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Randy, a trailblazer in commercializing recycling
innovations, joins as Director as Dwayne
Melrose moves to Advisory Board
KAMLOOPS, BC, May 11, 2023
/CNW/ - Progressive Planet (TSXV: PLAN) (OTCQB:
ASHXF) ("Progressive Planet", "PLAN", or the
"Company"), a leader in developing CleanTech solutions for the
planet, is pleased to announce the appointment of Randy Gue as an independent member of its Board
of Directors, effective immediately.
Randy is a global industry leader in the fields of recycling,
reuse, and sustainability. Throughout his career, including 32
years with Lafarge North America, he oversaw or was directly
involved with diverting almost one million tonnes of material from
landfills for use in renewable energy streams or to replace
conventionally mined raw materials. Randy is also dedicated to
helping companies developing cutting-edge technologies in
environmental and waste management fields scale into commercially
viable businesses.
"My passion remains for resource recovery over landfilling,
renewable energy, sustainable living, and clean technologies," said
Randy. "I am enthused by the innovations Progressive Planet
continues to develop for the cement and agricultural industries and
look forward to using my industry experience to assist with
bringing them to the market on a global scale."
Progressive Planet has granted 300,000 stock options to Randy,
exercisable at $0.35 for a period of
three years. The options have been granted in accordance with the
Company's stock option plan.
The appointment of Randy coincides with the resignation of
Dwayne Melrose from Progressive
Planet's Board of Directors, as he transitions into an Advisory
Board Member role where he remains a Qualified Person (QP) to the
Company.
"I am proud to have been a Progressive Planet board member,"
said Dwayne. "I remain excited to be an investor in Progressive
Planet and to offer my expertise taking projects towards production
as a member of the Advisory Board."
Progressive Planet recognizes Mr. Melrose for his leadership at
Progressive Planet and his ongoing support. "I want to thank Dwayne
for his continued support as a valued advisory board member of
Progressive Planet," said Progressive Planet CEO Steve Harpur.
Added Harpur: "As we aggressively move towards commercialization
phase of major innovations at Progressive Planet, I am also pleased
to welcome Randy, an industry leader, to our board to accelerate
positive disruption to the cement, agricultural and animal-care
sectors through global distribution of products that reduce carbon
footprints and restore the ecosystems we all rely on."
Randy Gue is the President
of Better Planet Consulting, working with clients in various
industries to divert by-products and so called "waste materials"
from landfills. Randy worked for Lafarge for 32 years in various
capacities ranging from engineering, project management to quality
and process control. For the last 18 of those years, he
worked as the Director of Business Development with primary
responsibility for implementation of alternative fuel and raw
material projects at Lafarge's plants in Western Canada and the USA, developing business relationships with
numerous companies including Fortune 500 firms. Throughout his
career, Randy was either directly involved or oversaw the
beneficial reuse of almost one million tonnes of material used for
either fuels or raw materials that would have otherwise gone to
landfills.
Randy holds an MBA from Simon Fraser
University and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical
Engineering from McMaster
University.
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About Progressive Planet:
We are a CleanTech and manufacturing company based
in Kamloops, British
Columbia, in the heart of some of Canada's richest
volcanic fields, which are the prime ingredient of our innovations.
Our expertise lies in merging CleanTech with ancient volcanic ash
and recycled minerals to create planet-friendly products that fight
climate change and protect our planet's health.
Our products are in 10,000+ retail stores across North
America. Our innovations, created at our C-Quester™ Centre of
Sustainable Innovation, are bringing positive disruption to the
cement, agricultural and animal-care sectors to create products
that contribute to reducing carbon footprints and restoring
ecosystems.
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