Rio Tinto Leaders Join Talon Metals Team as the Tamarack Nickel Project Becomes Critical to a Domestic EV Battery Supply Chain
Rio Tinto Leaders Join Talon Metals Team as
the Tamarack Nickel Project Becomes Critical
to a Domestic EV Battery Supply Chain
Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands--(Newsfile Corp. - July 22, 2021) - Talon Metals Corp. (
TSX:
TLO
) (
"Talon"
or the
"Company"
) is pleased to announce that three experienced Rio Tinto members
will join the Talon team, as the Tamarack Nickel Project in Minnesota, USA progresses towards
production and grows in strategic importance for a domestic electric vehicle (EV) supply chain.
The three individuals and their roles are as follows:
Todd Malan, Chief External Affairs Officer and Head of Climate Strategy:
Todd Malan will join the
executive team at Talon and become a senior officer of the Company.
Previously, Todd was Vice
President for Corporate Relations - Canada & Americas for Rio Tinto, based in Washington DC.
During
his time in that role, he had regional responsibility for government relations and media and led the
corporate relations function for the Rio Tinto Aluminum business globally. Todd will have accountability
for government relations, media communications and will spearhead the Company's numerous climate
focused initiatives.
Todd will continue to be based in Washington DC and will establish Talon's presence
in the US capitol. He joins the Company in September 2021.
Brian Goldner, Vice President of Exploration:
Brian Goldner (who was previously seconded to Talon
from Rio Tinto) has assumed the permanent role of Vice President of Exploration for Talon's Tamarack
Nickel Project.
Brian brings 15 years of geology and exploration experience with Rio Tinto, of which the
vast majority has been spent directly on the Tamarack Nickel Project.
Brian has been seconded to Talon
since 2018 and during that time help lead the successful drilling programs, which discovered the CGO
East and CGO West massive sulphides (i.e., nickel-coper mineralization outside of the resource area).
Brian also brings a substantial amount of operational experience to the team and will continue to be
based at Tamarack in Minnesota.
Brian has degrees in Geology and Geography from Gustavus
Adolphus College and completed his master's thesis on the Tamarack Nickel Project at the University of
Minnesota, Duluth.
Dean Rossell, Chief Geologist:
Dean Rossell will join the Company after formally retiring from a 30
year career at Rio Tinto.
Dean is widely regarded as one of the top nickel geology experts globally.
Dean is known for having discovered the only two high-grade nickel deposits in the United States,
namely the Eagle Mine in Michigan and the Tamarack Nickel Project in Minnesota.
Dean will work
closely with the Talon team to progress the Tamarack Nickel Project to produce a domestic source of
nickel for the electric vehicle (EV) battery supply chain, improve Talon's pipeline of mineral resources
and contribute to Talon's carbon sequestration efforts.
"We are thrilled to have three seasoned Rio Tinto members join the Talon team,"
said Henri van
Rooyen, CEO of Talon.
"Brian and Dean have a long history with the Tamarack Nickel Project and it
will be great to have them formally join the Talon team as executives. Todd Malan's move to Talon
reflects that we are entering a new phase in our journey to become a leading contributor to the United
States electric vehicle (EV) battery supply chain. With his broad external experience at Rio Tinto and
Goldman Sachs, I am excited that Todd will join our senior leadership team to advance the project
through permitting to production.
His experience in permitting mining projects, partnering with
communities, engaging with government and media will be a game changer for Talon and the
Tamarack Nickel Project."
"The Tamarack Nickel Project is a gem among the critical mineral projects in North America,"
said
Todd Malan.
"I have long admired the Talon team and enjoyed my visits to Minnesota over the years
to see its progress.
I am very excited to join the Talon team and help to move the project forward to
production."
Malan continued:
"Nickel is an essential material in the electric vehicle (EV) battery supply chain. If the
USA wants to lead the world in technology to meet the growing demand for electric vehicles and
decarbonization, then we must have a secure domestic source of nickel produced under our high
environmental rules."
ABOUT TALON
Talon is a TSX-listed base metals company in a joint venture with
Rio Tinto
on the high-grade
Tamarack
Nickel-Copper-Cobalt Project
located in Minnesota, USA, comprised of the Tamarack North Project and
the Tamarack South Project. Talon has an earn-in to acquire up to 60% of the Tamarack Project. The
Tamarack Project comprises a large land position (18km of strike length) with numerous high-grade
intercepts
outside the current resource area
. Talon is focused on expanding its current high-grade nickel
mineralization resource prepared in accordance with NI 43-101; identifying additional high-grade nickel
mineralization; and developing a process to potentially produce nickel sulphates responsibly for
batteries for the electric vehicles industry. Talon has a well-qualified exploration and mine management
team with extensive experience in project management.
For additional information on Talon, please visit the Company's website at
www.talonmetals.com
or
contact:
Sean Werger
President
Talon Metals Corp.
Tel: (416) 361-9636 x102
Email:
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This news release contains certain "forward-looking statements". All statements, other than statements
of historical fact that address activities, events or developments that the Company believes, expects or
anticipates will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking
statements reflect the current expectations or beliefs of the Company based on information currently
available to the Company. Such forward-looking statements include statements relating to taking the
Tamarack Nickel Project into production, the strategic importance of the Tamarack Nickel Project for a
domestic electric vehicle (EV) supply chain and the Company's climate focused initiatives. Forward-
looking statements are subject to significant risks and uncertainties and other factors that could cause
the actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements, and even if
such actual results are realized or substantially realized, there can be no assurance that they will have the
expected consequences to, or effects on the Company.
Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made and, except as may be
required by applicable securities laws, the Company disclaims any intent or obligation to update any
forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or results or otherwise.
Although the Company believes that the assumptions inherent in the forward-looking statements are
reasonable, forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and accordingly undue
reliance should not be put on such statements due to the inherent uncertainty therein.
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