TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / August 12, 2024 / NextSource Materials Inc. (TSX:NEXT)(OTCQB:NSRCF) ("NextSource" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the further strengthening of its management team to support the next phase of the Company's global growth strategy with the appointment of Dr. Tilo Hauke as Executive Vice President of Downstream Operations, effective October 1st, 2024.
Dr. Hauke joins NextSource from FREYR Battery, a US and Norway-based lithium-ion battery cell developer, where he was Executive Vice President Supply Chain Management. Prior to FREYR Battery, Dr. Hauke spent 20 years at SGL Carbon SE, a European company that is one of the world's leading manufacturers of carbon & graphite products. At SGL Carbon, he held various senior leadership positions including Senior Vice President, Business Line Fuel Cell Components and Group Vice President, Technology and Innovation.
At NextSource, Dr. Hauke will oversee the Company's strategy to construct multiple Battery Anode Facilities (BAFs) for the production of commercial scale graphite anode material for lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles. The Company's planned series of BAFs will be strategically located globally and leverage NextSource's exclusive access to proprietary anode processing technology for the supply of anode active material to major EV automotive companies.
President and CEO, Craig Scherba, commented:
"I am delighted to welcome Tilo to NextSource to lead our global anode strategy as the Company advances to becoming a vertically integrated large-scale producer of value-added graphite products. We are excited by the huge scale of the opportunity presented by this rapidly growing market and the contribution Tilo can make to NextSource's objective of becoming an integrated, global supplier of critical battery and technology materials."
Dr. Hauke holds a Ph.D. in solid state physics from the University of Halle-Wittenberg and an MBA from the University of Augsburg/Pittsburgh.
About NextSource Materials Inc.
NextSource Materials Inc. is a battery materials development company based in Toronto, Canada that is intent on becoming a vertically integrated global supplier of battery materials through the mining and value-added processing of graphite and other minerals.
The Company's Molo graphite project in Madagascar is one of the largest known and highest-quality graphite resources globally, and the only one with SuperFlake® graphite. The Molo mine has begun production, with Phase 1 mine operations currently being optimized to reach its nameplate production capacity of 17,000 tpa of graphite concentrate.
The Company is also developing a significant downstream graphite value-add business through the staged rollout of Battery Anode Facilities capable of large-scale production of coated, spheronized and purified graphite for direct delivery to battery and automotive customers, outside of existing Asian supply chains, in a fully transparent and traceable manner.
NextSource Materials is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "NEXT" and on the OTCQB under the symbol "NSRCF".
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