Manganese X Energy Announces Dr. Moreno to the Board of Directors and Granting of Options
Manganese X Energy Announces Dr. Moreno to the Board of Directors and Granting of Options
February 23, 2017: Montr eal, Quebec, Canada. Manganese X Energy Corp. (the “ Company”) (TSX-V: MN)
(FSE: 9SC2) (OTC: SNCGF) is pleased to inform sh areholders that Dr. Luisa Moreno has accepted an
appointment to its Board of Directors.
Dr. Moreno is Co-founder and Managi ng Partner of Toronto-based Tahuti Global, a successful Global Advisory
and Consulting firm supplying service s to government institutions, investment firms and companies in the
mineral resource sector. She has been involved in industry metals, with a major focus on technology and energy
metal companies, for many years and has published reports on rare earths and other critical metals. She has also
been a guest speaker on television and at internationa l conferences and has been q uoted in newspapers and
industry blogs. Dr. Moreno held positions as a Senior An alyst, at Toronto based-investment banks and as an
Investment Research Analyst at a global investment resea rch firm. She holds a bachelor's degree and a master's
degree in physics engineering, as well as a Ph.D. in materials and mechanics from Imperial College, London.
“We are very pleased to have Dr. Moreno agree to join the board. Dr. Moreno’s technical and economic research
abilities, along with her unparalleled e xpertise in strategic minerals and related processes within the critical
metals industry, will make her a valuable addition to the Manganese X Energy team,” said Martin Kepman, CEO
of Manganese X Energy Corp. “I look forward to worki ng with Dr. Moreno as we continue to build Manganese
X Energy within the manganese/EMD evolution in Nort h America. With the addition of Dr. Moreno to our
board of directors along with Peter Godbehere (advisory board member), our VP of Exploration, Roger Dahn
and director Mark Billings, we are now very confident that we have formed a very well-seasoned experienced
technical team, which will enable us to strive to b ecome the first North American manganese producer to supply
the North American EMD market. Our technical team w ill focus on metallurgical processing to produce a high
grade concentrate, economical, cost saving, environmenta lly friendly processes which we anticipate to be very
price competitive.”
Mr. Anthony Viele has resigned to allow Dr. Moreno to join the board as an Alternate Director and has been
appointed to the Technical & Marketing Advisory Board.
Granting of Options
The Company is pleased to announce th at the Company has granted 400,000 incentive stock options to various
Directors and members of Technical & Marketing Adviso ry Board. The options are exercisable at $0.21 per
option for a period of 3 years from the date of grant and have no vesting conditions. The options are being issued
under the terms of the Company's Stock Option Plans whic h were approved by shareholders at the Company's
Annual General and Special Meeting on April 21, 2016. The Option Plan has been submitted, in the normal
course to the TSX Venture Exchange for approval and no op tions can be exercised prior to the receipt of this
approval.
About Manganese X Energy
Manganese X Energy’ s mission is to acquire and advance high potential manganese pros pects located in North
America with the intent of supplying value added ma terials to the lithium ion battery and other alternative
energy industries as well as the steel industry. In addition our company is striving to achieve new methodologies
emanating from environmentally friendly green/zer o emissions, while processing manganese at a lower
competitive cost.
For more information, visit the website at www.manganesexenergycorp.com.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Martin Kepman
Interim CEO and Director
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