Nemaska Lithium Inc. announced that it has hired Simon Thibault as Director of Environmental and Social Responsibility. As such, he will be in charge of the various tasks associated with permitting and environmentally de-risking the development of the Whabouchi Project. In addition, Mr. Thibaut will be in charge of maintaining and expanding the relationships Nemaska Lithium has established over the years with the concerned communities, both for the mine and hydrometallurgical plant.

Prior to joining Nemaska Lithium, Mr. Thibault worked for Roche Ltd. from 2006 to 2015. Throughout his career Mr. Thibaut specialized in environmental mining policies and permitting in Canada, especially in the provinces of Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba. For the past nine years he has led or collaborated on Environmental Permitting of mining projects, Environmental and Social Impact Assessments, and Environmental Auditing and Environmental Baseline Studies, Preliminary Economic Assessments, Pre-Feasibility Studies and Feasibility Studies.