Tirupati Graphite plc announced an update on its Vatomina Project ('Vatomina') in Madagascar, which is on track to be commissioned second quarter of 2021. Since listing on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange on 14 December 2020, Tirupati has continued to advance its operations across its portfolio including its two primary mining and processing projects in Madagascar, Vatomina and Sahamamy, and its speciality graphite and graphene processing businesses in India. In Madagascar, the Company's strategy is to increase its production capacity of high-quality flake graphite concentrate with up to 96% purity to 81,000 tonnes per annum ('tpa') by 2024 from the current 3,000 tpa produced at Sahamamy and sold to customers globally.  In line with this, the Company is on track to commission Vatomina in second quarter of 2021 and build its production to 6,000 tpa having commenced the final phase of construction for the first module; this will take the capacity across both projects to 9,000 tpa. The following workstreams have been initiated across the projects: Construction activities for the processing plant and related infrastructure in Vatomina. Strengthening and extension of internal road infrastructure at Vatomina. Acquisition of additional land surface rights to expand the existing land bank in the Vatomina Permit area for extensions of mineralisation. Procurement of earthmoving equipment and the balance of processing plant equipment. Hiring of additional human resources. Construction of the new road connecting the Vatomina and Sahamamy projects. Preparation of the Sahamamy project for further capacity development. Preparations for the next phase of exploration activities to upgrade and expand the existing mineral resource inventory across both projects. The earth work conducted annually in mining activities is expected see an increase from current c. 200,000 tpa to c. 600,000 tpa across the projects upon completion, while the output of by-product sand is expected to see an increase from current c.30,000 tpa currently used internally to c.90,000 tpa.