NexGen Appoints James Hatley, P.Eng. as Senior Vice President
NexGen Appoints James Hatley, P.Eng. as Senior Vice President
Vancouver, BC, March 6, 2018 – NexGen Energy Ltd. (“NexGen” or the “Company”) (TSX:NXE, NYSE MKT:NXE)
is pleased to announce the appointment of James Hatley as Senior Vice President, Project Development
effective March 5, 2018.
Leigh Curyer, Chief Executive Officer, commented: “On behalf of the Board and Ex ecutive, I would like to
welcome Mr. Hatley to the NexGen team and look forward to his expert input into the execution of the Arrow
Development programs as we rapidly advance Arrow towards production.”
James Hatley, P.Eng
James Hatley was most recently a consultant, upsteam continuous excellence for Saudi Aramco. Prior to joining
Saudi Aramco, Mr. Hatley spent 13 years at Cameco Co rporation where he began as a Senior Geotechnical
Engineer at Cigar Lake, proceeding to Chief Mine Engineer of McArthur River Operations, Superintendent
Resource Development at McArthur River, Director, McArthur River Expansion program as well as working on
various Life of Asset plans, strategi c relationships with customers and regulatory engagement efforts. Mr
Hatley joins NexGen as Senior Vice President, Project Development with over 25 years in the metals and mining
sector starting with Placer Dome Inc., then to Respec Inc. before moving to Cameco in 2003.
Mr. Hatley is a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.), Project Management Professional (PMP) and holds a Masters of
Business Administation from Athaba sca University. Mr. Hatley was a Board Member of the Saskatchewan
Mining Association for three terms and received a CIM Fellowship for “20 Years of Technical Leadership”.
About NexGen
NexGen is a British Columbia corporation with a focus on the acquisition, exploration and development of
Canadian uranium projects. NexGen ha s a highly experienced team of uran ium industry professionals with a
successful track record in the discovery of uranium depo sits and in developing proj ects through discovery to
production.
NexGen owns a portfolio of prospect ive uranium exploration assets in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan,
Canada, including a 100% interest in Rook I, location of the Arrow Deposit in February 2014, the Bow discovery
in March 2015, the Harpoon discovery in August 2016 and the Arrow South discovery in July 2017. The Arrow
deposit’s updated mineral resource es timate with an effective date of December 20, 2016 was released in
March 2017, and comprised 179.5 M lbs U3O8 contained in 1.18 M tonnes grading 6.88% U3O8 in the Indicated
Mineral Resource category and an ad ditional 122.1 M lbs U3O8 containe d in 4.25 M tonnes grading 1.30%
U3O8 in the Inferred Mineral Resource category.
Leigh Curyer
Chief Executive Officer
NexGen Energy Ltd.
+1 604 428 4112
www.nexgenenergy.ca
Travis McPherson
Vice President Corporate Development
NexGen Energy Ltd.
+1 604 428 4112
http://www.nexgenenergy.ca
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Technical Information
All scientific and technical information in this news re lease has been prepared by or reviewed and approved
by Mr. Garrett Ainsworth, P.Geo., Vice President – Exploration & Development for NexGen. Mr. Ainsworth is a
qualified person for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects
("NI 43-101"), and has verified the sa mpling, analytical, and test data unde rlying the information or opinions
contained herein by reviewing original data certificates and monitoring all of the data collection protocols.
For details of the Rook I Project including the quality assurance program and quality control measures applied
and key assumptions, parameters and methods used to estimate the mineral resource please refer to the
technical report entitled “Technical Report on the Preliminary Economic Assessment of the Arrow Deposit,
Rook 1 Property, Province of Saskatchewan, Canada” dated effective September 1, 2017 (the “Rook 1 Technical
Report”) prepared by Jason J. Cox, David M. Robson, Mark B. Mathisen, David A. Ross, Val Coetzee and Mark
Wittrup, each of whom is a “qualifi ed person” under NI 43-101. The Rook I Technical Report is available for
review under the Company’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
U.S. investors are advised that while the terms "indicated resources" and "inferred resources" are recognized
and required by Canadian regulations, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission does not recognize these
terms. U.S. investors are cautioned not to assume that an y part or all of the material in these categories will
ever be converted into mineral reserves.
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Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable
Canadian securities legislation. “Forward-looking information” includes, but is not limited to, statements with respect
to the activities, events or developmen ts that the Company expects or anticipa tes will or may occur in the future.
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events or results “may”, “could”, “wou ld”, “might” or “will be taken”, “occ ur” or “be achieved” or the negative
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Forward-looking information and statements are based on the then current expectations, beliefs, assumptions,
estimates and forecasts about NexGen’s business and the industry and markets in which it operates. Forward-looking
information and statements are made based upon numero us assumptions, including among others, that 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, that financing will be available if and when needed and on
reasonable terms, that third party contractors, equipment, 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 providing forward looking information or making forward looking statements
are considered reasonable by management at the time, there can be no assurance that such assumptions will prove
to be accurate
Forward-looking information and statements also in volve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other
factors, which may cause actual results, performances and achievements of NexGen to differ materially from any
projections of results, performances and achievements of NexGen expressed or implied by such forward-looking
information or statements, including, among others, negative operating cash flow and dependence on third party
financing, uncertainty of the availability of additional fina ncing, 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 titl e and consultation issues, exploration risks, reliance upon
key management and other personnel, deficiencies in the Comp any’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 financin g, and other factors discussed or referred to in the
Company’s Annual Information Form dated March 31, 2017 under “Risk Factors”.
Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those contained in the forward-looking information or implied by forward-looking information, there may be
other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended.
There can be no assurance that forward-looking informatio n and statements will prove to be accurate, as actual
results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated, estimated or intended. Accordingly, readers
should not place undue reliance on forward-looking stat ements or information. The Company undertakes no
obligation to update or reissue forward-looking information as a result of new information or events except as
required by applicable securities laws.