Frontier Lithium Welcomes former Chief Bart Meekis to its Board of Directors
Frontier Lithium Welcomes former Chief Bart
Meekis to its Board of Directors
SUDBURY, ON
,
March 17, 2021
/CNW/ - Frontier Lithium Inc. (TSX.V: FL) (OTCQB: LITOF) (FSE:
HL2) ("Frontier" or "the Company") is honoured to announce former Chief of Sandy Lake First
Nation,
Bart Meekis
will be joining the Board of Directors. Bart Meekis is a member of the Oji-Cree
First Nation of northwestern
Ontario
and resides in
Sandy Lake
, Ontario. Mr. Meekis previously
served 16 years on the Sandy Lake First Nation council, including 4 years as Deputy Chief and 6
years as Chief.
Frontier Lithium Welcomes former Chief Bart Meekis to its Board of Directors (CNW Group/Frontier
Lithium Inc.)
On council and as Chief, Mr. Meekis worked to improve communications and public relations,
stabilize finance, and strengthen human resources. As Chief he worked on building partnerships to
improve community infrastructure and housing, and essential power and road initiatives in the
region.
Reginald (Rick) Walker
, Chairman of Frontier Lithium commented "We are privileged to welcome
Bart to Frontier Lithium's Board of Directors. Bart's knowledge and respect for the land, his life
experiences, and wisdom will ensure that the communities of
Deer Lake
, Keewaywin, North Spirit
Lake and
Sandy Lake First Nations
are further represented at the highest level of the Company. Bart
has long been an advocate for sustainable, transparent and inclusive mineral development in the Oji-
Cree region."
Bart Meekis
commented, "Over time I have grown to know and understand the Frontier Lithium
family. We share a similar vision that offers hope, inspiration and opportunities to the youth of our
northern communities." Mr. Meekis added "I will continue my work with my elders, youth, our
communities, and Frontier Lithium to help nurture a positive, progressive and mutually beneficial
lithium resource development model in our region."
About Frontier Lithium
Frontier Lithium (TSX.V: FL) (OTCQB: LITOF) (FSE: HL2) is an emerging pure play lithium company
with the largest land position in the Electric Avenue, an emerging premium lithium mineral district
located in the Great Lakes region of northern
Ontario
. The company maintains 100% ownership in
the PAK Lithium Project which contains one of
North America's
highest-grade, large tonnage hard-
rock lithium resources in the form of a rare low-iron spodumene. The Project has significant upside
exploration potential. Frontier is a pre-production business that is targeting the manufacturing of
battery quality lithium hydroxide in the Great Lakes Region to support electric vehicle and battery
supply chains in
North America
. Frontier maintains a tight share structure with management
ownership approximately 30% of the Company.
SOURCE
Frontier Lithium Inc.
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