E-Power Resources: Up to 29% Cg in Prospecting Samples
Graphite is one of the most important components in lithium-ion batteries, continues to make up 15 to 25 percent of the total battery weight (Helmholtz Institute), and is thus crucial for the mobility and energy transition. So far, a large part of the battery raw material comes from China, but not only the West is trying to reduce this dependency, but the People’s Republic has also recently severely restricted its graphite exports. Graphite production in East Africa is also suffering from interruptions and excessive bureaucracy, making North American graphite sources even more important!
These potentially include the Tetepisca property of E-Power Resources (WKN A3D490 / CSE EPR) in the Canadian province of Quebec, about 220 kilometers north of the city of Baie-Comeau. It is part of the Tetepisca Graphite District, where more than 120 million tons of graphite resources have been proven in the measured and indicated categories. The average graphite content of the district’s deposits is around 14% Cg (crystallized graphite). However, E-Power Resources now reports graphite contents from the Tetepisca property that are more than twice as high!
Five Target Areas with High-Grade Graphite Mineralization Discovered
As part of its 2024 exploration program at Tetepisca, the company completed a geological and geophysical reconnaissance and mapping campaign, during which a total of 76 grab samples were collected. The work focused on evaluating selected conductors and conductor trends in the northern part of the property, which resulted from the interpretation of an electromagnetic airborne survey (‘EM’) completed in 2022, as well as from historical EM airborne surveys.
With last year’s prospecting work, E-Power discovered five target areas that were prioritized for further exploration work in 2025, all characterized by numerous samples with a Cg content of over 5% – and all containing high-grade samples with a Cg content of over 20%! The company had already reported results from the northern target areas, N1 to N4, in the summer and fall of 2024. Now, they are following up with results from the N5 target area, which also include a high-grade sample with 28.7% Cg!
The flake graphite mineralization discovered in 2024 in the northern Flake claims of the Tetepisca property is located in highly deformed, high-grade metamorphic sedimentary rock. Conductivity patterns obtained from airborne magnetic and EM surveys suggest that the graphite-bearing stratigraphy is part of a complexly folded and curved sequence extending from the southwest of the N5 target area to the north of the N1 target. Historical mapping and geophysical interpretations indicate that the stratigraphic unit hosting the Uatnan deposit continues and also hosts the mineralization of the N5 target, located about 4.5 kilometers to the southeast.
Conclusion: According to James Cross, CEO of E-Power Resources, these results reveal another surface-visible target area on the Tetepisca project that could develop into a significant graphite deposit. Mr. Cross also emphasizes the proximity (4.5 kilometers) of this area to the pit containing the Uatnan resources – which he claims is probably the best graphite deposit in North America! Tetepisca, the E-Power CEO continues, is one of the few new projects that could have any impact on the looming graphite shortage. We are excited and will, of course, continue to follow this extremely interesting story.
