ZEN Graphene Solutions Announces Corporate Reorganization
Guelph, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - December 8, 2020) - ZEN Graphene Solutions Ltd. (TSXV: ZEN) (OTC Pink: ZENYF) ("ZEN" or the "Company") announces the appointment of Mr. Gregory Fenton, CFA as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Mr. Fenton has been instrumental in crafting the strategic direction of the company since his appointment to the Board of Directors in July 2018 and has the full confidence of the Board to continue his excellent work as CEO of the company. As...
2020-12-08 8:40 AM EST
ZEN Graphene Solutions Provides Research Update
Guelph, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - December 7, 2020) - ZEN Graphene Solutions Ltd. (TSXV: ZEN) (OTC Pink: ZENYF) ("ZEN" or the "Company") in partnership with Professor Mohammad Arjmand is pleased to announce the award of a $780,000 Alliance Grant ($480,000 from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and $300,000 from a combination of cash and in kind contributions from ZEN). Alliance Grants are awarded through a competitive peer review process, and this...
2020-12-07 9:57 AM EST
ZEN Graphene Solutions Ltd. Signs Graphene Oxide Purchase Agreement
Guelph, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - November 30, 2020) - ZEN Graphene Solutions Ltd. (TSXV: ZEN) (OTC: ZENYF) ("ZEN" or the "Company") is pleased to announce it has purchased, for immediate delivery, approximately 200 kg of Graphene Oxide (GO), a key ingredient in the manufacturing of ZEN's patent-pending graphene based viricidal coating. Furthermore, the company has negotiated terms to purchase additional GO by the tonne commencing in January 2021. This Purchase Agreement (PA) will permit ZEN...
2020-11-30 8:00 AM EST
ZEN Graphene Solutions Signs Lease for Manufacturing Facility in Guelph
Guelph, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - November 12, 2020) - ZEN Graphene Solutions Ltd. (TSXV: ZEN) (OCT Pink: ZENYF) ("ZEN" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has signed a three year lease with an option for another 3 years on 25,680 square feet of newly built B.1 industrial zoning space in Guelph, Ontario. The new space will become ZEN's manufacturing facility and corporate headquarters. Engineering work plus the purchase of the equipment required to...
2020-11-12 8:00 AM EST
ZEN Graphene Solutions and Trebor RX Corp. Sign Binding Letter of Intent
Guelph, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - November 9, 2020) - ZEN Graphene Solutions Ltd. (TSXV: ZEN) (OTC Pink: ZENYF) ("ZEN" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has signed a binding letter of intent (LOI) with Trebor Rx Corp. (Trebor), a Canadian personal protective equipment mask manufacturer with an initial production facility located in Collingwood, Ontario on Saturday November 7th 2020. This binding LOI includes the initial purchase of ZEN's patent pending graphene based viricidal...
2020-11-09 1:17 PM EST
ZEN Graphene Solutions Announces New Research Collaboration Agreement on Carbon Aerogels with German Aerospace Center
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - October 15, 2020) - ZEN Graphene Solutions Ltd. (TSXV: ZEN) ("ZEN" or the "Company") today announced that it has signed a new research collaboration agreement with the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt ("DLR", the German Aerospace Center) to investigate the use of Albany PureTM graphene-based nanomaterials in the fabrication of novel carbon aerogel composites. The goal of this collaborative research project titled, "Development of Innovative...
2020-10-15 11:37 AM EDT
ZEN Graphene Solutions Signs 2 Year Extension with Chemisar Laboratories, Doubles Lab Space
Guelph, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - October 9, 2020) - ZEN Graphene Solutions Ltd. (TSXV: ZEN) (OTC Pink: ZENYF) ("ZEN" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has signed a 2 year extension with Chemisar Laboratories Inc. ("Chemisar") to provide various consulting services which will include the use of 4,300 square feet of office and laboratory space in Guelph, Ontario commencing on January 1, 2021. The additional 2000 sq ft will be utilized to work on...
2020-10-09 4:01 PM EDT
Royal Canadian Navy Partners with ZEN Graphene and Evercloak to Test Graphene Oxide Dehumidification Membrane Technology
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - September 30, 2020) - ZEN Graphene Solutions Ltd. (TSXV: ZEN) ("ZEN" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Naval Material Technology Management (NMTM) section of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) has partnered with ZEN and Evercloak Inc. (Evercloak) as a testing organization, and has agreed to provide in-kind donations of test services from the Naval Engineering Test Establishment (NETE). The tests will compare the efficiency of an HVAC unit...
2020-09-30 8:00 AM EDT
ZEN Graphene Solutions and Guelph University Researchers File Patent on Graphene Oxide Production Method - A Key Ingredient in its Virucidal Ink
Guelph, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - September 28, 2020) - ZEN Graphene Solutions Ltd. (TSXV: ZEN) and (OTC: ZENYF) ("ZEN" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the University of Guelph (Guelph) has filed a provisional patent regarding an electrochemical exfoliation (ECE) process to produce graphene oxide (GO) from Albany PureTM Graphite. Highlights:ZEN and Guelph file patent on novel GO production methodExfoliation method is designed to be scalable, low cost, low energy and...
2020-09-28 8:00 AM EDT
ZEN Graphene Solutions Develops Graphene-Based Ink with 99% Virucidal Activity Against COVID-19
Guelph, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - September 22, 2020) - ZEN Graphene Solutions Ltd. (TSXV: ZEN) (OTC Pink: ZENYF) ("ZEN" or the "Company") is pleased to report that after 5 months of optimization, it has developed a novel graphene-based virucidal ink with 99% effectiveness against COVID-19.Highlights:ZEN's Virucidal ink is 99% effective against the COVID-19 virusZEN's Virucidal ink was still 99% effective a minimum of 35 days after application to N95 mask materialZEN is now developing plans...
2020-09-22 11:22 AM EDT
ZEN Graphene Solutions Ltd. Announces COVID-19 Protocols for Annual Meeting of Shareholders
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - September 22, 2020) - ZEN Graphene Solutions Ltd. (TSXV: ZEN) ("ZEN" or the "Company") Shareholders are welcome to attend the Company's annual meeting of shareholders on September 28, 2020. Due to COVID-19 and its threats to the community we are required to follow new procedures at our upcoming annual meeting of shareholders. Those procedures are described below and were designed within the requirements laid out by public health authorities and the...
2020-09-22 8:30 AM EDT
ZEN Graphene Solutions Provides Corporate Update
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - September 3, 2020) - ZEN Graphene Solutions Ltd. (TSXV: ZEN) ("ZEN" or the "Company") is pleased to report that industry and university laboratories fully re-opened in late July-early August after a 4 month hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic and they have re-started ZEN's collaborative R&D programs. ZEN will report shortly on significant progress being made in multiple programs, one of which has resulted in the preparation of a patent filing that is...
2020-09-03 8:00 AM EDT
Independent University Research Confirms and Quantifies Ease of Conversion of ZEN Graphene's Albany Pure(TM) Graphite to Graphene
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - August 6, 2020) - ZEN Graphene Solutions Ltd. (TSXV: ZEN) ("ZEN" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that a recent peer reviewed research article clearly demonstrates that ZEN's Albany Graphite exfoliates more easily than other commercially available flake graphite test samples. Significantly, this article provides quantitative data that ZEN's Albany PureTM Graphite has the highest exfoliation rate constant of the materials tested, indicating that...
2020-08-06 8:00 AM EDT
ZEN Begins Commercial Collaborations
Guelph, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - July 30, 2020) - ZEN Graphene Solutions Ltd. (TSXV: ZEN) ("ZEN", or the "Company") is pleased to announce it has commenced collaborations with research teams at a number of personal protective equipment (PPE) manufacturers to incorporate ZEN's virucidal graphene ink into commercial products, including masks, gloves, gowns and other clothing following Zen's promising results for an antiviral, graphene-based ink formulation from The University of Western...
2020-07-30 8:00 AM EDT
ZEN Graphene Solutions Engages Hybrid Financial Ltd.
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - July 14, 2020) - ZEN Graphene Solutions Ltd. (TSXV: ZEN) ("ZEN", or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has retained Hybrid Financial Ltd. ("Hybrid") to provide marketing services. Hybrid has been engaged to heighten market and brand awareness for ZEN Graphene Solutions and to broaden the Company's reach within the investment community.Francis Dubé, CEO commented, "As ZEN evolves from an exploration development company to a nanotechnology...
2020-07-14 8:00 AM EDT
ZEN Graphene Solutions Partners with Evercloak and NGen for Graphene in Cleantech Manufacturing Project
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - July 9, 2020) - ZEN Graphene Solutions Ltd. (TSXV: ZEN) ("ZEN" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that Evercloak Inc. (Evercloak) and ZEN have been awarded $125,000 each as part of a Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (NGen) Project. The project entitled "Advancing Large-Scale Graphene and Thin-Film Membrane Manufacturing" will support the scale up of graphene oxide (GO) production by ZEN to supply GO to Evercloak for their scale up and...
2020-07-09 8:00 AM EDT
Zen Graphene Solutions Ltd. Completes Non-Brokered Private Placement of Units
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - July 6, 2020) - Zen Graphene Solutions Ltd. (TSXV: ZEN) ("Zen Graphene" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the closing of the second tranche, comprised of 1,621,175 units, of its previously announced private placement of units (the "Offering"). The Company raised total gross proceeds of $2,049,999.80 under the Offering, which will be used to fund ongoing work on the Albany Graphite Project including graphene research and scale up, COVID-19...
2020-07-06 4:02 PM EDT
Zen Graphene Solutions Ltd. Completes First Tranche of Non-Brokered Private Placement of Units
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - June 29, 2020) - Zen Graphene Solutions Ltd. (TSXV: ZEN) ("Zen Graphene" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the closing of the first tranche of its previously announced private placement of units (the "Offering"). The Company raised gross proceeds of $1,077,294.80 under the Offering, which will be used to fund ongoing work on the Albany Graphite Project including graphene research and scale up, COVID-19 initiatives and other graphene applications...
2020-06-29 8:09 AM EDT
ZEN Graphene Solutions Ltd. Reports on Expressions of Interest for Non-Brokered Private Placements of Units
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - June 17, 2020) - ZEN Graphene Solutions Ltd. (TSXV: ZEN) ("ZEN" or the "Company") is pleased to announce it has received expression of interest from investors in an amount of $1,777,000 for the non-brokered private placement (the "Offering") announced on June 15, 2020. These expressions of interest have far exceeded management's expectation and, subject to TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange") approval, the Company is working diligently to complete the...
2020-06-17 9:16 AM EDT
ZEN Graphene Solutions Ltd. Announces Non-Brokered Private Placement of Units
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - June 15, 2020) - ZEN Graphene Solutions Ltd. (TSXV: ZEN) ("ZEN" or the "Company") announces an offering of units (the "Units") of the Company on a non-brokered private placement basis. Each Unit is offered at a price of $0.60. The Offering is subject to TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange") approval.Each Unit will be comprised of one Common Share of the Company and one-half of one non-transferable Common Share purchase warrant (a "Warrant"). Each whole...
2020-06-15 8:30 AM EDT