Largo Resources Secures the Advisory Services of Energy Industry Experts Dr. Bart Riley and Dr. Jeffrey Chamberlain
May 11 2021 - 6:00AM
Business Wire
- Veteran energy executives to assist in accelerating the
development of Largo Clean Energy
Largo Resources Ltd. ("Largo" or the "Company")
(TSX: LGO) (NASDAQ: LGO) is pleased to announce that it has entered
into an agreement for the strategic advisory services of Dr. Bart
Riley and Dr. Jeffrey Chamberlain (the “Advisors”). The
Advisors will provide advice to the Company’s board of directors
(the “Board”) to accelerate the development of its Largo
Clean Energy business.
Dr. Bart Riley:
Dr. Riley is a global leader with over 30 years of experience
advancing new materials, launching disruptive products and building
innovative companies in energy storage. Dr. Riley has a track
record for solving complex technical and business problems to
launch products in multiple verticals, including industrial
equipment, consumer electronics, automotive, and grid services. Dr.
Riley was a co-founder and Chief Technical Officer of A123 Systems
from its startup through a $2 billion market cap as a publicly
listed company. Dr. Riley was also the former Chief
Development/Strategy Officer at Quantumscape from 2012 through
2016, an $18 billion U.S. based company that produces solid state
lithium metal batteries for electric cars. More recently, Dr. Riley
has provided strategic guidance to companies and non-profit
organizations across various industries including energy storage,
packaging, aerospace, and chemicals. Dr. Riley has a Ph.D. in
Materials Science from Cornell University, 85 publications, and 62
U.S. patents.
Dr. Jeffrey Chamberlain:
Dr. Chamberlain is a proven leader with a long record of
industrial product R&D and commercialization success in energy,
integrated circuit, and water treatment technology for mining and
mineral processing applications. Dr. Chamberlain’s industrial
experience is complemented by his ten years’ of leadership of
energy storage initiatives at Argonne National Laboratory. In
collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy, Dr. Chamberlain
led the effort to successfully transfer advanced battery technology
from Argonne to LG Chem, BASF, General Motors, Toda Kogyo, General
Electric, and others. Dr. Chamberlain also led the team that was
awarded $120 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop
advanced energy storage technologies for transportation and the
grid, through a U.S. consortium of innovators including MIT,
Berkeley and Stanford. Dr. Chamberlain received his Ph.D. in the
Physical Chemistry of Surfaces from the Georgia Institute of
Technology.
Alberto Arias, Non-executive Chairman of Largo commented: “Both
Dr. Chamberlain and Dr. Riley offer invaluable expertise as we
continue our focus on becoming a leader in the fast-growing
long-duration energy storage market.” He continued: “Their services
also complement the recent appointment of Mr. Ian Robertson to
Largo’s Board, which further supports the Company in unlocking the
full potential of its clean energy storage business.”
About Largo Resources
Largo Resources is an industry preferred, vertically integrated
vanadium company. It services multiple vanadium market applications
through the supply of its unrivaled VPURE™ and VPURE+™ products,
from one of the world’s highest-grade vanadium deposits at the
Company’s Maracás Menchen Mine located in Brazil. Largo is also
focused on the advancement of renewable energy storage solutions
through its world-class VCHARGE± vanadium redox flow battery
technology. The Company's common shares are listed on the Toronto
Stock Exchange and on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol
"LGO".
For more information on Largo and VPURE™, please visit
www.largoresources.com and www.largoVPURE.com.
For additional information on Largo Clean Energy, please visit
www.largocleanenergy.com.
Forward-looking Information:
This press release contains forward-looking information under
Canadian securities legislation, some of which may be considered
"financial outlook" for the purposes of applicable Canadian
securities legislation ("forward-looking statements").
Forward‐looking information in this press release includes, but is
not limited to, statements with respect to the timing and amount of
estimated future production and sales; costs of future activities
and operations; the extent of capital and operating expenditures;
the iron ore price environment; the timing and cost related to the
build out of the ilmenite plant; eventual production from the
ilmenite plant; the ability to sell ilmenite on a profitable basis
and the extent and overall impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in
Brazil and globally. Forward‐looking information in this press
release also includes, but is not limited to, statements with
respect to our ability to build, finance and operate a VRFB
business, our ability to protect and develop our technology, our
ability to maintain our IP, our ability to market and sell our
VCHARGE± battery system on specification and at a competitive
price, our ability to secure the required production resources to
build our VCHARGE± battery system, and the adoption of VFRB
technology generally in the market. Forward-looking statements can
be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as
"plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget",
"scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or
"does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such words
and phrases or statements that certain actions, events or results
"may", "could", "would", "might" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be
achieved". All information contained in this news release, other
than statements of current and historical fact, is forward looking
information. Forward-looking statements are subject to known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the
actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of
Largo or Largo Clean Energy to be materially different from those
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including
but not limited to those risks described in the annual information
form of Largo and in its public documents filed on www.sedar.com
and www.sec.gov from time to time. Forward-looking statements are
based on the opinions and estimates of management as of the date
such statements are made. Although management of Largo has
attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those contained in
forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause
results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can
be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, as
actual results and future events could differ materially from those
anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not
place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Largo does not
undertake to update any forward-looking statements, except in
accordance with applicable securities laws. Readers should also
review the risks and uncertainties sections of Largo's annual and
interim MD&As which also apply.
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