– UK, London – Horizonte Minerals Plc (LON: HZM | TSX: HZM), the nickel company developing two Tier 1 assets in Brazil, today announced the appointment to its Board of John MacKenzie as a Non-Executive Director and Simon Retter as an Executive Director effective immediately.
About John MacKenzie
John is a senior mining executive with more than 30 years of operational and investment experience in the metals and mining sector, currently CEO and Director of TSX-listed Capstone Copper Corp. Previously, John was Executive Chair and Founder of Mantos Copper before its merger with Capstone Mining in 2022. He brings extensive operating and construction experience to the Board, in particular in South America through his time as part of the Anglo American group, where he was a member of the Executive Committee and CEO of Copper at Anglo American plc, CEO of Zinc at Anglo Base Metals and General Manager at their Minera Loma de Niquel mine and smelter in Venezuela, an RKEF ferronickel operation similar in design capacity to Araguaia. He was also previously a Non-Executive Director of KAZ Minerals plc.
John has a Master of Science in Mining Engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand, a Master of Business Leadership from the University of South Africa, and has completed the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School.
About Simon Retter
Simon has served as the group CFO of Horizonte Minerals since 2016. He is a commercially focused business leader with almost 15 years of experience as an Executive and Non-Executive Director focused on the natural resources sector, driving strategic growth and leading high-performance teams across various financial roles.
Simon started his career at Deloitte in assurance and advisory, qualifying as a chartered accountant before gaining extensive experience in the public markets and the mining sector, specifically reverse takeovers, IPOs, and secondary fundraising.
About Horizonte Minerals Plc
Horizonte Minerals Plc is developing two 100%-owned, Tier 1 projects in Pará state, Brazil – the Araguaia Nickel Project and the Vermelho Nickel-Cobalt Project. Both projects are large-scale, high-grade, low-cost, have low carbon emission intensities, and are scalable. Araguaia is under construction, with the first metal scheduled for 1Q 2024. When fully ramped up with Lines 1 and 2, Araguaia is forecast to produce 29,000 tonnes of nickel annually. Vermelho is at the feasibility study stage and is expected to produce 24,000 tonnes of nickel and 1,250 tonnes of cobalt to supply the EV battery market. Horizonte’s combined production profile of over 60,000 tonnes of nickel per year positions the Company as a globally significant nickel producer. Horizonte’s top three shareholders are La Mancha Investments S.à r.l., Glencore Plc, and Orion Resource Partners LLP.
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