Zentek’s Albany Graphite Secures AETC Deal, Advancing High-Purity Graphite PEA

Zentek ( (TSE:ZEN) ) has provided an announcement.

On April 21, 2026, Zentek’s subsidiary Albany Graphite Corp. signed an agreement with American Energy Technologies Co. to produce certified ultra-high-purity graphite samples and deliver process engineering inputs for the Preliminary Economic Assessment of the Albany Graphite Project. This engagement will see AETC manufacture 4N, 4N+ and 5N+ graphite directly from Albany concentrate, with initial sample batches targeted for May 2026 and full quantities and Certificates of Analysis expected in July 2026, giving Albany the documentation needed to enter procurement channels for nuclear, defence and advanced battery customers.

With AETC now active, all three independent workstreams feeding the PEA are in place: Micon International on engineering and economics, AppEco on market pricing and demand, and AETC on process design and certified product, with process engineering deliverables due in June 2026 to support a summer PEA. The agreement also covers conceptual design for a 30,000 tonne-per-year chlorine-free purification plant and supports evaluation of critical mineral and gypsum co-products, a combination that could strengthen Albany’s positioning as a rare Western source of certified, traceable, nuclear-grade graphite and potentially enhance the project’s economic case for investors and strategic partners.

Zentek’s management stresses that the PEA will be built on independently certified product performance at multiple purity grades and independently verified market pricing, rather than commodity flake benchmarks or internal assumptions. This coordinated, NI 43-101-compliant framework is intended to credibly rerate the Albany asset by tying demonstrated 5N+ purity, detailed process engineering and market-specific pricing to Western policy-driven demand for domestic, chlorine-free, non-Chinese graphite supply across nuclear, defence and advanced manufacturing supply chains.

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According to Spark, TipRanks’ AI Analyst, ZEN is a Neutral.

The score is primarily held back by weak financial performance—limited revenue scale, negative margins, and continued cash burn—only partially offset by a low-leverage balance sheet. Technicals add pressure as the stock trades below key moving averages with a negative MACD, while valuation signals are inconclusive due to negative earnings and no dividend data.

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More about Zentek

Zentek Ltd., through its wholly owned subsidiary Albany Graphite Corp., is advancing the Albany Graphite Project, an igneous-hosted graphite deposit in Northern Ontario. The company is targeting ultra-high-purity, certified graphite products for nuclear, defence, advanced battery and specialty industrial markets, with a focus on non-Chinese, chlorine-free processing aligned with Western critical minerals strategies.

The project’s graphite has achieved 5N+ purity at bench scale using a chlorine-free electrothermal fluidized bed reactor process, positioning Albany as a potential supplier of nuclear-grade and other premium graphite grades. Zentek aims to build an integrated technical and commercial case, supported by independent engineering, market analysis and certified product data, to demonstrate Albany’s value in high-purity applications to institutional investors and strategic partners.

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