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Fjordland Exploration Announces Senior Management Appointment
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - August 5, 2020) - FJORDLAND EXPLORATION INC. ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Fjordland Exploration Announces Senior Management AppointmentVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - August 5, 2020) - FJORDLAND EXPLORATION INC. (TSXV: FEX) (the \"Company\") Richard Atkinson P.Eng., Chairman, takes pleasure in announcing that effective August 1, 2020 James R. Tuer has assumed the role of President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Company.Mr. Tuer is a double graduate of Queens University with a Bachelor of Science with Honours, Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Business Administration. Jamie started his career in finance at Toronto Dominion Securities Inc as a Managing Director involved in Syndication, Underwriting and Corporate Finance.After being exposed to the mineral exploration industry in various capacities, Jamie was the founding principal of Hudson Resources Inc., a Canadian based mining and technology company focused on opportunities in Greenland. During Jamie's 19-year tenure as President, the company developed opportunities in diamonds, rare earths and industrial minerals. Among other things, these activities resulted in the discovery of the largest diamonds ever found in Greenland, the delineation of a significant rare earth 43-101 resource at Sarfartoq, and the development and construction of the 100% owned White Mountain anorthosite mine which is permitted for 50 years and is estimated to be able to sustain over 100 years of activity.Mr. Tuer developed senior relationships with the government of Greenland, their regulators, the indigenous peoples and, of course, his industry peers. While at Hudson, Jamie and his team worked closely with the international financial industry in raising the $100 million of debt and equity required to finance and build the mine and previous exploration activities without ever needing to restructure the shares of the company.Jamie Tuer, commented, \"I'm very excited to be joining Fjordland and working with their experienced management team and exploration partners. Using state of the art geophysical tools we are looking to find new nickel sulfide deposits in proven nickel sulfide belts. Only high-grade \"Class 1\" nickel is used in electric vehicle batteries - the biggest growth market for nickel. Nickel sulfide deposits, in comparison to nickel laterite deposits, predominately produce Class 1 nickel and these active mines are in short supply o...