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OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 03/05/13 -- Focus Graphite Inc. (TSX VENTURE: FMS)(OTCQX: FCSMF)(FRANKFURT: FKC) ("Focus" or the "Corporation") is pleased to report the results of the fall 2012 exploration drilling program on the Lac Knife Property (the "Property"), located in the Grenville Geological Province of northeastern Quebec. Twelve (12) NQ-sized core holes (total: 1,384 m) were drilled to test the strike-length extension of the Lac Knife graphite deposit up to 375 m to the South of the deposit's West limb. The 12 exploration holes were spread over four (4) drill fences spaced 100 m apart.
Hole LK-12-170 drilled 175 m south of the deposit on Line 900 S returned the best graphitic carbon (Cgr) intersection (Table 1):
-- Hole LK-12-170: 66.8 m grading 14.68 % Cgr (from 54.9 to 121.7 m), including: -- 8.0 m grading 21.73% Cgr (from 54.9 to 62.9 m), -- 21.7 m grading 17.99% Cgr (from 70.0 to 91.7 m) and -- 21.3 m grading 18.22 % Cgr (from 100.4 to 121.7 m)
Significant graphite intercepts are still encountered up to 375 m south of the deposit as evidenced by Hole LK-12-174 drilled on Line 1100 S which intersected 20.9 m grading 19.31% Cgr (from 20.0 to 40.9 m), indicating that the deposit remains open to the south. All the significant intercepts (Cgr greater than 5%) are summarized below in Table 1.
Focus Graphite President and CEO Gary Economo said: "Once again Lac Knife confirms its status and potential as a world-class and valuable, high-grade graphite property.
"The new drill results indicate a significant strike length extension south of our main deposit as well as in the continuity and thickness of grade - those key elements required for building additional tonnage," Mr. Economo said.
Focus Graphite's two-phase summer 2013 drilling program will further map the limits of the graphite deposit as well as test new ground geophysical anomalies on the property, Mr. Economo said.
Table 1: Summary of best graphitic carbon (Cgr greater than 5%) drill core intersections from the 2012 exploration drilling program at the Lac Knife property.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------Section Total Core Cgr(ii) S800S Azimuth Dip length (m) From To Length(i) (%) (%)---------------------------------------------------------------------------LK-12-166 N076 -51 170 60.9 63.8 2.9 5.85 6.68 89.1 109.0 19.9 6.19 2.34 89.1 124.7 35.6 11.15 4.54 109.0 124.7 15.7 17.44 7.34---------------------------------------------------------------------------LK-12-167 N082 -45 101 31.9 48.1 16.2 20.94 7.40 55.9 62.5 6.6 5.12 3.57---------------------------------------------------------------------------LK-12-168 N082 -50 125 16.0 42.6 26.6 18.52 6.30 68.2 77.2 9.1 22.29 7.76 83.3 86.8 3.5 13.21 4.41 94.3 97.7 3.4 14.85 3.57---------------------------------------------------------------------------Section Total Core Cgr(ii) S900S Azimuth Dip length (m) From To Length(i) (%) (%)---------------------------------------------------------------------------LK-12-170 N080 -45 132 54.9 121.7 66.8 14.68 5.16 54.9 62.9 8.0 21.73 6.77 70.0 91.7 21.7 17.99 5.55 100.4 121.7 21.3 18.22 6.37---------------------------------------------------------------------------LK-12-177 N080 -45 107 16.6 19.9 3.3 9.26 1.98 28.6 34.5 5.9 7.11 2.35 54.6 96.8 42.2 12.31 4.83 54.6 62.5 7.9 20.26 7.63 68.3 80.6 12.3 20.21 7.55 84.3 96.8 12.5 7.33 3.14---------------------------------------------------------------------------Section Total Core Cgr(ii) S1000S Azimuth Dip length (m) From To Length(i) (%) (%)---------------------------------------------------------------------------LK-12-171 N100 -45 122 70.5 72.2 1.7 19.70 6.00 90.7 92.4 1.7 16.29 3.18 110.1 114.2 4.1 7.79 3.98---------------------------------------------------------------------------LK-12-172 N080 -45 119 20.0 36.2 16.2 16.63 8.25---------------------------------------------------------------------------LK-12-176 N080 -45 110 60.0 65.0 5.0 7.80 2.50 81.5 89.9 8.4 7.11 2.82---------------------------------------------------------------------------Section Total Core Cgr(ii) S1100S Azimuth Dip length (m) From To Length(i) (%) (%)---------------------------------------------------------------------------LK-12-173 N080 -55 98 51.8 65.8 14.0 19.15 9.20 84.6 89.6 5.0 21.26 9.12---------------------------------------------------------------------------LK-12-174 N080 -50 125 20.0 40.9 20.9 19.31 7.37 73.0 76.8 3.8 35.62 4.78 86.0 94.4 8.4 6.09 3.41(i)Significant Cgr intersection are expressed as core length because thehost rocks are highly metamorphosed and locally migmatized and folded.However, the mineralization envelope interpreted from the historical datacross-cuts the drill holes at a high angle.(ii)All core sample carbon analyses performed by COREM and delivered asgraphitic carbon (Cgr), internal analytic code LSA-M-B10, LECO highfrequency combustion method with infrared measurement.
