Great Lakes Graphite Inc.

Great Lakes Graphite is an industrial minerals company bringing value-added carbon products to a well defined market.

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Chemicals and Chemical Products
  • Location Toronto, ON, Canada
  • Currency USD
  • Founded February 2004
  • Employees 7
  • Website GreatLakesGraphite.com

Company Summary

The Company’s Innovation Division has entered into long-term agreements for use of the Matheson Micronization Facility and for supply of high quality natural graphite concentrate which are positioning Great Lakes Graphite to become an emerging domestic manufacturer and supplier of micronized products to a growing regional customer base where pricing and demand continue to rise.

CEO interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f9_QOjpTIQ

Team

  • Chief Marketing Officer and Director

    Paul Ferguson brings considerable marketing expertise to Great Lakes Graphite from serving in technical and executive positions for a number of high tech and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software companies. Mr. Ferguson is currently serving as a Director for ProcessUnity Inc., a leading provider of cloud-based applications for risk management and service delivery management.

  • Paul Gorman
    Chief Executive Officer and Director

    Paul Gorman is a corporate specialist with over 20 years of experience in junior mining finance, taking companies public, assessing asset viability and operating growth-emerging public companies. For the last 12 years, Paul has been the President and Managing Partner of Riverbank Capital Inc., a Merchant Bank working with small-cap companies to assist them in financing, property development and initiating well-defined marketing programs.

  • Jerry Janik
    Chief Operating Officer/Innovations Division

    Jerry has worked in the mining industry for over twenty-five years. He brings a wealth of experience to the Company, in areas and disciplines that are critical to ensure the successful transition to commercial operations. These include:

    Permitting
    Production
    Quality Control
    Project Management
    Process Improvement
    New Product Development
    Mine Planning and Tailings Deposition

  • Sr. VP of Sales & President/Innovations Division

    Mike Coscia has over 30 years’ experience in the chemicals and minerals industries. He brings extensive experience in sales, marketing, technology and product development to his work at Great Lakes Graphite. Prior to joining GLK, Mike held the position of Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Ontario Graphite, Sales Director at SGL Carbon, Senior Account Manager for Cabot Corporation and Vice President of Sales for Bayer Chemical.

Advisors

  • Laura Mottola
    Director Laura Mottola is President and founder of Flow Partners, a management consulting company that provides strategic oversight and tactical execution of technology and business improvement programs to leading global mining and engineering companies.
    Unconfirmed
    Bruce Reading
    Advisor
    Unconfirmed

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