I visited Madagascar a little over three years ago. Memories of this unique island in the Indian Ocean southeast of Africa have remained vivid. Why? The unexpected and strangely beautiful forms of life that I saw there are impossible to forget. It was as if time had misplaced this island.
At 592,800 square kilometres, Madagascar is the world s fourth largest island. Over the eons, life here has evolved in its own unique way. About 90% of the flora and fauna found here are endemic - that is, they are found nowhere else. In my trip I sought out some of these.
The Giraffe-necked Weevil was an insect like no other. The size of a beetle, it has a neck thrice the length of its body. It stood still on a leaf, but when my fingers came too close, it flew away instantly.
Lion Moves Closer to Putting Graphite Project Back Into Production
01/26/2021 | 03:15am EDT
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Global Li-Ion Graphite Corp. (“LION” or, the “Company”) (CSE: LION) (OTCQB: GBBGF) (F: 0TD).
The Company is pleased to announce that it continues to progress its Madagascar Ambato-Arana graphite project which is near Moramanga and within the graphitic horizons of the highly prospective Manampotsy Formation. LION’s deposits are associated with topographic highs that are exploited via cost-effective free-dig methods.
The Company is currently finalizing its mine development plan which had been slowed, though not stopped, during Covid-19 lockdowns in Madagascar. However, with the ending of the Covid-19 “State of Health Emergency” in Madagascar, the Company is now commencing completion of its final mine development plan, conforming to national regulatory requirements, with