NexGen Appoints Anthony (Tony) George as Chief Project Officer
NexGen Appoints Anthony (Tony) George as Chief Project Officer
Vancouver, BC, May 12, 2020 – NexGen Energy Ltd. (“NexGen” or the “Company”) (TSX: NXE, NYSE MKT:
NXE) is pleased to announce the appointment of Tony George to the p osition of Chief Project Officer. Mr.
George will commence in mid June and be responsible for execution of the Company’s 100% wholly owned
Rook I Project through to production.
Leigh Curyer, Chief Executive Officer, commented: “Tony is a we ll respected and highly regarded mining
professional that has extensive experience in all aspects of project execution through the entire mining life
cycle. We are delighted to welcome Tony to the organization at t h i s v e r y e x c i t i n g s t a g e o f N e x G e n ’ s
development. His experience in successfully building mines arou nd the world will add significant value in
optimizing the strong foundation built since the discovery of Arrow in February 2014. On behalf of the
Board and Executive I would like to welcome Tony to NexGen, and look forward to working together to
deliver Arrow and set a new elite standard globally for environ mental, economic and social mining
development.”
Tony George P.Eng.
Tony is a mining engineer with over 35 years of experience in o perations, project management and
construction. Tony commenced his career with De Beers in South Africa and Namibia. In 1993 Tony came to
Canada and has held senior positions at the Iron Ore Company of Canada in Labrador; Aura Minerals,
working on projects in South America; as a lead consultant work ing on many international projects with
Rescan Engineering and MRDI (AMEC); De Beers Canada where he wa s the mine general manager on the
team that brought the Victor open pit diamond project through f easibility, engineering and construction;
and Vice President Project Development at Lucara Diamond Corp, where he was responsible for taking the
Karowe Mine in Botswana from feasibility study, though engineering and construction, into operations.
Tony was Vice President Project Development at Lundin Gold wher e he was responsible for all aspects of
the feasibility study for the advancement and development of the Fruta del Norte project in Ecuador. Prior
t o j o i n i n g N e x G e n , T o n y s e r v e d a s V i c e P r e s i d e n t P r o j e c t E x e c u ti o n w i t h V i c t o r i a G o l d C o r p . w h e r e h e
oversaw the Eagle Mine through detailed engineering and constru ction which was successfully completed
ahead of schedule and on budget on June 2019.
About NexGen
NexGen is a British Columbia corporation with a focus on the ac quisition, exploration and development of
Canadian uranium projects. NexGen has a highly experienced team of uranium industry professionals with
a successful track record in the discovery of uranium deposits and in developing projects through discovery
to production.
NexGen owns a portfolio of prospective uranium exploration asse ts in
the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada; including a 100% int erest in Rook I, location of the Arrow Deposit
discovered in February 2014, the Bow discovery in March 2015, t he Harpoon discovery in August 2016 and the
Arrow South discovery in July 2017. NexGen is the recipient of the PDAC's 2018 Bill Dennis Award and the 2019
Environmental and Social Responsibility Award.
Contact Information
Leigh Curyer
Chief Executive Officer
NexGen Energy Ltd.
+1 604 428 4112
www.nexgenenergy.ca
Travis McPherson
Senior Vice President Corporate Development
NexGen Energy Ltd.
+1 604 428 4112
http://www.nexgenenergy.ca
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the proposed transaction will be completed, the results of plan ned exploration activities are as anticipated, the
price of uranium, the cost of planned exploration activities, t hat financing will be avail able if and when needed
and on reasonable terms, that third party contractors, equipmen t, supplies and governmental and other
approvals required to conduct NexGen's planned exploration activities will be available on reasonable terms and
in a timely manner and that general business and economic conditions will not change in a material adverse
manner. Although the assumptions made by the Company in providi ng forward looking information or making
forward looking statements are considered reasonable by managem ent at the time, there can be no assurance
that such assumptions will prove to be accurate.
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factors, which may cause actual results, performances and achievements of NexGen to differ materially from any
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financing, uncertainty of the availability of additional financing, the risk that pending assay results will not
confirm previously announced preliminary results, imprecision of mineral resource estimates, the appeal of
alternate sources of energy and sustained low uranium prices, aboriginal title and consultation issues, exploration
risks, reliance upon key management and other personnel, defici encies in the Company's title to its properties,
uninsurable risks, failure to manage conflicts of interest, failure to obtain or maintain required permits and
licenses, changes in laws, regulations and policy, competition for resources and financing, and other factors
discussed or referred to in the Company's Annual Information Form dated March 11, 2020 under "Risk Factors".
Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ
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there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended.
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results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated, estimated or intended. Accordingly,
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no obligation to update or reissue forward‐looking information as a result of new information or events except
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SOURCE NexGen Energy Ltd.