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David E. Graber was appointed as the sole Chief Executive Officer of our company in March 2024, previously serving as our co-Chief Executive Officer since March 2023, and appointed as our Chairman of the Board in March 2023. He has served as a member of our Board since July 2022 and was the Chief Executive Officer and a director of our company from February 2017 to November 2018. As the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Graber guides our company’s strategic direction and leads our company’s mergers and acquisitions and capital markets activities. Mr. Graber has also been the managing principal of Cobrador Capital Advisors, LLC, an investment advisory firm focused on the consumer sector and energy transition, since 2010. Prior to founding Cobrador Capital Advisors, Mr. Graber was Managing Director, investment banking at New Century Capital Partners (from 2011 to 2014) and National Securities Corporation (from 2009 to 2010), where he focused on natural resources and energy transportation sectors. From 1994 to 2005, Mr. Graber was a senior vice president and director in the equities division of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and subsequently, Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) in New York and Los Angeles. Mr. Graber holds dual Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Columbia University Graduate School of Business in New York City and London Business School in the United Kingdom. He also holds a B.A. degree in Psychology from Tulane University. Mr. Graber brings extensive natural resource industry knowledge to our company and a deep background in growth companies and corporate finance and governance, making him well qualified as a member of the Board.
Sebastian Lux was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer of our company in March 2024, previously serving as our co-Chief Executive Officer and interim Chief Financial Officer since March 2023, in addition to being elected to our Board of Directors. He was our Chief Executive Officer from July 2022 to March 2023. Mr. Lux is responsible for the day-to-day operational leadership of our Utah mining operations and logistics chain for lithium, from permitting and geological studies to well testing and extraction. Prior to joining us in July 2022, Mr. Lux served as co-founder and director of supply chain solutions of Blue Duck Data, a cloud-based analytical solutions provider for end-to-end supply chain analysis, from August 2020. Prior to that position, Mr. Lux served from August 2015 to November 2020 as co-founder and director of supply chain and logistics operations for Genuine Origin, an e-commerce specialty coffee company that is a U.S. division of Volcafe/ED&F Man Commodities Ltd. He is a multilingual professional experienced in strategic planning for international operations, data analytics, financial modeling, logistics, purchasing, product development, supplier partnership management, process improvements, negotiations, e-business and franchise development. Mr. Lux earned an MBA in Entrepreneurship from Babson’s F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business, an MSAS in E-Commerce from Boston University and a B.A. degree in Economics from Roanoke College. In addition to his operational leadership of our company, Mr. Lux has more than 25 years of experience in entrepreneurial ventures in the United States, Europe and South America, where he developed international supply chains for the distribution of coffee, food goods and after-market auto-parts, as well as having created multiple market entry programs and brand development projects for new and existing companies, making him well qualified as a member of the Board.
Agustin Cabo was appointed to serve as our Chief Financial Officer in March 2024, previously serving as Director of Finance of our company from June 2023 to March 2024. Prior to this, he was the Chief Financial Officer at Americhem Sales Company (2020-2023). Mr. Cabo served as an Associate of Strategic Business Development at Scientific Games International (2018-2020) and he worked as a Senior Research Analyst at Crisil Limited, an S&P company (2010-2016). He holds an M.B.A. from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School, where he graduated in May 2018 as an Acosta International Scholar, and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Buenos Aires. Mr. Cabo is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and a member of the CFA Institute, having earned his certification in September 2015 and a Certified Management Accountant (CMA) and member of the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA), certified in January 2024.
Dylan Glenn became a director of our company in May 2023. He has been a Principal at Eldridge Industries, a diversified holding company headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut, since December 2023, and previously served as a Senior Director at Eldridge from October 2021 to December 2023. He is the former Chairman of Guggenheim KBBO Partners, Ltd., a Dubai-based joint venture partnership between the KBBO Group and Guggenheim Partners. Prior to this role, Mr. Glenn was Senior Managing Director of Guggenheim Partners, where he worked for nearly 15 years. While at Guggenheim Partners, Mr. Glenn worked mostly in two capacities. First, he coordinated the joint venture, Guggenheim KBBO Partners, Ltd., a merchant banking business which leveraged Guggenheim’s investment banking and asset management capabilities with an important strategic partner in the Middle East. Additionally, he led Guggenheim’s Government Relations effort in Washington and was a Member of the Guggenheim Partners Public Affairs Committee. Prior to joining Guggenheim, Mr. Glenn served as Deputy Chief of Staff to Governor Sonny Perdue of Georgia. As a Deputy Chief of Staff, Mr. Glenn was responsible for all External Affairs. Mr. Glenn also served in the White House in Washington, D.C. as Special Assistant for President George W. Bush for Economic Policy. He was a member of the National Economic Council team advising the President on various economic issues. Mr. Glenn is a director of the George W. Bush Presidential Center. Mr. Glenn is a Director of the Renewable Energy Group, a leading global producer and supplier of renewable fuels like biodiesel, renewable diesel, renewable chemicals and other products. He is also a Director of Intellicheck, Inc., a leading authentication services company, since March 2020. Additionally, he serves on the Board of Managers of Stonebriar Commercial Finance based in Plano, Texas. Mr. Glenn is a Trustee of Davidson College, where he earned his B.A. degree and is also a Trustee of the Episcopal High School at Alexandria, Virginia. Mr. Glenn’s extensive experience in finance and economics, insight into regulatory affairs and his expertise in oversight and governance gained through service in the public sector, bring unique and valuable perspective to our Board and make him well qualified to be a member of the Board.
Jared Levinthal has served as a director of our company since December 2018. Mr. Levinthal, an attorney, is a partner with Lightfoot Franklin & White, PLLC in Houston, Texas. Mr. Levinthal is a graduate, with Honors, Order of the Coif, from the University of Texas School of Law. Mr. Levinthal is a graduate of Tulane University with a B.A. degree and is a member of the Texas Bar. Mr. Levinthal is well qualified to serve as a director due to his substantial knowledge and working knowledge in corporate governance and controls.
Adam C. Lipson, M.D. was elected to our Board of Directors in July 2022. Dr. Lipson is a world-renowned neurosurgeon, serving for more than the past five years as managing partner of IGEA Brain, Spine & Orthopedics in New York City and New Jersey, a private medical practice generating $30-40 million annual revenue with 75 employees. He has over a decade of experience as a private investor in over 20 biotechnology and biomedical device companies. He has co-founded several other companies, including IGEA Ventures and STRYDD. He is passionate about finding technologies that facilitate advances in energy transition, biomedical devices and cancer therapeutics. Dr. Lipson is a graduate of Dartmouth College with a B.A. degree in Chemistry and History and M.D. degree from Harvard Medical School, Honors Society in Neuroscience and was a Fulbright Fellow at Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. Dr. Lipson’s leadership of numerous medical and other technology growth companies and as an investor in many early-stage companies make him well qualified as a member of the Board.
Andrew Suckling has served as a director of our company since August 2022. Mr. Suckling has over 25 years’ experience in the commodity industry and is currently the non-executive chairman of Cadence Minerals (AIM: KDNC), the non-executive director of Macarthur Minerals (TSX-V: MMS, ASX: MIO). Mr. Suckling started his professional career in 1994 as a trader on the London Metal Exchange and subsequently became a founding partner, research analyst and trader with the multibillion fund management group, Ospraie. Mr. Suckling is a graduate of Brasenose College, Oxford University, earning a B.A. (Hons) in Modern History and an MA in Modern History. Mr. Suckling’s in-depth knowledge of the mining industry and the broad range of mineral companies in the industry make him well qualified as a member of the Board.
Justin Vorwerk has served as a director of our company since August 2022. For more than the past five years, Mr. Vorwerk has had a distinguished career in finance and capital markets, holding positions as a managing director in investment banking with Goldman Sachs, The Royal Bank of Scotland and Deutsche Bank Securities, as well as Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and Credit Suisse, where he co-headed the financial sponsors group. Mr. Vorwerk also served as head of investment banking and capital markets at CRT Capital Group, where he structured debt and equity products and advised on mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Vorwerk holds an MBA from The University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) and attended Princeton University, where he earned an A.B. degree in Economics. Mr. Vorwerk has extensive knowledge of capital markets, making his input invaluable to the Board’s discussions of our capital raising initiatives.
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LawgInn2024
3 months ago
Here is OUR OPINION. There are MANY flaws in several of the statements below. First, the company will have no choice but to do the 1-5 reverse split that they have filed for, resulting in the OS going from 11.6 million to 2.6 million. If, by chance, the S-1 is even remotely successful (and that's a BIG IF), it will create MASSIVE, historical, sweeping dilution to existing and pre-raise shareholders. In addition, it appears that there are a significant number of convertibles that will induce even more painful dilution. There is SO much paper out there it's tough even to imagine the amount of dilution ahead, could be millions and millions, we can't keep track of the prinitng press anymore. In our opinion, this stock is uninvestable until the equity cap table is thoroughly flushed, they have the required working capital to execute, which could take years. This goes without saying that the "executive team", has to go as soon as possible and be replaced with professionals that know what they are doing and that have a history of success...the current group has neither. The last SPAC deal was terminated once they realized who would be at the wheel of this thing, from what we heard. These significant challenges (and there are many, many, many more) don't even take into consideration that the shine is off the lithium market. We have an oversupply and there's no indication that there's a meaningful amount of lithium in the BLTH claims and that these guys can extract it profitably. This is a 2026-27 story at best, if it ever even gets off the ground. In the meantime, in our opinion, this stock is untouchable and should be avoided...run, run, run...run away.
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