First Graphene Limited announced the launch of a new range of products within its cement and concrete segment focused on reducing CO2 emissions and improving concrete durability. The Company also continues to advance commercial scale trials of graphene enhanced cement and concrete, including a second commercial scale grinding aid trial with a major European partner aimed at building upon recent positive laboratory results. As the Company's forward-looking order book continues to strengthen, First Graphene has also appointed a new industry commercial manager to spearhead the Company's future growth.

New product introductions: The Company confirms the release of PureGRAPH CEM, a variation of the Company's renowned PureGRAPH® graphene product range designed for use in cement grinding aids and admixtures. It is targeted at construction chemical manufacturers, providing an easy to incorporate graphene formulation that overcomes some of the known issues in evenly dispersing graphene into products. The Company also confirms the release of an admixture developed in conjunction with South Africa based Nanoproof/Glade Chemicals.

The admixture has shown excellent improvements in recent commercial trials, with significant improvements demonstrated in compressive and flexural strength if used in accordance with recommended loadings. The admixture is now being marketed by the Company as PureGRAPH® AM and is suitable for use by downstream concrete and construction material manufacturers to provide superior strength and durability properties. The Company's distribution agreement with New Zealand based GtM Action, announced in July 2021, has come to fruition with the release of GtM's HexMortarTM, a graphene enhanced dry mix mortar for shotcrete and pumping applications.

HexMortarTM is formulated to quickly and permanently increase the flexural and compressive strength of dry mortars. Latest trials have shown significant improvement at 3, 7 and 28 days, including a 20% improvement in flexural strength and 27% improvement in compressive strength at the 28-day mark. Additionally, the benefits of graphene are delivering a product that is easy to work with while its minimal rebound reduces waste.

The product is the first of a range of solutions being developed by GtM Action for the New Zealand and broader global cement and concrete markets that are in search of innovative products with reduced environmental impact. Continued progress on commercial scale trials The Company also continues to work with a consortium of partners including Breedon Cement Limited, Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure Limited and the University of Manchester to develop a "green cement". The consortium received a grant from the UK Government in early 2022 to develop the green technology.

Under the agreement, the consortium is planning a trial utilising up to 1,500 tonnes of specially formulated cement, converting to circa 9,000 tonnes of concrete, with varying doses of PureGRAPH® being applied to determine optimum dosage rates and performance outcomes. This represents one of the largest commercial trials of graphene enhanced cement and concrete globally. The Company is also progressing well in its collaboration with Fosroc International to develop cement additive systems. Under the five-year collaboration agreement, both organizations will contribute to the joint development of a range of PureGRAPH® enhanced cement additives that Fosroc aims to add to its portfolio of specialty products.

These would provide the cement industry with a global solution to reducing carbon dioxide emissions and increasing the overall performance of cement. Advanced grinding aid trials are currently being undertaken with Fosroc in their global competence centres. A procedure to add graphene into the mill has been established.

First Graphene Materials Scientists are working closely with Fosroc's Group Technology and local operations teams to demonstrate synergistic performance of graphene and grinding aids.