Originally, we projected that the majority of the approximately 100,000 tons of concentrate produced in Saint-Michel-des-Saints would go to the electric vehicle or the lithium-ion battery sectors. We have two contracts, one with Panasonic Energy and one for General Motors' supply chain. Historically, there has been an important market for graphite outside of the lithium-ion battery sector. Roughly 150 clients have been getting their supply from Canada for about 30 years. Canada has been the only producer in the G7 for more than a century. Our project is the only significant one in the G7.
It is important for us to diversify our supply agreements and to not only supply the lithium-ion battery market, regarding which we have a lot of competitive advantages thanks to our two pre-existing agreements, but to also supply every other strategic sector. We have been in talks for a long time with a company called Traxys to use our product as an input for the production of firebricks, which is still the number one market for natural graphite.
We are currently building direct relationships with several clients for strategic applications such as sheets for electronics, heat dispersion, lubricants or small carbon brushes used in electric engines. All of these applications are very important to our economy, but they do not represent huge volumes that can finance a mine's operations. We make sure to work with all of these clients.