Corporate Governance
The members of the Board of Directors have the responsibility to oversee the conduct of the business of Nickel 28 (the “Company”) and to oversee the activities of management who are responsible for the day-to-day conduct of the business. Nickel 28 maintains high standards of integrity and accountability and seeks to mitigate risk and protect shareholders when executing its business strategy. The Company considers environmental, social and governance issues when making decisions and implementing its strategy.
The Board of Directors has adopted Corporate Governance policies and procedures commensurate with the Company’s size and stage of development. Additionally, the Board of Directors of Nickel 28 has established three committees: Audit (Philip Williams / Maurice Swan), Compensation (Philip Williams / Maurice Swan), Nomination & Corporate Governance (Maurice Swan / Philip Williams).
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Board of Directors
Anthony Milewski
Chairman
Mr. Milewski has spent his career in various aspects of the mining industry, including as a company director, advisor, founder and investor. In particular, he has been active in the battery metals industry including investing in cobalt and actively trading physical cobalt. In 2016, one of the industry’s leading publications, “The Mining Journal,” named him as a Future Mining Leader.
In 2017, Anthony accepted an invitation from the London Metals Exchange to join the LME Cobalt Committee which includes representatives from the largest mining and commodities companies globally to represent the interests of the industry to the board of directors the LME.
Mr. Milewski has managed numerous mining investments at various stages of development, including exploration, development, production and turnaround situations, and across a broad range of commodities. With the June 2018 close of Nickel 28’s A$10 million equity investment in Highlands Pacific for resulting ownership of 13%, Mr. Milewski was appointed to the Board of Directors of Highlands Pacific. He has also served as a director of both public and private companies and has been seconded as interim CEO on multiple occasions. Mr. Milewski was a member of the investment team at Pala Investments Limited. Prior to joining Pala Investments, he worked at Firebird Management LLC.
Mr. Milewski previously worked at Renaissance Capital and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in Moscow, where he focused on advisory and transactional work in metals & mining and oil & gas sectors. He has lived and worked in Africa and Russia, including a year as a Fulbright scholar, and has spent considerable time in Central Asia.
Mr. Milewski holds a B.A. in Russian history from Brigham Young University, an M.A. in Russian and Central Asian Studies from the University of Washington, and a J.D. from the University of Washington. He holds an LLM from the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Justin Cochrane
Director
Mr. Cochrane, President and CEO of Nickel 28, has 20 years of royalty and stream financing, M&A and corporate finance experience. Prior to Nickel 28, he served as President & COO of Cobalt 27 Capital Corp. and before that as Executive Vice President and Head of Corporate Development for Sandstorm Gold Ltd. Mr. Cochrane’s expertise is in the structuring, negotiation, execution and funding of royalty and stream financing contracts around the world, across dozens of projects, totalling over $2 billion.
Prior to Sandstorm, he spent nine years in investment banking and equity capital markets with National Bank Financial where he covered the resource, clean-tech and energy technology sectors. In addition, Mr. Cochrane is currently a board member of Nevada Copper Corp.
Mr. Cochrane is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a registered and licensed security advisor in Canada.
Philip Williams
Director
Mr. Williams brings more than 15 years of mining and finance industry experience. His diverse work experience includes roles in corporate development, as a sell-side research analyst, in fund management and most recently as managing director of investment banking focused on the metals and mining sector. In each of these roles, he focused a significant amount of time on the exploration industry.
As a research analyst at Westwind Partners, Mr. Williams worked with a team that covered a range of commodities including precious and base metals, diamonds and uranium. In late 2008, he joined Pinetree Capital, a natural resource focused investment fund, in the role of VP Business Development. During his time there, he was responsible for analyzing and monitoring investments and was also appointed to the board of directors of several investee companies. In 2012, he joined Dundee Capital Markets (now Eight Capital) in the investment banking group. As a Managing Director, he successfully completed equity financings across a wide range of commodities and was a named advisor on multiple M&A transactions. Mr. Williams is a Chartered Financial Analyst and holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree.
Maurice Swan
Director
Mr. Swan is a lawyer and recently retired as a partner at Stikeman Elliott LLP. Mr. Swan practised corporate law at Stikeman Elliott LLP for over 24 years with wide ranging experience, including extensive work in debt capital markets, securitization, corporate finance, and mergers and acquisitions, and with a particular focus on transactions in the global mining and metals sector. During his years of practice, Mr. Swan earned leading lawyer accolades from publications including Lexpert, International Finance & Law Review, Who's Who Legal and Best Lawyers.
Lance C. Frericks
Director
Mr. Frericks is currently a private investor and corporate director. Mr. Frericks started his career at the CME group as a Eurodollar options trader before transitioning to proprietary trading activities on the S&P 500 Index. For over 20 years, Mr. Frericks was one of the largest traders in the S&P pit, managing capital and serving as a market liquidity provider. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Western Illinois University.
