Canada Nickel Company Announces Board Appointment
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Canada Nickel Company Announces Board Appointment
TORONTO, October 21, 2024 – 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 inva luable 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 l ed
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.
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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 trademar k 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 politi cal 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: [email protected]
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 (kn own 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 in tention or
obligation to update or revise any forward -looking information, whether because of new information.
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