News Release:  Former Canada Carbon CEO, Paul Ogilvie, Ignites Torch

Message from the CEO

Over the next 12 months Torch River Resources will work towards acquiring properties containing lump graphite to transform the Company into a pure play 100% lump graphite mining company. We plan on changing the name to Saint Jean Carbon to better reflect our Quebec mining interests.

Lump graphite is widely considered to be one of the rarest, commercially valuable, and highest quality types of natural graphite. It occurs along intrusive contacts in solid lumps and is only actively mined in Sri Lanka (Mores, 2007). In the 1890’s Quebec was bustling with small, operating lump mines. Given the carbon content of lump/vien graphite the recovery operations and cost will normally be lower than flake or amorphous graphite recovery and is suitable for many of the same applications as flake graphite giving it a distinct competitive edge in terms of market prices and product applications.

We hope you stop by and check out our website from time to time, we are working on an entire new site that will be full of valuable information on or progress, lump graphite and our latest news.

These are exciting times for the Company, and we look forward to the support of our shareholders and stakeholders alike.

Paul Ogilvie
Chief Executive Officer