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HIGHLIGHTS
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- Valdecir Botassini joins with theexperience of a 35-year career at Votorantim Group where he led bothits nickel and zinc divisions;he also served as Chief Operating Officer of Votorantim’s mines andsmelters across Brazil and Peru.
- Mr. Botassini’s experiencespanned operational, technical and commercial roles, including 20years at São Miguel Paulista Refinery (“SMP”) in São Paulo,Brazil, finishing as General Operations Manager. Jervoisagreed to acquire SMP last year.
- Mr. Botassini is a key appointmentas Jervois drives the restart of SMP and development of its IdahoCobalt Operations (“ICO”), targeting concentrate production frommid-2022.
- At SMP, Jervois is on track tobecome a vertically integrated producer of refined cobalt andnickel .
TheNewswire - 2 6 January 2021 - Jervois Mining Limited(“Jervois” or the “Company”) (ASX:JRV) (TSXV:JRV)(OTC:JRVMF) announces the appointment ofValdecir Botassini as São Miguel Paulista Refinery (“ SMP ”) ProjectDirector. Mr. Botassini will manage the feasibility study for therestart of the SMP nickel cobalt refinery in São Paulo, Brazil, whichJervois announced its agreement to acquire last year .
Mr. Botassini is a mechanical and chemical engineer andex-Votorantim SA (“ Votorantim ”) senior executive who spent 20years at SMP in various engineering roles, culminating in the role ofGeneral Operations Manager, the lead executive position atsite.
Mr. Botassini then ran Votorantim’s nickel division(which included SMP) for five years and its zinc division (now NexaResources SA, NYSE: NEXA) (“ Nexa ”)) for a number of years. He was alsoChief Operating Officer of Votorantim’s mines and smelters acrossBrazil and Peru.
As Senior Vice President Engineering of Nexa, Mr.Botassini was part of the management team that prepared and executedits Initial Public Offering (the “Nexa IPO ”) in New Yorkand Toronto in 2017, where he led the development of the projectmanagement, governance and organizational model for the listing.
Subsequent to the Nexa IPO, Mr. Botassini had executiveresponsibility for development and implementation of Nexa’sgreenfield mining and smelting portfolio, including the US$500 million Aripuanã zinc mine inMatto Grosso. Mr. Botassini was also a member of the BoardsDirectors of Votorantim investee companies, Compañia Minera Atacocha and Compañia Minera Milpo. Mr. Botassini retired from Nexa early in 2020.
Mr. Botassini has commenced work at SMP, and isassisting Jervois finalise the scope of the engineering contract forthe Feasibility Study to restart the refinery. The facility has beenon care and maintenance since 2016. Jervois’ Idaho CobaltOperations (“ ICO ”) in the United States remains on schedule for initialconcentrate production from mid-2022, with SMP envisaged to processsulphide concentrate produced from ICO, together with third party suppliers. Restarting the SMP refinery willtransform Jervois into a vertically integrated producer of refinedcobalt and nickel.
On behalf of Jervois Mining Limited
Bryce Crocker, CEO.
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