Corporate
About
American Salars Lithium Inc. is focused on expanding its highly prospective portfolio of lithium projects in Argentina and the United States. The Company’s primary focus is the expansion and development of its Argentina-based 3,000 Hectare Candela II Lithium Brine Project which hosts an inferred NI-43 101 457,000 tonne lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) resource open for expansion. The 100% owned Pocitos 1 Lithium Salar Project is the Company’s second Argentina asset covering 800 hectares near the town of Salta. Pocitos 1 shares a NI 43-101 Resource Estimate consisting of an inferred 760,000 tonne lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) across Pocitos 1 and its neighboring Pocitos 2 blocks.
The Company’s lithium portfolio also includes the Blackrock South Lithium Brine Project located 72 Miles North of the Tesla Gigafactory in the state of Nevada.
MANAGEMENT & DIRECTORS
R. Nick Horsley
President & CEO, Secretary & Director
Mr. Robert “Nick” Horsley has over 19 years of public markets experience focused on finance, investor relations, marketing, management, and merger & acquisitions. Mr. Horsley has served as a director and a consultant to several public and private companies and has experience in a variety of industries including mineral exploration, telecom, CPG, Esports, and technology.
Daryn Gordon
CFO
Mr. Gordon is a chartered professional accountant (CPA, CA) with more than two decades of finance and accounting experience. He started his career at global auditing firms Grant Thornton LLP and PwC Canada. For the last 14 years, Mr. Gordon has continued to expand his expertise and knowledge by providing CFO services to Canadian companies across a variety of industries. Mr. Gordon has a Bachelor of Accounting degree from the University of Lethbridge.
Rodney Campbell
Director
Mr. Rodney Campbell worked previously as a Financial Advisor at BMO Nesbitt Burns where he formed solid relationships and gained vast knowledge of the finance industry. In addition to his experience in the finance industry, Mr. Campbell also worked in the Oil and Gas sector for 17 years where he handled Procurement and development of the fuel business for many industry leaders such as Encana, Apache Corporation, Canadian Hunter Exploration, Elbow River Resources, ERS, and MP Energy.
Christopher Cooper
Director
Mr. Christopher Cooper has over 20 years of extensive business experience in all facets of corporate development, senior management, finance and operations, in both the private and public sectors. His experience includes spearheading growth strategies, financial reporting, quarterly and annual budgets, overseeing corporate administration, while achieving company objectives and maintaining internal cost controls. Mr. Cooper has been a director of several private and public Company’s over the last 20 years. Most recently he was a member of the board of Directors of Alpha Lithium Corporation which was taken over by Tecpetrol in October 2023 for $1.48 per share or a valuation of approximately CAD$313 million. Mr. Cooper was also a director of Counterpath Corporation which was taken over by Alianza, Inc. in March 2021 for USD$25.6 million. He received his Bachelor of Business Administration from Hofstra University and his master’s in business administration from Dowling College in New York.
TECHNICAL ADVISORS
Phillip Thomas
BSc Geol, MBusM, FAusIMM, MAIG, MAIMVA, (CMV)
Phillip has more than 20 years’ experience working in Argentina on Pocitos, Guayatayoc, Salinas Grandes, Pozuelos, Rincon and Incahuasi salars. He is past chairman and CEO of Admiralty Resources NL (ASX:ADY) where he and his team explored and developed a pilot plant at the Rincon Salar in 2003-2008. He is both QP for NI43-101 and CP for JORC in lithium brines. He is Non-Executive Chairman of copper producer, Austral Resources Australia Ltd (ASX:AR1). Phillip is President of Panopus Plc a Singapore based resources and banking consultancy that specialises in valuations and appraisals of mining projects, exploration programs for lithium, advisory, capital raising, and banking feasibility studies. Phillip graduated from Australian National University majoring in Geology and received his Master’s Degree in Business from Monash University. He is a Fellow of the AusIMM, a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists and Director and Member of Australasian Institute of Mineral Valuers and Appraisers and is a Certified Mineral Valuer.
William Feyerabend
BSc Geol
Mr. Feyerabend has been involved with Lithium exploration, development and feasibility programs, including technical reports for claim blocks in the epicenter of lithium development in Nevada, which include the Clayton and Fish Lake valleys. Mr. Feyerabend has worked on projects in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, China, Colombia, Ghana, Guyana, Mexico, Peru, Saudi Arabia, the United States and Venezuela. He is a past board member of the Humboldt County (NV) Economic Development Authority and has a Bachelor of Sciences Geology from the University of Southern California.
Mitchell E. Lavery
Mitchell E. Lavery is a mining exploration professional with over 42 years of experience in all aspects of mineral exploration around the world from grass roots to ore deposit delineation to developing and managing a mine. He has been involved in the discovery of and/or development of several mineral deposits in Canada. His experience covers gold, silver, uranium, nickel, cobalt, base metals and lithium. Mr. Lavery is a licensed Professional Geologist in the Province of Quebec (N0. 181) and brings both strong technical and management skills to the company and has served as a senior officer and/or director on other public and private companies and is a lifetime member of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada.
David Guererro
Mr. Guerrero brings more than two decades of international experience in the mining industry, 15 of them specifically related to lithium. He has held various roles with mining major Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) and was an Advisor for Lithium X (Acquired for $265 Million). At Australia’s Galaxy Resources (now Arcadium Lithium) (NYSE:ALTM) he undertook a key functional role in the M&A transaction with POSCO (NYSE:PKX) for the mineral resources at the Hombre Muerto salar.
Most recently Mr. Guerrero was the country manager for Alpha lithium Corporation (NEO: ALLI) which recently sold for $330M in December of 2023, to TechEnergy Lithium Canada Inc. an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Tecpetrol Investments S.L. Additionally, Mr. Guerrero was the Former President of the Salta Mining Providers Chamber, and AUSCHAM Argentina chapter’s Vice President, Mr. Guerrero also brings indispensable local knowledge and communal leadership in Argentina’s Northern Region.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
COMMITTEE COMPOSITION
| INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS | AUDIT AND RISK COMMITTEE ("ARC") | GOVERNANCE, NOMINATION, COMPENSATION AND LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE ("GNCL") | ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY, SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE ("ESSH") |
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| John Doe | Chair | Vice Chair | |
| Jane Doe | Chair | Member | |
| John Doe | Member | ||
| Jane Doe | Chair |
