New Energy Metals Announces Appointment of New President and CEO
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NEW ENERGY METALS ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF
NEW PRESIDENT AND CEO
NR18-18 November 26, 2018
Vancouver, B.C. – New Energy Metals Corp. ("New Energy Metals" or the "Company")
(TSX.V:ENRG) (OTC:NEMCF) announces the appointment of César Lop ez as the new
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective immediately. Mr. Lopez
replaces Grant Ewing, who previously held the roles of Presiden t and Chief Executive Officer of
the Company until November 1, 2018. The appointment of Mr. Lop ez as President and Chief
Executive Officer is aligned with the Company's long-term commi tment to its South American
projects, and has been done in anticipation of advancing the Co mpany's interests with new
acquisitions.
Mr. Lopez has over 25 years of experience in the natural resour ces sector, with a strong focus on
mining and mineral exploration within Latin America and Eurasia . From 2015 to mid-2018 he
served as Executive Chairman at Southern Pioneer Resources, a p rivate Canadian mineral
exploration company with silver and copper projects in Chile. Prior to that, Mr. Lopez served as
President and CEO of Aegean Metals Group, where he successfully led the senior exploration
team that discovered the Hot Maden project in Turkey. Hot Made n is a high-grade gold asset,
with an NPV of approximately $1.4 billion.
A founding partner and the former CEO of AQM Copper Inc., Mr. L opez successfully managed
the acquisition and development of the Zafranal copper and gold deposit in Southern Peru, which
resulted in the acquisition of AQM Copper Inc. by Teck Resource s Limited in November of
2016. With an estimated 401 Mt of reserves and 488.7 Mt of res ources, the Zafranal Copper-
Gold project has a post-tax NPV of approximately $496 million.
Prior to these positions, Mr. Lopez acted as director of Centen ario Copper Corporation from
2004 to 2009. During his tenure, the company successfully acqu ired, developed and built the
Franke SX/EW heap leach project in northern Chile. In 2009, Qu adra Mining Ltd. acquired
Centenario Copper Corporation.
Mr. Lopez holds a Law Degree from Universidad Gabriela Mistral i n C h i l e a n d a M a s t e r ' s
Degree in International Commercial Law from Golden Gate Univers ity in San Francisco. He
holds a Diploma in Marketing from UC Berkeley and is also a can didate for a Master of Science
in Mineral Economics from Universidad de Chile and Curtin Unive rsity of Perth (Western
Australia). A member of the Chilean Bar Association and the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law
Foundation, Mr. Lopez was named a member of the Board of Adviso rs of Mines and Money
Americas in 2016.
David Cross, Chief Financial O fficer of New Energy Metals, stat ed that, "Mr. Lopez brings a
wealth of experience to his appointment as President and CEO an d the Company could not be in
more capable hands. Not only has he helped to guide a number o f Canadian companies through
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the various stages of project development in Latin America, his proven track record of success
has consistently brought signifi cant value to investors. We lo ok forward to working with Mr.
Lopez long into the future."
Mr. Lopez expressed enthusiasm f or his new appointment, stating , "I am excited to be given the
helm of New Energy Metals at such a critical time. Not only wi ll the way the Company
conducts its business going forward provide a blueprint for tho se serving the new energy metals
market, our continued focus on the acquisition of advanced expl oration assets in Latin America
will create meaningful value for our shareholders and provide a long-term business strategy with
staying power."
About the Company
New Energy Metals is focused on the exploration and development of energy metals in Chile.
The Company's assets include the Cristal copper project located in northern Chile and several
prospective cobalt projects in Chile's past producing San Juan cobalt district.
On behalf of New Energy Metals Corp.
César Lopez, President & CEO
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in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy
of this release.
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This news release contains forward-looking statements and forward-looking information (collectively, "forward-
looking statements") within the meaning of applicable Canadian and U.S. securities legislation, including the
United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 . All statements, other than statements of historical
fact, included herein including, withou t limitation, the Company's expectation that it will be successful in enacting
its business plans and acquiring properties, the anticipated content, commencement, timing and cost of exploration
programs in respect of the Company's projects and otherw ise, anticipated results from exploration activities, the
Company's expectation that it will be able to obtain the necessary permit s to exploit, develop, produce and export
copper or cobalt, and the anticipated business plans and timing of future activities of the Company, are forward-
looking statements. Although the Company believes that such statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance
that such expectations will prove to be correct. Forwar d-looking statements are typically identified by words such
as: "believes", "expects", "anticipates", "intends", "estimat es", "plans", "may", "shoul d", "potential", "scheduled",
or variations of such words and phrases and similar expre ssions, which, by their nature, refer to future events or
results that may, could, would, might or will occur or be taken or achieved.
Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the
actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to differ materially from any future results,
performance or achievements expressed or implied by th e forward-looking information. Such risks and other
factors include, among others, the ability of the Company to obtain sufficient financing to fund its business activities
and plans, operating an d technical difficulties in connection with mi neral exploration and development and mine
development activities for the Company's projects generally, actual resu lts of exploration activities, the timing and
amount of estimated future production, costs of production, capital expenditures, requirements for additional
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capital, future prices of precious metals, copper and lith ium, changes in general economic conditions, changes in
the financial markets and in the demand and market price for commodities, possible variations in ore grade or
recovery rates, possible failures of plants or processes to operate as anticipated, other risks of the mining industry,
the inability to obtain any necessary governmental and regulatory approval s (including of the TSX Venture
Exchange), permits or financing or in the completion of development or construction activities, changes in laws,
regulations and policies affecting mining operations, hedging practices, currency fluctuations, title disputes or
claims limitations on insurance coverage, risks related to joint venture operations, and risks related to the
integration of acquisitions, as well as those factors discussed under the heading "Risks and Uncertainties" in the
Company's most recent management's discussion and analysis and other filings of the Company with the Canadian
Securities Authorities, copies of which can be found under the Company's profile on the SEDAR website at
www.sedar.com.
Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward looking statements. Except as otherwise required by
law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update any of the forward-looking information in this news release or
incorporated by reference herein.