ValOre Strengthens Leadership Team With the Appointment of Nick Smart as C.E.O.
ValOre Metals Corp. (OTCQB: KVLQF) has appointed Nick Smart as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective October 1, 2025. Smart brings extensive experience in mining operations, having worked with Anglo American's Platinum, Coal, and Base Metals divisions in South Africa and Brazil.
Smart's background includes executive leadership roles at De Beers Group, where he established a laboratory-grown diamonds entity. His expertise spans building manufacturing facilities, forming commercial partnerships, P&L management, and technology development. He holds a BSc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cape Town and is fluent in Portuguese.
The appointment aligns with ValOre's focus on developing its flagship Pedra Branca PGE project and exploring precious metals opportunities in Brazil.
ValOre Metals Corp. (OTCQB: KVLQF) ha nominato Nick Smart come nuovo Amministratore Delegato, con effetto a partire dal 1 ottobre 2025. Smart porta una vasta esperienza nelle operazioni minerarie, avendo lavorato nelle divisioni Platinum, Coal e Base Metals di Anglo American in Sud Africa e in Brasile.
Il profilo di Smart comprende ruoli di leadership esecutiva presso De Beers Group, dove ha creato un’unità dedicata ai diamanti coltivati in laboratorio. Le sue competenze includono la costruzione di impianti di produzione, lo sviluppo di partnership commerciali, la gestione di P&L e lo sviluppo tecnologico. Possiede una laurea in Ingegneria Chimica (BSc) presso l’Università di Cape Town ed è fluente in portoghese.
La nomina è in linea con l’impegno di ValOre nel portare avanti il progetto di punta Pedra Branca PGE project ed esplorare opportunità legate ai metalli preziosi in Brasile.
ValOre Metals Corp. (OTCQB: KVLQF) ha nombrado a Nick Smart como nuevo Director Ejecutivo, con efecto a partir del 1 de octubre de 2025. Smart aporta una amplia experiencia en operaciones mineras, habiendo trabajado en las divisiones de Platino, Carbón y Metales Básicos de Anglo American en Sudáfrica y Brasil.
Su trayectoria incluye cargos de liderazgo ejecutivo en De Beers Group, donde fundó una unidad de diamantes cultivados en laboratorio. Su experiencia abarca la construcción de plantas de fabricación, la formación de alianzas comerciales, la gestión de P&L y desarrollo tecnológico. Posee un BSc en Ingeniería Química de la Universidad de Ciudad del Cabo y habla portugués con fluidez.
El nombramiento está alineado con el enfoque de ValOre en avanzar con su proyecto insignia Pedra Branca PGE project y explorar oportunidades de metales preciosos en Brasil.
ValOre Metals Corp. (OTCQB: KVLQF)가 Nick Smart를 새로운 최고경영자로 임명했으며, 임기는 2025년 10월 1일부터입니다. Smart는 남아프리카공화국과 브라질에서 Anglo American의 Platinum, Coal, Base Metals 부문에서 광산 운영 경험을 다년간 쌓아 왔습니다.
그의 경력은 De Beers Group의 경영진으로서 실험실 배양 다이아몬드 부서를 설립한 것을 포함합니다. 제조 시설 설립, 상업 파트너십 형성, P&L 관리, 기술 개발에 걸친 전문성을 보유하고 있습니다. 케이프타운 대학교에서 화학공학 학사(BSc)를 취득했으며 포르투갈어에 능통합니다.
이번 임명은 ValOre가 주력 프로젝트인 Pedra Branca PGE project를 발전시키고 브라질에서 귀금속 기회를 모색하겠다는 전략과 맞닿아 있습니다.
ValOre Metals Corp. (OTCQB: KVLQF) a nommé Nick Smart comme nouveau Chief Executive Officer, à compter du 1er octobre 2025. Smart apporte une vaste expérience des opérations minières, ayant travaillé dans les divisions Platinum, Coal et Base Metals d’Anglo American en Afrique du Sud et au Brésil.
Son parcours comprend des postes de leadership exécutif chez De Beers Group, où il a créé une entité dédiée aux diamants cultivés en laboratoire. Son expertise couvre la construction d’installations de fabrication, l’établissement de partenariats commerciaux, la gestion P&L et le développement technologique. Il est titulaire d’un BSc en génie chimique de l’Université du Cap et parle couramment le portugais.
Cette nomination s’inscrit dans l’objectif de ValOre de faire progresser son projet phare Pedra Branca PGE project et d’explorer les opportunités de métaux précieux au Brésil.
ValOre Metals Corp. (OTCQB: KVLQF) hat Nick Smart zum neuen Chief Executive Officer ernannt, mit Wirkung zum 1. Oktober 2025. Smart bringt umfassende Erfahrungen im Bergbau mit, nach Stationen in den Divisionen Platinum, Coal und Base Metals von Anglo American in Südafrika und Brasilien.
Zu Smarts Hintergrund gehören Führungslaufbahnen bei der De Beers Group, wo er eine Einheit für laborgestützte Diamanten gründete. Seine Expertise umfasst den Aufbau von Fertigungsanlagen, die Bildung von Geschäftspartnerschaften, P&L-Management und Technologiebewertung. Er besitzt einen BSc in Chemieingenieurwesen von der University of Cape Town und spricht fließend Portugiesisch.
Die Ernennung passt zu ValOre's Fokus, sein Flaggschiffprojekt Pedra Branca PGE project voranzutreiben und Brasilien als Standort für Möglichkeiten im Bereich Edelmetalle zu prüfen.
ValOre Metals Corp. (OTCQB: KVLQF) قد عيَّنت Nick Smart ليكون الرئيس التنفيذي الجديد، اعتباراً من 1 أكتوبر 2025. يجلبSmart خبرة واسعة في عمليات التعدين، حيث عمل في أقسام Platinum وCoal وBase Metals التابعة لشركة Anglo American في جنوب أفريقيا والبرازيل.
يشمل مساره المهني مناصب قيادية تنفيذية في مجموعة De Beers، حيث أسس وحدة لماس مصنع في المختبر. تغطي خبرته بناء مرافق التصنيع، وتكوين شراكات تجارية، وإدارة P&L، وتطوير التكنولوجيا. يحمل شهادة BSc في الهندسة الكيميائية من جامعة كيب تاون ويتقن البرتغالية.
التعيين يتماشى مع تركيز ValOre على تطوير مشروعه الرائد Pedra Branca PGE project واستكشاف فرص المعادن الثمينة في البرازيل.
ValOre Metals Corp. (OTCQB: KVLQF) 已任命 Nick Smart 为新任首席执行官，任期自 2025年10月1日起生效。Smart 在矿业运营方面拥有丰富经验，曾在 Anglo American 的白铂金、煤炭与基础金属部门于南非和巴西任职。
他此前在戴比尔斯集团担任高层领导，创建了一个实验室培育钻石部门。他的专长涵盖建设制造设施、建立商业伙伴关系、利润与损失管理（P&L）以及技术开发。他在开普敦大学获得化学工程学士学位，并熟练掌握葡萄牙语。
此任命与 ValOre 专注于推进旗舰项目 Pedra Branca PGE project 并在巴西探索贵金属机会的战略相一致。
- Appointment of CEO with extensive mining experience in platinum, coal, and base metals
- New CEO has direct operational experience in Brazil, including language fluency
- Strong executive leadership background from De Beers Group
- CEO's expertise aligns with company's Brazilian precious metals strategy
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ValOre Metals Corp. (“ValOre”) (TSX-V: VO, OTCQB: KVLQF, Frankfurt: KEQ0), today announced the appointment of Nick Smart as Chief Executive Officer of ValOre Metals Corp, effective October 1, 2025.
Nick brings a wealth of relevant experience to ValOre, having led the design, delivery and operation of multiple complex mining capital projects globally. Nick earned a BSc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cape Town and gained experience working in Anglo American’s Platinum, Coal and Base Metals divisions in South Africa. Subsequently, he worked for Anglo for six years in Brazil in the States of Minas Gerais and Goiás, developing and building Nickel mines and processing plants. There, in addition to gaining a working fluency in Portuguese, Nick developed a deep and lasting appreciation for the vibrant heritage, talented professionals and enormous potential of the mining sector in Brazil.
Nick’s most recent executive leadership roles have been focused on corporate strategy, including establishing and launching a new entity and corporate brand for laboratory-grown diamonds on behalf of diamond industry leader, De Beers Group in London. As a senior executive and company director, Nick’s responsibilities encompassed: building world-class advanced manufacturing facilities in the U.S.A. India and Thailand; forging commercial partnerships; maintaining P&L accountability; overseeing stakeholder and industry engagement; generating sales revenues; and developing and deploying new technologies.
A passionate problem-solver and community coach, Nick also serves in a board advisory capacity to startups developing novel and disruptive processing technologies, focused on applications in the fields of metals and critical minerals.
Commenting on the appointment, ValOre’s Chairman, Jim Paterson, said, “Our entire team is excited and very proud to welcome C.E.O. Nick Smart. Nick’s career background aligns incredibly well with ValOre’s asset base and corporate strategy, including: working in platinum mines in South Africa; successfully building and working at a wide variety of challenging projects in Namibia, northern Canada and Brazil; and most recently gaining critical executive leadership experience in a successful start up venture. His impressive resume makes him perfectly suited to lead our organization into this next phase of growth and opportunity in Brazil’s precious metals sector.”
Nick shared, “I am honored to join ValOre at such an opportune and important time for the company. I have had the privilege over the past couple of weeks to meet and begin working alongside some of the truly talented members of the ValOre team, as they are taking forward the development of our flagship Pedra Branca PGE project and actively exploring new, district-level precious metals opportunities in some of the most prospective areas of Brazil. I am beyond excited by the capacity and potential we have together - to build on this base and create a world-class integrated precious metals company.”
About ValOre Metals Corp.
ValOre Metals Corp. (TSX-V: VO, OTCQB: KVLQF, Frankfurt: KEQ0) is a Canadian company with a team aiming to deploy capital and knowledge on projects which benefit from substantial prior investment by previous owners, existence of high-value mineralization on a large scale, and the possibility of adding tangible value through exploration and innovation.
For further information about ValOre Metals Corp., or this news release, please visit our website at www.valoremetals.com or contact Jim Paterson, Chairman at 778-819-4484, or by email at contact@valoremetals.com.
ValOre is a proud member of Discovery Group. For more information about Discovery Group, please visit its website at www.discoverygroup.ca
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