VANCOUVER, Aug. 2, 2017 /CNW/ - Leading Edge Materials
Corp. ("Leading Edge Materials") or (the "Company") (TSXV: LEM)
(OTCQB: LEMIF) announces the appointment of Mr. Filip Kozlowski to the Leading Edge Materials
Board of Directors.
Mr. Kozlowski is based in Stockholm and brings to Leading Edge Materials
15 years of experience in various capital market roles, including
as an investment manager for private funds, a market trader with a
global tier one investment bank, and as an advisor to smaller
boutique investment firms. Mr. Kozlowski has initiated
investments across numerous business sectors, with an emphasis on
the resources and specialty industrial segments. He holds a
M.Sc. Business Administration with a major in Finance from the
Stockholm School of Economics.
Mr Way, President and CEO, states: "Having worked with Filip
for over a year now on Swedish specific endeavors, I am pleased to
welcome him to our Board. I am confident the Company will benefit
from Filip's solid finance experience in European markets and
specifically the Swedish capital
markets."
On behalf of the Board,
"Blair Way"
Blair Way, President & CEO
About Leading Edge Materials
Leading Edge Materials
was formed with our sights firmly focused on the material demands
of a once-in-a-generation revolution, as the world shifts to the
efficient production, storage and preservation of low carbon
energy. From the lithium batteries in our electric vehicles to our
ability to generate energy from the sun, wind and waves LEM is
focused on the green energy markets. With a focus on Europe and assets in innovation-rich
Scandinavia, Leading Edge Materials is ideally placed to play a
pivotal role in the sustainable supply of critical technology
materials.
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Forward-Looking Information. This news release may
contain forward-looking statements and information based on current
expectations. These statements should not be read as guarantees of
future performance or results. Such statements involve known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause
actual results, performance or achievements to be materially
different from those implied by such statements. Such statements
include but are not limited to, the Company's expectations
regarding graphite production at Woxna, the Company's preliminary
economic assessment on Woxna is no longer current or valid as a
result of the filing of a new NI 43-101 Technical Report effective
March 24, 2015, and the Company has
no plans to complete a new preliminary economic assessment, a
pre-feasibility or feasibility study on the project, as such there
is an increased risk of technical and economic failure for the
Woxna graphite project; unexpected geological conditions;
exploration activities to advance other critical material projects
of the Company for energy storage markets, delays in obtaining or
failure to obtain necessary permits and approvals from government
authorities. Although such statements are based on
management's reasonable assumptions, there are risk factors which
could cause the Company's actual results, performance or
achievements to be materially different from any future results,
performance or achievements expressed or implied by the
forward-looking information contained herein. All forward-looking
information herein is qualified in its entirety by this cautionary
statement, and the Company disclaims any obligation to revise or
update any such forward-looking information or to publicly announce
the result of any revisions to any of the forward-looking
information contained herein to reflect future results, events or
developments, except as required by law.
SOURCE Leading Edge Materials