Xmet Inc. announced that it has filed for Exploration and Drilling permits and expects to receive approval from Ontario's Ministry of Northern Development and Mines to begin further exploration work this February. In addition to preparing for the upcoming exploration and drilling of Xmet's primary target, the company has continued to expand its land position, by staking an additional 8,000 acres of 100% owned claims adjacent to the Zenyatta Albany graphite deposit. The claims have been staked, coincident with magnetic lows, within the border phase of the carbonatite/alkaline intrusion which hosts the Zenyatta graphite breccia pipes.