Ucore Rare Metals appoints Hogel to advisory board Ucore Rare Metals appoints Hogel to advisory board
Ucore Rare Metals Inc (C:UCU)
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Tuesday April 19 2016 - News Release
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HOGEL JOINS UCORE ADVISORY BOARD
Ucore Rare Metals Inc. has appointed Frank Hogel to the company's advisory board.
Mr. Hogel has served as chief executive officer at Peter Beck Performance Fonds GbR, bringing with him over 15 years of experience in the financial sector. He is an asset manager actively involved in the financial evaluation of companies and convertible debenture structuring, and has international financing experience, the ability to analyze expansion and acquisition opportunities, and expertise with Canadian resource companies.
Mr. Hogel serves on the board of directors of numerous public companies and is a member of the advisory board of Concept Capital Management Ltd. Mr. Hogel has a master of business administration (FH) from the University of Nurtingen, Germany, with a focus on financial management, banking, and international business and management.
"Frank's years of experience in both the international financial and resource sectors will be an invaluable addition to our advisory board," commented Jim McKenzie, president and CEO of Ucore. "We've had the pleasure of working with Frank for the last several years, and we're delighted to increase his involvement with the company as we enter early-stage production. Frank's experience in the structuring of growth companies will serve us well as we initiate and expand our throughput and output capabilities in the near term and beyond."
Mr. Hogel joins a number of highly regarded individuals on the Ucore advisory board, including Nobel Prize winner Dr. Jean-Marie Lehn, MRT pioneers Dr. Reed Izatt and Mr. Steven Izatt, Alaska-based industrialist Randy Johnson, and rare earth consultant Jack Lifton. The collective experience of this exceptional group will be brought to bear as the company advances the development of its SuperLig molecular recognition technology platform in the rare earth, clean energy and technology metals sectors.
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