AE Fuels Appoints Jason Tong as Chief Financial Officer
AE Fuels Appoints Jason Tong as Chief
Financial Officer
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - August 14, 2026) -
AE Fuels Corporation
(TSXV:
AEF) (OTCQB: NRGFF) ("
AEF
" or the "
Company
") is pleased to announce the appointment of Jason
Tong, CPA, CA, CFA as Chief Financial Officer ("
CFO"
), effective August 14, 2026, following the
resignation of Jack Cartmel from the position.
Mr. Tong brings more than 15 years of experience working with publicly listed companies across the
TSX, TSXV and Nasdaq exchanges, serving in senior financial leadership and advisory roles across the
mining, finance and venture capital sectors. He previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Pathway
Capital Ltd., a venture capital firm managing a portfolio of early-stage companies with market
capitalizations ranging from approximately $5 million to $100 million. Earlier in his career, Mr. Tong
worked as a senior auditor with Deloitte & Touche LLP.
Mr. Tong holds both the Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) designation and the Chartered
Financial Analyst (CFA) charter.
In conjunction with Mr. Tong's appointment, Catapult Consulting Corp., of which Mr. Tong is founder and
CEO, will provide accounting and financial reporting services to the Company. Catapult provides CFO,
accounting, financial reporting and corporate advisory services to private and publicly traded
companies.
Gary Lewis, Chief Executive Officer of AE Fuels, commented: "Jason brings considerable public-
company, financial reporting and capital markets experience to AE Fuels. As our activities continue to
grow, we want to ensure that our finance and accounting capabilities grow with them. Jason's
experience, together with the broader resources available through Catapult, provides us with the depth
and capability to support the Company through its next stage of development."
The Company thanks Mr. Cartmel for his service and wishes him well in his future endeavours.
This press release is approved by the board of directors of the Company:
About AE Fuels Corporation
AE Fuels Corporation (TSXV: AEF) (OTCQB: NRGFF) is a US-aligned, critical minerals company
focused on battery-grade manganese and fluorspar-hydrofluoric acid (HF) supply chains. The
Company's strategy connects allied-country manganese supply (Pilbara, Western Australia) and
domestic US fluorspar supply (New Mexico, USA) with US midstream processing and downstream
supply chains. Manganese and fluorspar are designated critical minerals in the US, Australia and EU,
and essential to multiple high-growth industries including battery materials, semiconductor fabrication
and advanced electronics, nuclear fuel processing and clean energy technologies. AEF is advancing
development activities aimed at delivering reliable, allied-sourced supply of these materials to reduce
foreign dependency and strengthen US industrial base resilience across these key industries.
For further information please contact:
Gary Lewis, CEO and Director
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+61 422 880 055
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www.aefuels.com
Susan Assadi, Public Affairs
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+1 347 977 7125
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