NEW YORK, NY and WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA / ACCESSWIRE / July 16, 2014 / Next Graphite, Inc. (GPNE) (“Next Graphite”, or the “Company”), a development stage company in Africa’s Republic of Namibia targeting the growing global graphite production industry and market demand, today announced the Company has successfully negotiated and signed a yearly, renewable land lease to begin exploration and mining throughout Aukam’s Farm 125,000 acre property.

The land lease was singed between Next Graphite, Inc. and Mr. Gerhard de Meyer, a Namibian national and owner of the Aukam Farm property since the properly was first mined for graphite in 1940. The land lease took effect on July 15, 2014 and is renewable on a yearly basis. GPNE successfully negotiated 12-hour operating shifts during each work day during the week and operation on the weekend. The newly negotiated land lease expanded the operations on the property to specifically include all of GPNE’s planned operations. These are; reclamation, mine development, necessary impact assessment, feasibility studies, engineering studies, geological studies, and contamination studies. The land owner has also agreed to provide required access to a well and solar pump for up to 25,000 liters of water use daily to support mining operations.

The agreement between the land owner and the Company included a nominal monthly cash compensation, however the land owner also secured two percent (2%) fee on all future revenue of Next Graphite’s graphite mining on the Aukam Farm territory.

"Our land lease agreement was the final piece of approval needed to fully begin our operations as a licensed mining company in Namibia," Cliff Bream, Next Graphite’s CEO began. "Our negotiations with Mr. de Meyer went very smooth and we were most pleased with his approach to help us keep monthly land lease costs low in favor of potentially greater revenues with his negotiated 2% share of our future cash flows. Mr. de Meyer also understood the need for us to access water on the property for our production and mining operations. This was a critical component of our negotiations due to the importance of water in graphite mining operations," Mr. Bream concluded.

About Next Graphite, Inc.:

Next Graphite, Inc. is a development stage company targeting the growing global graphite production industry with the Company's 125,000-acre Africa-based Aukam Graphite Site. The Aukam Graphite Mine was established in 1940 in the current Republic of Namibia, produced USD$30 million of graphite at today's prices, and is estimated to hold over 4 million tons of natural, high-grade, large-flake, hydrothermal-sourced graphite deposits. Global graphite demand is being driven by the development of new markets for clean and efficient energy alternatives, smart grid infrastructure and military capabilities. Next Graphite has an immediately-available, surface-visible, estimated 140,000-ton stockpile, along with competitive projected mining and processing costs. The completion of GPNE's Aukam Graphite Mine re-launch and development activities is expected to result in a multi-million dollar inward investment into Namibia in 2014-2015.

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CONTACT:

John Mattio
Investor Relations
+1 949 397-2522 ext. 3
ir@nextgraphite.com

SOURCE: Next Graphite, Inc.