NexMetals Welcomes Former Kinross Gold COO Warwick Morley-Jepson to the Board of Directors
NexMetals Welcomes Former Kinross Gold
COO Warwick Morley-Jepson to the Board of
Directors
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - January 8, 2026) -
NexMetals Mining Corp. (TSXV:
NEXM) (NASDAQ: NEXM)
("
NEXM
" or the "
Company
") announces that Warwick Morley-Jepson has
been appointed to the board of directors ("
Board
") effective today. Mr. Morley-Jepson will also assume
the role of Co-Chair, alongside Philipa Varris, the current chair of the Sustainability Committee, of the
Board's newly formed Safety, Sustainability and Technical Committee.
Mr. Morley-Jepson has a distinguished mining career spanning more than 40 years in the precious and
base metal sectors. In his early career he held numerous senior operational and project development
roles, later progressing to executive positions within recognised global mining companies. His previous
experience includes a period of 7-years at Kinross Gold Corporation where he progressed from a mine
operations role as Regional Vice President to Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
responsible for the company's operations and project development activities globally. He later went on to
serve as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Ivanhoe Mines. From 2017 Warwick
has been appointed to the boards of numerous mining companies, most recently serving seven years at
Wesdome Gold Mines, where he held the position of Chairman of the board of directors as well as
Interim Chief Executive Officer.
On behalf of the Board, Paul Martin, Chairman of the Board, said:
"We are extremely pleased to
welcome Warwick to the Board. The addition of his significant experience in project development and
mine operations around the world is especially well-timed as the Company proceeds to optimize the
path forward for its Selebi and Selkirk assets. His leadership, as Co-Chair of the newly formed Safety,
Sustainability and Technical Committee, will be critical in guiding the Board and management through
the key project decisions in front of us".
About NexMetals Mining Corp.
NexMetals Mining Corp. is a TSXV and NASDAQ listed mineral exploration and development company
focused on redeveloping the past-producing Selebi and Selkirk copper-nickel-cobalt-platinum group
element mines in Botswana.
NexMetals has confirmed the scale of mineralization is larger than historical
estimates, supported by NI 43-101-compliant resource estimates, with ongoing down-hole geophysics,
drilling, and metallurgical programs aimed at expanding resources and supporting future economic
studies. The Company is led by an experienced management and technical team with a proven track
record in global mineral projects, emphasizing disciplined execution, transparent governance, and long-
term stakeholder value creation.
For further information about NexMetals Mining Corp., please contact:
Paul Martin
Chair of the Board
Jaclyn Ruptash
V.P., Communications and Investor Relations
1-833-770-4334
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commission or other regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information
contained herein.
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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the United States
federal securities laws and "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian
securities legislation (collectively, "forward-looking information") based on expectations, estimates
and projections as at the date of this news release. Forward-looking information involves risks,
uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events, results, performance, prospects and
opportunities to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information.
For the purposes of this release, forward looking information includes, but is not limited to, the
implementation of the objectives, goals and future plans of the Company, including expanding
resources and redeveloping the Selebi and Selkirk projects and the intended preparation of initial
economic studies for the projects. These forward-looking statements, by their nature, require the
Company to make certain assumptions and necessarily involve known and unknown risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in
these forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such
forward-looking information include, but are not limited to, capital and operating costs varying
significantly from estimates; the preliminary nature of drilling and metallurgical test results; the ability
of exploration results to predict mineralization; the ability of the Company to implement its drilling,
geoscience and metallurgical work on its properties and work plans generally; prefeasibility or the
feasibility of mine production; delays in obtaining or failures to obtain required governmental,
environmental or other project approvals; uncertainties relating to the availability and costs of
financing needed in the future; changes in equity markets; inflation; fluctuations in commodity prices;
delays in the development of projects; the other risks involved in the mineral exploration and
development industry; and those risks set out in the Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission on EDGAR (
www.sec.gov
) and public disclosure record on SEDAR+
(
www.sedarplus.ca
), in each case, under NEXM's issuer profile. Although the Company believes that
the assumptions and factors used in preparing the forward-looking information in this news release are
reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on such information, which only applies as of the
date of this news release, and no assurance can be given that such events will occur in the disclosed
time frames or at all. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any
forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, other
than as required by law.
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