Great Lakes Graphite Appoints Jerry Janik as Chief Operating Officer of GLK Innovations
16 März 2015 - 1:02PM
Great Lakes Graphite Inc. ("
GLK" or the
"
Company") (TSX-V:GLK) (OTC:GLKIF) (FWB:8GL)
announces today that Jerry Janik has been appointed as Chief
Operating Officer of the Great Lakes Innovations (
"GLK
Innovations" or
"GLKI") operating
division. In that position, Mr. Janik's initial focus and area of
primary responsibility will be the refurbishment, recommissioning
and operation of the Matheson Micronization Facility.
Jerry has worked in the mining industry for over twenty-five
years. He brings a wealth of experience to the Company, in areas
and disciplines that are critical to ensure the successful
transition to commercial operations. These include:
- Quality Control
- Mine Planning and Tailings Deposition
- Production
- Project Management
- Process Improvement
- Permitting
- New Product Development
Prior to joining GLKI, Jerry held positions as Vice President of
Operations and General Manager, Mining with Ontario Graphite, Area
Operations Manager for Carmeuse Industrial Sand in Texas and Plant
Manager with UNIMIN Canada Ltd.'s Nepheline Syenite Operations.
Jerry also has extensive knowledge in the design, operation, and
management of the micronization of industrial minerals, including
an amorphous silica with grades as fine as 99% passing 8 micron and
in Nepheline Syenite where the finest product is 99% passing 5
micron.
Jerry also holds part ownership of the patents for this product,
and the design of the grinding/classifier systems required to
achieve this very fine grade. Jerry earned dual diplomas in geology
and mineral processing from Sir Sandford Fleming College School of
Natural Resources in Lindsay, Ontario. Jerry is pleased to be
working in his home province, where he and his wife live and form
an accomplished photography team. Examples of their work producing
designer quality images of flake graphite and micronized flake
graphite are proudly displayed on the Great Lakes Graphite
website.
Industry Veteran Is Key To Success
Great Lakes Graphite CEO Paul Gorman said, "We are fortunate
indeed to be joined by an individual with Jerry's background. In
fact, there are very few people as uniquely qualified to refurbish
and recommission this particular facility as Jerry Janik. With
top notch management for the operations of our business securely in
place, we are now free to focus our attention on completing the
build out of our sales capability.
About Great Lakes Graphite: Great
Lakes Graphite Inc. is an industrial minerals company focussed on
bringing carbon products to a well defined market through a
vertically integrated supply chain.
As there is currently no significant graphite
production in North America, Great Lakes Graphite has the ability
to become one of the first domestic suppliers to a growing regional
customer base that requires high quality natural graphite, where
pricing and demand continue to rise.
The Company, through strategic acquisitions and
capable management is becoming a leader in the industrial minerals
marketplace.
The Company through its Innovations Division is
currently recommissioning an Ontario based Micronization Facility
for re-start in late 2015 to achieve the following objectives:
- Establish a position in the upgraded graphite products market
with North American customers.
- Create a competitive and disruptive advantage by leveraging
existing assets.
- Pursue an accelerated timeline to cash flow and revenue by
micronizing and upgrading flake graphite, enabled by supply
agreements with current graphite producers.
- Develop customer relationships that will, in the longer term,
position the Company to pursue off-take arrangements for Great
Lakes' 100% owned Lochaber Graphite Deposit, located in SW
Québec.
The Lochaber Graphite Deposit is located just
30km east of Ottawa, in southwestern Québec. The Company has
also entered into option and joint venture agreements with Eloro
Resources Inc. on the Summit-Gaber Cobalt property located in the
La Grande Greenstone Belt in the Baie James region of Québec.
Further information regarding Great Lakes can be found on the
Company's website at: www.GreatLakesGraphite.com.
Great Lakes Graphite trades with symbol GLK on the
TSX Venture Exchange and currently has 78,714,820 shares
outstanding (107,602,456 fully diluted).
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its
Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies
of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the
adequacy or accuracy of this release.
CONTACT: Paul Gorman
Chief Executive Officer
Email: PGorman@GreatLakesGraphite.com
Tel: 416-768-6101
1-800-754-4510 x109
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