Graphite One Inc.: U.S. Government Designates Graphite One Project as High-Priority Infrastructure Project VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / (TSX-V:GPH)(OTCQB:GPHOF) ("Graphite One" or the "Company") announced today that on January 15, 2021 it received notice that the Company's Graphite Creek Project has been designated a High-Priority Infrastructure Project (HPIP) by the U.S. Government's Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Committee (FPISC). The approval is the culmination of a process that began with the nomination on October 4, 2019 by Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy of Graphite One's project for High-Priority Infrastructure Project designation.[1] "Designating the Graphite Creek Project as a High-Priority Infrastructure Project will send a strong signal that the U.S. intends to end the days of our 100% import-dependency for this increasingly critical mineral," said Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy in his nomination letter.