• Focus Graphite completed a desktop study for an all-season access road to its Lac Knife graphite project near Fermont, Quebec.
• Scenario 2 (CH B + M3) selected as the preferred route, using 2.5 km of an existing corridor and 7.7 km of the Mazarin Road.
• Route links the Highway 389 realignment under construction to the planned mine site, cutting new road build versus the 32 km assumed in 2023.
• Focus cited potential reductions in future infrastructure capital needs, supporting efforts to move Lac Knife toward construction readiness.
• Work sits under an NRCan First and Last Mile Fund award of $ CAD 1.38 million for road and power planning, including a Hydro-Quebec grid connection.

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