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Mr. Louis Martin has joined JervoisGlobal Limited (“Jervois”) as Group Manager – Taxation, based atthe company’s new commercial office in Nyon, Switzerland.
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Jervois Switzerland SA will houseJervois’s emerging global nickel and cobalt trading activities asthe company extends its commercial platform in thesecommodities.
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New commercial office will havegeographic proximity to Jervois’ core assets and to major growthmarkets for battery materials.
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Chief Executive Officer Mr. BryceCrocker will also be based out of the Nyon office effective from firstquarter 2022.
23 December 2021 (Australia) – TheNewswire - Jervois Global Limited(“ Jervois ” or the “ Company ”) (ASX:JRV) (TSXV:JRV) (OTC:JRVMF)is pleased to announce Mr. Louis Martin has joined as Group Manager– Taxation, based at the Company’s new commercial office in Nyon,canton of Vaud, Switzerland, effective 1 April 2022.
Mr. Martin is joining Jervois with more than 30 yearsof experience in taxation, commencing his career in professionalpractice with Deloitte and subsequently Ernst & Young. It was atErnst & Young as a Senior Manager where Mr. Martin first workedwith the current Jervois executive team, advising Xstrata plc(“ Xstrata ”) on the acquisition of the Canadian base metal company,Falconbridge Limited (“ Falconbridge ”). Upon the consummation ofthe acquisition in 2006, he was hired into Xstrata as Vice Presidentof Taxation, and oversaw the restructuring and integration ofFalconbridge’s global operations. Following the subsequentacquisition of Xstrata by his most recent employer, Glencore plc(“ Glencore ”), in 2013, Mr. Martin moved to Baar, Switzerland, asGlobal Head of Taxation for the copper division, with responsibilityfor both operating assets and trading activities.
Mr. Martin will start with Jervois on 1 April 2022, atthe end of his current notice period.
Mr. Martin has extensive experience engaging withtaxation authorities across a number of jurisdictions where Jervoisoperates. Mr. Martin will remain based in Switzerland and will workin Jervois’s new commercial office in Nyon, located in the canton ofVaud.
Jervois Switzerland SA has been incorporated with aneffective date of 16 December, 2021. This entity will houseJervois’s emerging global nickel and cobalt trading activities,structured and built up around its three current and future operatingsites of Jervois Finland (previously known as Freeport Cobalt),Jervois USA (Idaho Cobalt Operations) and Jervois Brazil (currentlycomprising the Sa?o Miguel Paulista nickelcobalt refinery , under purchase option from Companhia Brasileira de Alumi?nio(“ CBA ”), a publicly listed controlledsubsidiary of Votorantim SA, a Brazilian family conglomerate.
In addition to Jervois’s commercial and taxationfunctions, Chief Executive Officer Mr. Bryce Crocker will also bebased out of the Nyon office.
On behalf of Jervois Global Limited
Bryce Crocker, Chief Executive Officer
For further information, please contact:
Investors and analysts: James May Chief Financial Officer Jervois Global | Media: Nathan Ryan NWR Communications |
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