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Namibia Critical Metals Announces Results of Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and Appointment of New Director
HALIFAX, NS / ACCESSWIRE / May 18, 2023 / Namibia Critical Metals Inc. ("Namibia Critical Meta...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Namibia Critical Metals Announces Results of Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and Appointment of New DirectorHALIFAX, NS / ACCESSWIRE / May 18, 2023 / Namibia Critical Metals Inc. (\"Namibia Critical Metals\" or the \"Company\" or \"NCMI\") (TSXV:NMI)(OTCQB:NMREF) announces the results of the Company's Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on May 18, 2023 (the \"Meeting\"). Shareholders holding 58.84% of the shares were represented in person or by proxy at the Meeting. All the matters submitted to the shareholders, as set out in the Notice of Meeting and Information Circular dated April 12, 2023, were voted in favour, including: (a) Election of Directors to the Board of the Company as listed below; (b) the approval of the stock options plan, pursuant to which the Company may grant stock options up to 10% of its issued and outstanding common shares at the time of grant; and (c) the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the auditors of the Company for the ensuing year.Messrs. Adrian Hickey, Darrin Campbell and William Price were re-elected and Mr. Steve Herlihy was newly appointed to serve as directors of the Company, with the percentage of votes cast for each director as follows:NomineeVotes For% ForVotes Withheld% WithheldAdrian T. Hickey101,845,68499.91%00Steve Herlihy101,845,68499.91%00Darrin Campbell101,625,68499.69%00William L. Price101,625,43999.69%00Appointment of Steve Herlihy to the Board of DirectorsMr. Herlihy is the CFO of Bannerman Energy Ltd. (ASX:BMN, OTCQB:BNNLF) which is the largest shareholder of the Company. Mr. Herlihy is a Chartered Accountant with over 30 years' professional experience. His extensive background in the resources sector includes several roles within BHP Limited, commencing as global Financial Controller for BHP Iron Ore before progressing to special project roles. As part of BHP's Strategy and Innovation leadership team, Mr. Herlihy led a team of analysis and improvements specialists that focused on operational and supply chain effectiveness. Prior to joining BHP, Mr. Herlihy held senior commercial, finance and business development roles within tier one global resources businesses including Newmont Corporation, Newcrest Mining, Normandy Mining, WMC Resources and Placer Dome/Barrick Gold. More recently, Mr. Herlihy was a partner of a national accounting and advisory firm that...