Sheriozha Wijekoon

RS Mines

RS Mines incorporated in Sri Lanka in 2007 with the initial goal of exploring for high purity natural crystalline vein graphite across Sri Lanka. Prime company objectives were clear, to explore, locate, asses, and pursue full scale high purity graphite mining in Sri Lanka. Through our extensive exploration RS Mines acquired several graphite rich locations across Sri Lanka, including the famous Queen's Mine, all advantaged with plentiful reserves. With the emergence of Graphene, our secondary objective formulated, to explore which method produced the highest quality graphene, asses how easily the method is to scale-up, and finally to select which graphene based application to incorporate it into. Examinations by experts across the globe confirm that our natural graphite possess supreme characteristics when compared to all other types of graphite, reason for this is because our graphite ore has a maximum carbon purity level of 99.76%, this is naturally occurring, whereas other types such as synthetic and engineered graphite (graphite of lower purities chemically merged together to create a higher carbon purity however sacrificing vital characteristics in the process), ultimately cannot match the performance capabilities of RS Mines' superior naturally occurring ore. Researchers have already developed Graphene from RS Mines' ore, all have stated that the material produced is of the highest standard that can be possibly achieved, in terms of greater surface area, superlative electrical capabilities with minimal impurities, immediate markets currently being developed are for dye sensitised solar cells, super-capacitors and other electrical applications.