Saint Jean Carbon Inc. has announced that the company will expand the mill to allow for processing of a wide variety of raw materials used in lithium ion batteries, to meet demand of specialty raw material supply for tier two and smaller battery manufacturers. Material such as; Graphite, Cobalt, Manganese, Lithium, Aluminum, Nickel, etc. The expansion will be will be broken in to two phases 1) additional equipment to meet immediate demand and 2) further processing for other material that the Company expects may have demand in the coming year. The raw materials needed in lithium batteries are becoming a race to see which of the mega corporations can and will secure large quantities of the very special materials. Companies like Volkswagen announced $45 billion dollars in raw material procurement last year. This situation is putting allot of pressure and rising costs on the smaller and specialized battery manufacturers. This demand has created the Company’s strategy of a new division to meet these needs as soon as possible. The new division will specialize in selling and processing of raw material to a fully finished state of application. Working with their customers: The Company has secured and will further secure different ore bodies rich in specific minerals. The ore bodies will be shipped to a location in central Ontario for storage and will be available for processing on a customer demand basis. Ideally the customer will be looking for a number of specialty minerals, that the company can supply as a balanced chemistry, with mine signature and repeatable quality results.