Black Rock Mining (ASX: BKT) — Company Overview, News & Financial Data
Black Rock Mining is an Australian critical mineral exploration and development company focused on advancing natural flake graphite assets in East Africa.
Black Rock Mining
Black Rock Mining is an Australian critical mineral exploration and development company focused on advancing natural flake graphite assets in East Africa. In partnership with the Government of Tanzania through a joint venture, the company controls a large-scale graphite deposit featuring substantial ore reserves and high-grade mineral resources. The project is structured as a multi-stage development designed to produce natural graphite concentrate across multiple flake sizes and product grades. These materials target global energy transition supply chains, including lithium-ion battery anode manufacturing, electric vehicle batteries, energy storage systems, and traditional industrial refractory applications.
Snapshot
Operations
Products and/or services of Black Rock Mining
- Flake Graphite Concentrate: Extraction and processing of high-purity natural flake graphite concentrate from open-pit mining operations, targeted for global battery market applications, industrial refractory products, and expandable graphite end-users demanding high-carbon purity standards.
- Staged Processing Plant Modules: Development of modular graphite processing facilities engineered for initial production rates of 89 thousand tonnes per annum in Module 1, with planned sequential expansion modules to double total throughput and supply volumes.
- High-Purity Graphite Concentrate: Production of premium large-flake and jumbo-flake natural graphite concentrates through conventional flotation and concentrate cleaning circuits, delivering physical specs suitable for value-added downstream processing and anode active material conversion.
- Battery Anode Feedstock: Supply of battery-grade natural flake graphite suitable for spherical graphite micronisation, spheronisation, and coating processes, catering to lithium-ion battery manufacturers and electric vehicle supply chains across Asia, North America, and Europe.
- Joint Venture Project Infrastructure: Operations managed under a joint venture arrangement with government host entities holding a 16 percent free-carried interest, incorporating dedicated power transmission grid infrastructure and logistics corridors to export ports.
- Offtake and Debt Financing Agreements: Commercial off-take agreements and project debt financing facilities, including multi-tranche credit facilities to fund initial mine construction, processing plant installation, and associated site access infrastructure.
Black Rock Mining executive team
- Mr. John de Vries B.E (Mining), Grad Dip, MSc(Min Econ)CEO, MD & Executive Director
- Mr. Paul R. SimsChief Financial Officer
- Mr. Steuart McIntyreGeneral Manager of Corporate Development
- Ms. Raelene WyattGeneral Manager ? People, Culture & Sustainability
- Mr. Harry MillerCompany Secretary