has staked an additional 79 mining claims on the eastern side of its existing 100% owned Standard Mine Project. These additional new claims represent a significant increase in the total land claims of the Company and expands the claims at Standard by 3,923 hectares to a total of 4,265 hectares. In 1997, government reconnaissance work reported four outcrops with visible graphite, which will serve as good starting locations for the Company's exploration program.

As previously reported the region has good power and road infrastructure, with many forestry roads for easy access. The claims are located between the Mousseau Project and Standard. The Mousseau Project has a Measured & Indicated Resource of 2.8 million tonnes grading 7.9% graphitic carbon equating to 0.2Mt of contained graphite at the west side of the deposit, with the remainder of the Mousseau claims still unexplored.