Rock Tech Lithium Inc. Announces Management Changes
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada / TheNewswire / February 17, 2015 - Rock Tech Lithium Inc. (TSX-Venture: RCK) (the "Company" or "Rock Tech") announces the appointment of Mr. Martin Stephan to the position of Chief Executive Officer and Mr. Dirk Harbecke to the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Mr. Stephan is a successful manager and investment advisor with twenty-five years of experience, focusing on investments in the natural resources and exploration sector over the past ten years. While focusing primarily on exploration companies in North America, Mr. Stephan has built a strong network in Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America. In the late 1990s, Mr. Stephan founded and was the CEO of one of Germany's most popular internet companies providing stock market analysis. The website was purchased by one of the biggest telecommunication companies in Germany. Mr. Stephan regularly contributes analyses and commentaries to leading internet portals in Europe.
Mr. Harbecke has more than twenty years of experience as a manager, entrepreneur and investor with international experience in Africa, China, the Middle East, Europe and the United States. He worked at the Boston Consulting Group where he planned the establishment of new financial services institutions in Western Europe and the Middle East. Most recently, Mr. Harbecke was the founder and CEO of ADC African Development Corporation AG ("ADC"), a German-listed investment company with a strong footprint in the banking industries in Botswana, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Nigeria. In parallel, ADC focused on private equity investments in the emerging sub-Saharan African financial services sector. Under his leadership, ADC became a leading pan-African financial services group and was acquired in August 2014 by Atlas Mara Ltd., a financial services holding company co-founded by former Barclay's chief executive officer, Robert Diamond. Mr. Harbecke holds an MBA degree from St. Gallen University in Switzerland.
"The current market represents a tremendous opportunity to acquire highly prospective exploration projects at an attractive valuation," commented Mr. Stephan. "We are actively screening potential projects in a variety of jurisdictions representing a suite of metals that we believe have attractive supply and demand fundamentals."
The Company has accepted the resignation of Mr. Afzaal Pirzada as director and officer and wishes to thank him for his service.
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
"DIRK HARBECKE"
Director
For more information, please contact:
Brad Barnett
Telephone: (604) 376-5874
Facsimile: (604) 670-0033
Email: bbarnett@rocktechlithium.com
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