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Giga Appoints Manager of Development
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - July 31, 2019) - Mark Jarvis, CEO of Giga Metal...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Giga Appoints Manager of DevelopmentVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - July 31, 2019) - Mark Jarvis, CEO of Giga Metals Corp. (TSXV: GIGA) announced today that Lyle Trytten has joined the Company as Manager of Development. Mr. Trytten will be responsible for all technical aspects of advancing the geology, metallurgy and engineering of the Turnagain Project. His mandate will also include oversight of environmental, permitting and government relations.Mr. Trytten has more than 25 years' experience in the nickel industry, and was previously General Manager, Sustainability with Sherritt International Corporation at their Alberta nickel refinery, where his role included overseeing environmental and community stakeholder work areas. Previously, Lyle managed Sherritt's acclaimed metallurgical research group and full-service engineering group and managed the project review component (including technical review and economic modelling) for the growth mandate of Sherritt's technology division. Lyle has been personally involved with metallurgical operations on five continents, including a 1-year secondment to the Murrin Murrin nickel refinery in Australia (now owned by Glencore) and start-ups of metallurgical processing facilities in the US and Indonesia.\"We are very pleased to welcome Mr. Trytten to the team,\" said Mr. Jarvis. \"People of Lyle's caliber are rare in our industry. He will be a critical part of advancing the Turnagain Project as a credible alternative to the giant greenfields HPAL projects as a potential source of new supply of nickel suitable for conversion to Class 1 or chemical products to feed the rapidly growing lithium ion battery industry.\"\"Giga Metals has a very exciting project,\" said Mr. Trytten. \"Turnagain has a large resource that has the potential to produce high-grade nickel and cobalt concentrate with very low impurities, using a relatively simple flow sheet. I look forward to helping optimize the project and to working with local communities and First Nations as we develop a sustainable project that will deliver economic benefits for many years to come.\"Stock OptionsPursuant to the Company's Stock Option plan, approved by the TSX Venture Exchange, the Company will be granting 150,000 stock options to Mr. Trytten, subject to certain vesting provisions, exercisable at $0.30 per share, expiring...