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OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 02/06/13 -- Focus Graphite Inc. (TSX VENTURE: FMS)(OTCQX: FCSMF)(FRANKFURT: FKC) ("Focus" or the "Corporation") and partner SOQUEM Inc. ("SOQUEM") are pleased to provide an update of their 2012 exploration program at the Kwyjibo polymetallic Iron-Rare Earth Elements-Copper-(Gold) (Fe-REE-Cu-(Au)) Property ("Kwyjibo" or the "Property"), located in the Cote-Nord administrative district of Quebec. The 2012 exploration program at Kwyjibo comprised of surface showing and trench re-sampling, core drilling and ground geophysical surveying.
Highlights of the Josette showing and trench re-sampling program include:
-- Josette showing: 2.95% TREO, 37.35% REOc(i) and 1.44 % Cu over 10 m, including a high-grade sub-zone of: 4.59% TREO, 35.58 % REOc(i), and 2.62 % Cu over 2m.-- Trench TR-95-30: 4.13% TREO, 36.08% REOc(i) and 0.23 % Cu over 2 m.-- Trench TR-95-29: 3.58% TREO, 39.90% REOc(i)and 0.17% Cu over 1.5 m.(i)The ratio of critical rare earth elements ("REOc") is defined by The U.S.Department of Energy ("DOE") as the sum of Nd+Eu+Tb+Dy+Y oxides divided bytotal rare earth oxides (TREO) : REOc =((Nd2O3+Eu2O3+Tb2O3+Dy2O3+Y2O3)/TREO)(i)100. The REOc ratio is theexpression of the importance of those REEs sought by the industry withoutconsidering the technological challenge to recover the REE and all the costsrelated to a mine development.The new 2012 analytical results highlight the increasing total rare earth content of the mineralization related to the assaying of heavy rare earth elements in comparison to the 1995 analytical results. In 1995, only La, Ce and Sm were analyzed out of the suite of 17 rare earth elements at the Josette showing and in trenches TR-95-30 and TR-95-29.
In 2012, 10 new channel samples were collected at the Josette showing, two new channel samples were collected from trench TR-95-30 and one chip sample was taken from trench TR-95-29. The 13 samples were analyzed for the complete range of rare earth elements (Table 1). The 2012 results confirm the high heavy rare-earth elements ("HREE") content of the mineralization at Kwyjibo as well as the high ratio of critical rare earth elements (REOc) which ranges from 32.34% to 41.14%.
A map of the Kwyjibo property showing the location of Josette showing, trench TR-95-30 and trench TR-95-29 is available on the Company's website at www.focusgraphite.com.
Table 1. Results of the re-sampling program at the Josette showing and at Trenches TR-95-30 and TR-95-29:
Sample Length TREO HREO REOc Nd2O3 Eu2O3 Tb2O3 Dy2O3 m % % % % % % %Josette showing----------------------------------------------------------------------------181151 1 3,55 33,37 41,14 0,518 0,013 0,019 0,117181152 1 4,55 27,42 37,54 0,722 0,024 0,021 0,124181153 1 4,64 22,43 33,63 0,729 0,019 0,016 0,099181154 1 2,79 29,81 39,56 0,440 0,008 0,012 0,077181155 1 3,48 29,77 39,29 0,538 0,014 0,016 0,098181156 1 1,99 32,13 40,65 0,296 0,005 0,009 0,059181157 1 1,97 19,28 32,34 0,342 0,004 0,006 0,038181158 1 1,99 26,45 36,83 0,312 0,008 0,008 0,050181159 1 2,68 24,90 35,59 0,426 0,009 0,011 0,065181160 1 1,86 26,58 36,97 0,301 0,006 0,008 0,049Composite 10 2,95 27,21 37,35 0,462 0,011 0,013 0,077Composite 2(i) 2 4,59 24,93 35,58 0,725 0,021 0,019 0,112TR-95-30----------------------------------------------------------------------------181163 1 5,49 21,34 34,06 0,956 0,016 0,019 0,114181164 1 2,78 26,92 38,11 0,472 0,009 0,012 0,074Composite 2 4,13 24,13 36,08 0,714 0,013 0,016 0,094TR-95-29----------------------------------------------------------------------------181166 1,5 3,58 29,30 39,90 0,611 0,012 0,017 0,105Sample Y2O3 Fe2O3 P2O5 Cu F Mo Au % % % % % ppm g/tJosette showing---------------------------------------------------------------------181151 0,794 69,30 4,50 0,66 1,43 283 0,02181152 0,819 52,40 3,51 3,40 4,49 791 0,18181153 0,695 43,30 2,95 1,84 7,33 2820 0,14181154 0,569 65,60 3,55 1,22 2,04 227 0,08181155 0,703 51,50 2,92 1,44 6,79 775 0,10181156 0,440 69,50 3,24 1,19 2,43 136 0,08181157 0,246 78,50 2,52 0,48 1,14 28 0,03181158 0,353 53,00 1,99 1,67 5,10 217 0,15181159 0,443 50,80 2,55 1,78 5,20 363 0,08181160 0,325 70,90 2,46 0,76 1,75 23 0,07Composite 0,539 60,48 3,02 1,44 3,77 566 0,09Composite 2(i) 0,757 47,85 3,23 2,62 5,91 1805 0,16TR-95-30---------------------------------------------------------------------181163 0,765 58,30 4,31 0,18 1,44 151 n.a.181164 0,491 66,60 4,27 0,28 0,96 40 n.a.Composite 0,628 62,45 4,29 0,23 1,20 96 n.a.TR-95-29---------------------------------------------------------------------181166 0,683 66,80 4,86 0,17 0,79 16 n.a.n.a. = not analyzed((i)) Composite of 2 meters from samples 181152 and 181153TREO : Total rare earth oxides =La2O3+Ce2O3+Pr2O3+Nd2O3+Sm2O3+Eu2O3+Gd2O3+Tb2O3+Dy2O3+Ho2O3+Er2O3+Tm2O3+Lu2O3+Y2O3HREO : Relative content (%) of heavy rare earth oxides =((Tb2O3+Dy2O3+Ho2O3+Er2O3+Tm2O3+Lu2O3+Y2O3)/TREO)(i)100REOc : Ratio of critical rare earth elements =((Nd2O3+Eu2O3+Tb2O3+Dy2O3+Y2O3)/TREO)(i)100
