About

Craig Scherba, P. Geo.

Chief Development Officer

Mr. Scherba was appointed Chief Development Officer (CDO) of NextSource Materials from November, 2024, after previously holding the position of President and Chief Executive Officer from July, 2015. Prior to that, he held the position of President and Chief Operating Officer with the company (since September, 2012), and has been a Director since January, 2010. Mr. Scherba also served as Vice President, Exploration from January, 2010 to September, 2012. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Sciences, and a Bachelor of Science after-degree in Geology from the University of Alberta.

A professional geologist since 2000, Mr. Scherba is responsible for the discovery of NextSource Materials’ Molo graphite mine and Green Giant vanadium deposits. Under his guidance, he developed the Molo Project from a green-field exploration project into an operational mine. This required the progression of various technical workstreams, as well as securing financing, technical partnerships and off-take.

In his role as CDO, Mr. Scherba will be responsible for driving the strategic growth and development of NextSource Materials. This role involves overseeing business development initiatives, managing key partnerships, and ensuring the company meets its long-term objectives.

Brent Nykoliation

Executive Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Affairs

Mr. Nykoliation was appointed Executive Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Affairs in December 2024, after previously holding the position of Executive Vice President of Corporate Development from 2015. Prior to that, he held the position of Senior Vice President since joining the senior management team at NextSource Materials in 2007, where he helped lead the development and implementation of strategic partnerships and offtakes with supply chain customers. In addition, Mr. Nykoliation has led the financing initiatives for the company and oversees all communications with institutional investors and analysts.

He brings over 20 years of senior management experience, having held marketing and corporate development positions with several Fortune 500 corporations in Canada, notably Nestlé, Home Depot and Whirlpool. Mr. Nykoliation holds a Bachelor of Commerce with Honours degree from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario.

Craig Scherba, P. Geo.

Acting EVP, Operations

Mr. Scherba was appointed President and CEO in September 2012 and has been a director since January 2010 when he served as Vice President, Exploration of the Company. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Scherba was a managing partner for six years with Taiga Consultants Ltd., a mining exploration consulting company. Mr. Scherba has been a professional geologist (P. Geo.) since 2000, and his expertise includes supervising large Canadian and international mineral resource exploration programs.

Mr. Scherba was an integral member of the exploration team that developed Nevsun Resources’ high grade gold, copper and zinc Bisha project in Eritrea. Mr. Scherba served as the NextSource’s Country and Exploration Manager in Madagascar during its initial exploration stage, discovering both the Molo Graphite and the Green Giant Vanadium deposits. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Sciences, and a Bachelor of Science after-degree in Geology from the University of Alberta.

Jean Luc Marquetoux

County Manager

Jean Luc Marquetoux is an experienced executive, having spent 29 years working on mining and other projects in Madagascar. His extensive knowledge of the sector and region led to him being elected as President of the Chamber of Mines of Madagascar in 2018. Prior to working with NextSource, he was General Manager at the nearby Southern Madagascar graphite operation owned by Evion Group. He has also been in senior Finance and Budget positions at Group Unima Madagascar, and holds a post-graduate degree in Business Administration and Management from the University of Toulouse, France.

Hanré Rossouw

President & Chief Executive Officer

Hanré Rossouw was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of NextSource effective November 1, 2024 and joined the Board as a Director from September 1, 2024. Hanré has extensive experience in the global natural resources industry gained over the last 25 years and joined NextSource from Sasol Limited where he was Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director. Prior to Sasol he was the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director of Royal Bafokeng Platinum and a portfolio manager at Investec Asset Management. He was also previously the Chief Financial Officer of Xstrata Alloys and held a number of other senior roles at Xstrata plc that involved extensive strategy, mergers and acquisitions, business optimisation and capital markets experience. He began his career as graduate engineer at Anglo American plc, and he later also worked for Accenture and De Beers Group.

Dr. Tilo Hauke

Executive Vice President of Downstream Operations

Dr Tilo Hauke joined NextSource in 2024 from FREYR Battery, a US and Norway-based lithium-ion battery cell developer, where he was Executive Vice President Supply Chain Management. Prior to FREYR Battery, Dr. Hauke spent 20 years at SGL Carbon SE, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of carbon & graphite products where he held various senior leadership positions including Senior Vice President, Business Line Fuel Cell Components and Group Vice President, Technology and Innovation.

Dr. Hauke will oversee the Company’s strategy to construct multiple Battery Anode Facilities (BAFs) for the production of commercial scale graphite anode material for lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles.

Jaco Crouse

Chief Financial Officer

Mr Crouse joins NextSource from the position of CFO and Executive Director of Amaroq Minerals and brings a wealth of experience in mergers and acquisitions, capital and debt markets, financial reporting and the development and execution of business strategies in listed global natural resources companies over more than 20 years.

Mr Crouse previously served as CFO at Metals Acquisition Corp, where completed the purchase of the CSA copper mine in Australia from Glencore, and as CFO at TSX listed Detour Gold Corporation. Mr Crouse was a former Chief Financial Officer and one of the founding members at Triple Flag Mining, a streaming and royalty company, was instrumental in the turnaround of Barrick Gold Corporation in 2015 as VP Business Optimization and worked in the Nickel Trading division at Glencore in Baar Switzerland as Asset Manager. He held various positions within Xstrata between December 2002 to November 2013, latterly as General Manager of Business Optimisation in the Nickel Division.

Jaco studied Accounting Sciences at the University of South Africa and a qualified Chartered Accountant in Ontario (CPA, CA) and South Africa (CA(SA)). He is also a registered Financial Risk Manager (FRM).

Martina Buchhauser

Director

Ms. Buchhauser is a global leader with a profound knowledge of the automotive industry and its shift towards new and sustainable technologies and the imperative for a responsible and low carbon business. Her leadership journey has encompassed executive roles in Global Procurement and Supply Chain Networks at General Motors, MAN, BMW, and Volvo Cars, where she until recently served as the Chief Procurement Officer and on the management board. She is a senior advisor of H&Z Management Consulting and is a non-executive director on several company boards.

Chris Kruba

Director

Mr. Kruba is Vice-President and Legal Counsel to Nostrum Capital Corporation and a number of related corporations that are part of the Toldo Group, headquartered in Windsor, Ontario. The Toldo Group is composed of several privately held corporations in Canada and the United States, some of which have large manufacturing operations in diversified sectors and others which are involved in active and passive investments across capital markets throughout North America, Europe and Africa. In addition to his responsibilities as counsel to the Toldo Group, Mr. Kruba serves as corporate secretary to all the companies, is a member of Group’s investment committee and he serves on the board of directors of many of the companies.

Mr. Kruba has extensive manufacturing and capital markets experience and has led merges and acquisitions and participated in the management and strategic planning for numerous companies, including venture capital corporations in which the group has invested in.

Nostrum Captial Corporation and Mr. Kruba personally have been investors in NextSource Materials Inc. since 2011 and he joined the Board in 2019.

Markus Reichardt

Vice President, Sustainability

Mr. Reichardt brings a practical understanding of integrating ESG into all stages of the project cycle based on a 25 year track record in operational, senior corporate and advisory roles in the resources, agricultural and renewables sectors across the developing world.

Mr. Reichardt is responsible for driving the Group’s Safety, Health, Environment, Social, Climate Change and Quality performance and initiatives.

Mr. Reichardt is a former Corporate Environmental Manager of AngloGold Ltd and holds degrees in history and restoration ecology.

Sir Mick Davis

Chair of the Board

Sir Mick Davis is a highly successful mining executive who founded Vision Blue Resources in December 2020 to identify and capture opportunities in battery and technology minerals linked to EV & Grid Storage growth. He is credited with building Xstrata Plc into one of the world’s largest global diversified mining and metals companies prior to its acquisition by Glencore Plc. Before listing Xstrata on the London Stock Exchange as CEO, he was CFO of Billiton Plc and Chairman of Billiton Coal, which he joined after serving as CFO of Eskom, South Africa’s power utility company that provides 60% of the total electricity consumed on the African continent.

During his career in mining, Sir Mick Davis has raised over US$40 billion from global capital markets and successfully completed over US$120 billion of corporate transactions, including the creation of the Ingwe Coal Corporation in South Africa; the listing of Billiton on the London Stock Exchange; the merger of BHP and Billiton; as well as numerous transactions at Xstrata culminating in the sale to Glencore Plc.

Sir Mick Davis is a Chartered Accountant by profession and holds an honors degree in Commerce from Rhodes University, South Africa and an Honorary Doctorate from Bar Ilan University, Israel.

Ian Pearce

Director

Ian Pearce has over 40 years of professional experience in the global metallurgy and mining related industries. Mr. Pearce held executive roles at Falconbridge Limited, including COO and subsequently served as CEO of Xstrata Nickel, a subsidiary of Xstrata Plc. He has also held senior engineering and project management roles managing numerous significant development projects in the mining extractives sector.

Mr. Pearce currently is a Director of New Gold Inc, where he is Chair of the Board a Director of Metso Outotec Corporation and a Director of Northland Power Inc. He is also Chair of MineSense Technologies Ltd. Mr. Pearce holds a Higher National Diploma in Engineering (Extractive Metallurgy) from the University of Johannesburg and a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. Mr. Pearce’s principal occupation is as a corporate director.

Danniel Stokes

VP, Special Projects

Mr. Stokes joined NextSource in 2022, during his career he has been responsible for providing project management support across a diverse portfolio of projects in mining, infrastructure, and nuclear industries; developing tools, implementing best practices and mentoring apprentices.

Mr. Stokes holds degrees in Engineering and Business and has a qualification in Project Management from the Association for Project Management.

Wilhelm Reitz

General Manager, Molo Mine

Wilhelm Reitz is a mine management professional with 28 years of experience in the global mining sector, with the last 11 years focussed on critical minerals and in developing technologies through design, engineering, and research on graphite.

Mr. Reitz held senior management roles with AfriGold in Senegal and West African Diamonds in Sierra Leone and Guinea. Prior to joining NextSource, he was involved in developing and managing graphite mines in Madagascar for Stratmin Global and Greenwing Resources.

Mr. Reitz holds a BSB Diploma in Leadership and Management and studied with AIM in Australia, Faculty of Management.

Lydia Boarlaza

Country Manager, NextSource Materials

Lydia Boarlaza joined NextSource as Country Manager in January 2021, and has had extensive management experience in the Madagascar mining sector over her career. She has served in general manager and resident manager roles for various companies including Madagascar Consolidated Mining S.A., Madagascar Oil S.A., Avana Group, Hunt Oil Madagascar, and Shell Exploration & Development Madagascar BV.

She is a member of the Board of Directors of Madagascar Chamber of Mines, member of the National Committee within the EITI Madagascar, and member of the Women in Mining and Resources Association in Madagascar.

Brett Whalen

Director

Mr. Whalen has around 20 years of investment banking and M&A expertise, spending 18 of those years at Dundee Corporation. During his tenure at Dundee Corp., Mr. Whalen was directly involved in completing approximately $2 billion in M&A deals and helped raise over $10 billion in capital for resource sector companies. While a Vice President and Portfolio Manager of Goodman and Company (a division of Dundee Corp.), Mr. Whalen oversaw an investment of $6 million into NextSource enabling the Company to achieve key technical milestones, notably the completion of its July 2017 Phase 1 Feasibility Study and the concept and design of the full modular build approach NextSource will be utilizing for construction of both Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the Molo Mine. Mr. Whalen has extensive knowledge of both graphite and vanadium, and the battery materials industry in general.

Mr. Whalen has held Board seats of several TSX-listed and privately held companies, and joined NextSource as a Director in 2020.

He holds a BA (Honors) degree in Economics and Finance from Wilfrid Laurier University.

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Mission and strategy

Directors

Sir Mick Davis

Ian Pearce

Hanré Rossouw

Craig Scherba, P. Geo.

Brett Whalen

Chris Kruba

Senior Management

Brent Nykoliation

Jaco Crouse

Craig Scherba, P. Geo

Dr. Tilo Hauke

Danniel Stokes

Markus Reichardt

Jean Luc Marquetoux

Jean Luc Marquetoux

Hanré Rossouw

Dr. Tilo Hauke