Zeb Nickel Corp Appoints Mr. Alex Spiro and Mr. Anthony James Nieuwenhuys to the Board of Directors
Zeb Nickel Corp Appoints Mr. Alex Spiro and
Mr. Anthony James Nieuwenhuys to the Board
of Directors
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - January 13, 2023) - ZEB Nickel Corp. (TSXV: ZBNI)
(OTCQB: ZBNIF) ("Zeb" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that Mr. Alex Spiro and Mr. Anthony
James Nieuwenhuys have been appointed to the Zeb Nickel Corp Board of Directors.
Mr. Nieuwenhuys joins the Zeb Board of Directors as Non-executive Chairman, and Mr. Spiro joins the
board as a Director.
Mr. Nieuwenhuys has previously held several senior positions, and is currently Chief Executive Officer at
Eurasia Mining PLC, a PGM and battery metals company, listed on the Alternative Investment Market
(AIM), focussed on Russian PGE and battery metals assets. Mr. Nieuwenhuys was the Chief Operating
Officer at Polyus Gold, Russia's largest gold miner; and formerly the Chief Executive Officer at South
African Lesego Platinum Mining Limited. James has an engineering background and has also held
senior executive positions at a number of EPC organisations, including SNC Lavalin and Bateman
Diamonds.
Mr. Nieuwenhuys has significant experience in greenfield and brownfield exploration projects and
transitioning these projects into world-class mines, and in his role as Non-executive Chairman, Mr.
Nieuwenhuys will be instrumental in advancing the Zeb Project.
Mr. Spiro is a well-known litigator and successful investor.
Mr. Spiro has been a partner at Quinn
Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP since October 2017. Prior to that, Mr. Spiro had been an attorney at
Brafman and Associates in New York City since July 2013. Mr. Spiro is a former prosecutor and the
former coordinator of an autism children's program at McLean Hospital, Harvard's psychiatric hospital.
Mr. Spiro is a graduate of Harvard Law School where he continues to teach. He has lectured and written
on a variety of subjects related to psychology and the law. Mr.
Spiro serves as a board member and
strategic
advisor to a number of public and private companies. Mr. Spiro serves as the Chairman of
Glassbridge Enterprises. We believe Mr. Spiro is qualified to serve on our Board of Directors because
of his significant analytical and overall business leadership skills.
Mr. Greg Mckenzie and Mr. Anton Drescher have resigned from the Zeb Board of Directors. The
Company thanks Mr. Drescher and Mr. Mackenzie for their valued contribution towards the Company,
and wishes them well in their future endeavours.
Wayne Isaacs, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Zeb Nickel, commented: "
We believe that
the
appointment of both
Mr. Nieuwenhuys and Mr. Spiro to the Board will assist in the Company in rapidly
advancing the Zeb Project towards production. Mr. Nieuwenhuys' experience in mine development,
combined with Mr. Spiro's leadership and management skills, adds an enormous amount of value to
the Company."
About the Company and Project
Zeb Nickel Corp is focused on exploring for and developing world-class mineral deposits, with a focus
on metals that are critical in the production of rechargeable batteries, such as nickel, graphite, lithium,
cobalt, manganese, copper and aluminum. The Company is currently focused on developing its flagship
Zeb Nickel Project, located in Limpopo, South Africa. The Zeb Nickel Project is a developing Class 1
nickel sulfide project strategically located in the Bushveld Complex in South Africa. The Zeb Project
Contains a historical NI 43-101 compliant resource over 3.9 million tons of contained sulfide nickel,
ranking it number 8 in the global top ten nickel sulfide resources (Mudd, G. M., & Jowitt, S. M. (2014). A
detailed assessment of global nickel resource and trends and endowments. Economic Geology, 109(7),
1813-1841).
For further information, please visit
http://www.zebnickel.com/
or contact:
Zeb Nickel Corp.
Wayne Isaacs
(Chief Executive Officer)
email:
phone: +1 416 628 3100
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains certain information that may constitute "forward-looking information" under
applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking information includes, but is not limited to,
drill results relating to the Zeb Project, the potential thereof, timing of economic studies and mineral
resource estimates, the ability to classify the historical resource as a current mineral resource, the ability
to sell marketable materials, strategic plans, including future exploration and development results, and
corporate and technical objectives. Forward-looking information is necessarily based upon a number of
assumptions that, while considered reasonable, are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties,
and other factors which may cause the actual results and future events to differ materially from those
expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Factors that could affect the outcome include,
among others: future prices and the supply of metals, the future demand for metals, the results of drilling,
inability to raise the money necessary to incur the expenditures required to retain and advance the
property, environmental liabilities (known and unknown), general business, economic, competitive,
political and social uncertainties, results of exploration programs, risks of the mining industry, delays in
obtaining governmental approvals, failure to obtain regulatory or shareholder approvals, and the impact
of COVID-19 related disruptions in relation to the Company's business operations including upon its
employees, suppliers, facilities and other stakeholders. There can be no assurance that such information
will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated
in such information. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking
information. All forward-looking information contained in this press release is given as of the date hereof
and is based upon the opinions and estimates of management and information available to
management as at the date hereof. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or
revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise,
except as required by law.
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