Ms. Kimberly Darlington reports

FOCUS GRAPHITE CLOSES FOURTH TRANCHE OF FINANCING WITH ALUMINA PARTNERS

Focus Graphite Inc. has closed a fourth tranche under the previously announced equity financing facility with Alumina Partners (Ontario) Ltd., an affiliate of New York-based private equity firm Alumina Partners LLC.

In the fourth tranche under the equity financing facility, the company completed a private placement for gross proceeds of $100,000 from Alumina, with Alumina receiving 579,711 units of the company consisting of a common share priced at 17.25 cents per share and warrants to purchase 289,855 common shares, exercisable at 28.75 cents per share for 36 months.

The equity financing facility will provide the company with up to $12-million over a 24-month period for working capital and general corporate purposes. Under the equity financing facility, the company may, subject to certain conditions, restrictions and acceptance by Alumina, raise funds through private placements in tranches of up to $500,000. Each tranche shall be a private placement of units, to be comprised on one common share and one-half of a common share purchase warrant, which will be exercisable for 36 months. The units will be issued at a discount of 25 per cent of the closing market price at the time of each tranche; the warrants will be issued at a 25 per cent premium over the closing market price at the time of each tranche.

There are no standby charges or other upfront fees associated with the equity financing facility. Each tranche of units issued under the equity financing facility will be subject to the acceptance of the TSX Venture Exchange; the securities issued will be subject to the customary four-month hold period.

About Focus Graphite Inc.

Focus Graphite is an advanced exploration company with an objective of producing flake graphite concentrate at its wholly owned Lac Knife and Lac Tetepisca flake graphite projects located in the Cote-Nord administrative region of Quebec. In a second stage, to meet Quebec stakeholder interests in developing second transformation industries within the province and to add shareholder value, Focus is evaluating the feasibility of producing value added specialty graphite products including battery-grade spherical graphite.

Focus Graphite is a technology-oriented graphite development company with a vision for building long-term, sustainable shareholder value. Focus also holds a significant equity position in graphene applications developer Grafoid Inc.

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