TORONTO, Oct. 21,
2024 /CNW/ - Canada Nickel Company Inc. ("Canada
Nickel" or "The Company") (TSX-V:CNC) (OTCQB: CNIKF)
announces appointment of Mr. Julian
Ovens to its Board of Directors effective October 21, 2024. Mr. Mike Cox has retired as a director but continues
to support the Company's continued development in leading Canada
Nickel's wholly owned downstream subsidiary, NetZero Metals
Inc.
David Smith, Chair of Canada
Nickel, said, "We are very glad to have Julian join our Board of
Directors. His extensive senior management experience with both Rio
Tinto and BHP, senior roles with the Canadian government, and
successful government relations and public affairs advisory, will
be invaluable to the company as we advance our Crawford Nickel
Sulphide Project towards a construction decision in 2025. I
would also like to thank Mike Cox
for his contributions as one of the founding directors of the
Company and I look forward to his continued contributions from his
leadership of our wholly-owned Net Zero Metals
subsidiary."
Mr Julian
Ovens
Independent, Non-executive Director
Julian Ovens is a Partner and
owner at Crestview Strategy, a full-service government relations
and public affairs agency, and a Director of the Canadian
Commercial Corporation (CCC), which assists Canadian exporters
secure international contracts, particularly with foreign
governments. Until the end of 2019, Julian was Chief of Staff to
the Honourable Jim Carr, Minister of International Trade of
Canada. He held the same role
previously for the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne. His appointment dates from
November 2015, shortly after the
Trudeau government was first sworn in, when he served as Chief of
Staff to the Honourable Stéphane Dion, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
until January 2017. In 2018 the Hill
Times named Julian among the Top 40 Influencing Canadian Foreign
Policy Minds.
He previously worked at BHP, one of the largest natural
resources company, most recently as Head of Strategy &
Development, Potash (previously Diamonds & Specialty Products),
in Saskatoon. Before that, he was
Project Director, Iron Ore Africa, Minerals Exploration based in
Singapore, where he led commercial
efforts for development projects in West / Central Africa, and was engaged in Mergers
& Acquisitions work globally for BHP Billiton Aluminium in
London.
Julian also worked in corporate Mergers & Acquisitions at
(Rio Tinto) Alcan in Montreal and
Paris, where he led or contributed
to buy, sell-side and spin-off international transactions in
locations such as the US, Canada,
France, Switzerland, Australia, Slovenia, Thailand, Gabon, Cameroon, Congo, South
Africa and the Central African
Republic (CAR/RCA/ Centrafrique). He began his finance
career in investment banking in Global Metals & Mining at
Credit Suisse First Boston (now UBS) in Toronto, where he worked on advisory and
financing assignments.
About Canada Nickel Company
Canada Nickel Company Inc.
is advancing the next generation of nickel-sulphide projects to
deliver nickel required to feed the high growth electric vehicle
and stainless steel markets. Canada Nickel Company has applied in
multiple jurisdictions to trademark the terms NetZero NickelTM,
NetZero CobaltTM, NetZero IronTM and is pursuing the development of
processes to allow the production of net zero carbon nickel,
cobalt, and iron products. Canada Nickel provides investors with
leverage to nickel in low political risk jurisdictions. Canada
Nickel is currently anchored by its 100% owned flagship Crawford
Nickel Sulphide Project in the heart of the prolific Timmins-Cochrane mining camp. For more information,
please visit www.canadanickel.com.
For further information, please contact:
Mark Selby, CEO
Phone: 647-256-1954
Email: info@canadanickel.com
Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking
Statements
This press release contains certain
information that may constitute "forward-looking information" under
applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking
information is necessarily based upon several assumptions that,
while considered reasonable, are subject to known and unknown
risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may cause the actual
results and future events to differ materially from those expressed
or implied by such forward-looking information. Factors that could
affect the outcome include, among others: future prices and the
supply of metals, the future demand for metals, the results of
drilling, inability to raise the money necessary to incur the
expenditures required to retain and advance the property,
environmental liabilities (known and unknown), general business,
economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties, results
of exploration programs, risks of the mining industry, delays in
obtaining governmental approvals, failure to obtain regulatory or
shareholder approvals. There can be no assurance that such
information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future
events could differ materially from those anticipated in such
information. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance
on forward-looking information. All forward-looking information
contained in this press release is given as of the date hereof and
is based upon the opinions and estimates of management and
information available to management as at the date hereof. Canada
Nickel disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise
any forward-looking information, whether because of new
information. Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its
Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies
of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility
for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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