American Lithium Minerals is pleased to announce that it has received encouraging assay results from initial sampling at its Buckley Flat Graphite property. Rising Demand for Graphite According to a recent report, Graphite is deemed a critical material by the US, and about a century ago it was mined abundantly in the country, mostly in Alabama. However, there has been no Graphite mining in the United States since 1990, when United Minerals suspended operations at its graphite mine in Montana. As a result, the US now imports all of its graphite, mostly from China, with additional imports from Mexico, Canada and India. Graphite is used in batteries, brake linings, lubricants, powdered metals, refractory applications and steelmaking. Demand for graphite is rising because it is used in lithium...