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Bushveld Minerals Limited
17 March 2022
17 March 2022
Bushveld Minerals Limited
("Bushveld", the "Company" or the "Group")
Appointment of Independent Non-Executive Directors and Board
Changes
Bushveld Minerals Limited (AIM: BMN), the AIM-listed, integrated
primary vanadium producer which owns high-grade vanadium assets in
South Africa, is pleased to announce the appointment of three new
independent non-executive directors and other changes to its Board
of Directors (the "Board").
Kevin Alcock, Mirco Bardella and Jacqueline Musiitwa have been
appointed to the board as non-executive directors ("NEDs") with
immediate effect. These appointments have been made to ensure that
the Board's composition meets the high standards of corporate
governance expected of London listed companies and reflect Bushveld
Minerals' status as a significant primary producer of vanadium in
South Africa.
In conjunction with these appointments, the Company announces
that Jeremy Friedlander, who has been a non-executive director of
the Company since 2012, has retired from the Board. Additionally,
the Company is giving notice that Ian Watson, Non-Executive
Chairman, and Anthony Viljoen, Non-Executive Director, will be
retiring from the Board over the course of the next few months. The
sequencing of the retirements is to ensure both continuity and
compliance with the Company's Articles of Incorporation.
Ian Watson will not stand for re-election at the forthcoming
Annual General Meeting in 2022 with Michael Kirkwood, the Company's
Senior Independent NED, then acting as interim chairperson until a
suitable replacement is appointed. A formal search for a new
chairperson is already underway. Anthony Viljoen's retirement will
become effective once the onboarding of a fourth independent
non-executive director has been finalised. Following the above
changes, the board of Bushveld Minerals will comprise two executive
directors (Fortune Mojapelo, Chief Executive Officer and Tanya
Chikanza, Finance Director), an acting non-executive chairperson,
and four independent non-executive directors.
Details of the new independent non-executive directors are set
out below:
Kevin Alcock is an entrepreneur, business leader and adviser who
has excelled in the development and growth of international
services and investment companies across a range of industry
sectors. He is a qualified chartered accountant and has actively
managed a portfolio of consultancy clients and private equity
investments in the UK and Southern Africa. He has held a number of
non-executive director roles in the past dozen years, including
board positions at several prominent asset management firms.
Between 2006 and 2009 he was CEO of Morse Plc, where he led the
transformation of the group into an integrated, single branded IT
and professional services business in chosen industry sectors.
Mirco Bardella is a former EY Assurance Partner who led audits
in the natural resources sector and advised organisations on a
range of assurance and governance services. A chartered accountant
with over 25 years of experience in this field, he led EY's
assurance services in the Mining & Metals sector with extensive
experience operating across borders and cultural divides.
Throughout his career, he has been involved in mentorship
programmes, diversity & inclusiveness initiatives, as well as
other aspects of the people agenda.
Jacqueline Musiitwa's professional background is strongly rooted
in policy, legal and regulatory reform, geopolitical risk analysis,
collaborative facilitation, stakeholder engagement and
environmental, social and governance compliance. A qualified
attorney, she founded Hoja Law Group, a legal consultancy that
represented governments in improving the business enabling
environment and clients interested in cross border trade and market
expansion. She previously served in various leadership capacities
including as Chief Advisor of Corporate Relations for Africa and
Ventures at Rio Tinto, Executive Director of Financial Sector
Deepening Uganda, Legal Counsel and Assistant to the CEO of the
Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank, Advisor to
the Director-General of World Trade Organization, Chief Legal and
Investor Relations at Baobab Africa.
Ian Watson, Chairperson of Bushveld Minerals, commented:
" On behalf of the Board, I must thank Jeremy for his
significant contribution to Bushveld over a decade of service to
the Company, helping provide vital guidance and leadership as the
business rapidly grew from an explorer to one of the most
significant primary vanadium producers globally.
"It is with great pleasure that I welcome the new directors
announced today. I have no doubt, these new appointments will help
us maintain the strong combination of skills, experience and
knowledge that we have always had, not only at board level, but
throughout the company."
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Enquiries: info@bushveldminerals.com
+27 (0) 11 268
Bushveld Minerals Limited 6555
Fortune Mojapelo, Chief Executive
Officer
Andrew Mari, Investor Relations
Nominated Adviser +44 (0) 20 3470
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Grant Baker / Richard Parlons
Tavistock Financial PR
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Adam Baynes 3150
Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules
Information required under Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules for
Companies ("AIM Rules) is set out below.
Mirco Bardella, aged 63
Current directorships and/or Former directorships and/or partnerships
partnerships: (within the last five years):
Bardella Investments Pty Ltd Ernst & Young Europe LLP
Bardella Investments Limited Ernst & Young LLP
Fairfields Cobham Freehold Limited Street Child Africa
Chance for Childhood
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Mr Bardella holds no ordinary shares, options or warrants in the
Company.
Kevin Robert Alcock, aged 59
Current directorships and/or Former directorships and/or partnerships
partnerships: (within the last five years):
Ninety One Fund Managers UK Limited Coriolis Capital Limited
Ninety One Assurance Limited Knadel Limited
Ninety One Alternative Investments State Street Southern Africa Limited
GP (Pty) Limited (Pty) Ltd
RMI Investment Managers Group
(Pty) Limited
Executive Consulting Services
Limited
Sky Pharmaceuticals Group (Pvt)
Limited
Cadre Consulting (Pty) Limited
Silica Group Holdings Limited
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Mr Alcock holds 2,455,809 ordinary shares in the Company.
Jacqueline Munalula Musiitwa, aged 40:
Current directorships and/or Former directorships and/or partnerships
partnerships: (within the last five years):
Hoja Law Group PLLC Microcred Zimbabwe (Pvt) Limited
PPC Zimbabwe Limited Prime Insurance Plc
Crisis Action Limited Kalene Hill Resources Limited
International Rescue Committee, (prev. Kelene Hill Resources Limited)
U.K. Lyapalo Limited
Ideo.org Bank of Zambia
Transitional Trade Inc International Centre for Trade
and Sustainable Development
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Ms Musiitwa holds no ordinary shares, options or warrants in the
Company.
ABOUT BUSHVELD MINERALS LIMITED
Bushveld Minerals is a low-cost, vertically integrated primary
vanadium producer. It is one of only three operating primary
vanadium producers, owning 2 of the world's 4 operating primary
vanadium processing facilities. In 2021, the Company produced
approximately 3,600 mtV, representing approximately three per cent
of the global vanadium market. With a diversified vanadium product
portfolio serving the needs of the steel, energy and chemical
sectors, the Company participates in the entire vanadium value
chain through its two main pillars: Bushveld Vanadium, which mines
and processes vanadium ore; and Bushveld Energy, an energy storage
solutions provider. Bushveld Vanadium is targeting to materially
grow its vanadium production and achieve an annualised steady state
production run rate of between 5,000 mtVp.a. and 5,400 mtVp.a by
the end of 2022, from projects currently being implemented. Beyond
that, pre-feasibility studies are in progress to determine the
optimal path to increase production even further to a steady state
production run rate of between 6,400 mtVp.a. and 6,800 mtVp.a. in
the medium-term and to a steady state production run rate of 8,400
mtVp.a in the long term.
Bushveld Energy is focused on developing and promoting the role
of vanadium in the growing global energy storage market through the
advancement of vanadium-based energy storage systems, specifically
Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries ("VRFBs").
Detailed information on the Company and progress to date can be
accessed on the website www.bushveldminerals.com
ABOUT BUSHVELD ENERGY LIMITED
Bushveld Energy is a leading energy storage solutions provider,
focusing on the African market. Bushveld Energy recognises that the
requirement for electricity in Africa touches on both the paramount
potential for social transformation and an immense commercial
opportunity.
Bushveld Energy is focused on developing and promoting the role
of vanadium in the growing global energy storage market through
application in vanadium redox flow batteries ("VRFB"). Its
near-term strategy is to deploy several VRFB systems as part of its
longer-term vision to become a significant electricity storage
provider in Africa, meeting the demand for utility scale energy
storage in Africa by leveraging South Africa-mined and beneficiated
vanadium. Bushveld Energy's business model embraces a number of
activities along the VRFB value chain, including electrolyte
manufacturing, investment in VRFB manufacturing, battery deployment
and project development.
http://www.bushveldenergy.com
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