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  • Rongqing Ke
  • Chairman & President
  • Luxiang Co., Ltd.
  • Mr. Ke is the Chairman & President of Luxiang Co., Ltd.. He is a Bachelor of Nuclear Reactor Engineering in Naval University of Engineering, an Executive Master of Business Administration in Jinan University, and a student of the fifth CEO class in Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business. Mr. Ke founded the Luxiang Co., Ltd. in 1988, and the company listed in Shenzhen Stock Exchange on December 5, 2007 (stock code: 002192.SZ). Resource is at the first place of our company’s strategy, and the major businesses are professional in asphalt and lithium. Our company is a new energy enterprise combining the conventional energy and new energy.
  • Mr. Ke was awarded of “Top 10 Outstanding Figures of China Traffic Enterprise Management”, “Top Ten Outstanding Entrepreneurs of China Economics Annual Conference” etc. At present, Mr. Ke holds the post of Director of China international friendly liaison meeting, the Honorary President of Jinan University Alumni Association.
  • Xiaoguang Wang
  • Director & Researcher of Strategy Research
  • Chinese Academy of Governance
  • Xiaoguang Wang got his PHD in Economics in 1995, and took office in SDPC Economic Institute during the same year. Currently he is researcher of Strategy Research in Chinese Academy of Governance. He used to be research director of NDRC Macro-Economic Research Academy’s Economic Operation and Development Research Laboratory, and host of “Track, Forecast and Strategy of Macro-economic Situation”, as well as more than ten planning tasks since 2000. At the same time, he achieved fruitful results on various fields such as macro-economic forecast, real estate, auto manufacturing, regional economy and urban development. Mr. Wang put forward “Bubble Theory of Real estate” at the beginning of 2003, which caused strong backwashes; moreover, he proposed three terms of policy suggestion, such as regulating high demand for investment by controlling real estate market, developing West China, as well as keeping double firm policy; he called for compact-type urban development, under the principles of “optimal utilizations of land, investment and traffic flow”.
  • He completed 10 books by himself or with partners, and published more than 200 articles on “Economic Daily”, “China Comment Magazine”, “Outlook”, “China Securities Journal”, “Management World”, “Economic Perspectives” and “Macroeconomic Study”. As a writer of “Chinese Economic Security Strategy Study”, Mr. Wang won the first prize for science and technology from SDPC Macro-Economic Research Academy in 1998, and the second prize for science and technology from SDPC.
  • Weidong Wang
  • General Manager
  • Shenzhen Tianjiao Technology Co., Ltd.
  • Mr. Wang got his Bachelor and Master Degree from Central South University in 1985 and 1988 respectively and got his Doctor degree from Imperial College London in 1995. Mr. Wang worked as a Senior Scientist of lithium-ion battery in National Research Council of Canada, Researcher in Environmental Institute of Singapore and Project Leader of power battery development department in New Zealand branch office of US ILion Technology Co. (Pacific Ocean Lithium Co., Ltd.). Mr. Wang has held the post of General Manager of Shenzhen Tiaojiao Science & Technology Development Co., Ltd. since 2004. Shenzhen Tianjiao Technology Co., Ltd. is a high-tech enterprise which specializes in researching, developing, manufacturing, selling and providing technical consultant & service about new lithium-ion materials of lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide, lithium cobalt oxide, lithium manganate, lithium titanate and lithium iron phosphate, etc.. Established in 2004, Tianjiao Technology has three production sites in Shenzhen, Huizhou and Linyi.
  • Jinxiang Dai
  • Technical Consultant
  • Luxiang Co., Ltd.
  • Mr. Dai was granted with Bachelor and Master Degree from Nankai University in 1985 and 1988 respectively and with Doctorate from National University of Singapore in 2001. In 1988-1996, Mr. Dai had been submitted as Engineer and Principal Investigator in Tianjin Institute Of Power Sources; In 2005, he was appointed as Senior Scientist in Maxwell Technologies, Inc.; In 2008-2009, he held the post of Senior Scientist of NEI Corporation, Inc.. He has been working at US Nanocorp, Inc since 1999 with the title of Vice-president of Research Department currently, and he also has been submitted as Technical Consultant of Luxiang Co., Ltd..
  • Founded in 1988, Luxiang Co., Ltd. listed in Shenzhen Stock Exchange on December 5, 2007 (stock code: 002192.SZ). Resource is at the first place of the company’s strategy, and the major businesses are professional in asphalt and lithium. Luxiang is a new energy enterprise combining the conventional energy and new energy. US Nanocorp®, Inc. (“USN”) was incorporated in 1996 as a vehicle to identify, develop, and commercialize breakthrough technologies in the field of energy storage and energy conversion devices which exploit the extraordinary properties of nanostructured materials. Nanomaterials present unprecedented opportunities in a broad range of energy applications, including batteries, fuel cells, thermoelectrics, and electrochemical supercapacitors. Currently, USN is commercializing nanostructured battery materials with brand name Filox® and NanoxTM, including LiV3O8, LiMn2O4, LiCoPO4, Li4Ti5O12, etc.
  • Ping Yuan
  • Director
  • Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide Group Co., Ltd.
  • Ms. Yuan graduated from Central South University and majored in non-ferrous metallurgy, now a senior engineer. Ms. Yuan is the director of Cobalt powder factory of Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide Group Co., Ltd..
  • Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide Group Co., Ltd. is one of the 156 major projects constructed in the nation ‘s “First Five-Year Plan” .It manufactures mainly six series of products of metal cutting tools, mine and oil field drilling and excavating tools, hard materials, tungsten and molybdenum products, tantalum and niobium products and products of rare metal powder. Cemented carbide known as “The Teeth of Industry” is widely used in the fields of metallurgy, machinery, geology, coal, petroleum, chemistry electronics, light textile and national defense, etc. It is an infrastructural industry that has a bearing on the quality and level of the development of national economy. The corporation has under it 2 specialized products departments, 12 manufacturing factories, 6 stockholding companies, and it is the nation’s biggest base of cemented carbide manufacturing, scientific research, management and export. It has been recognized by Hunan Province as one of the enterprises of the province’s ‘‘10 symbolic projects”.
  • Hui Jiang
  • General Manager
  • Nanjing Haolun International Trade Co., Ltd.
  • Hui Jiang, graduated from Nanjing University of Technology, and his major is fine chemical industry. He started the work about trade from December 1996, and holds a post as the General Manager of Nanjing Haolun International Trade Co., Ltd. He graduated from Tsinghua University Financial Senior Seminar and Nanjing University Business School’s “Enterprise President of advanced class” during his working time. Founded in August 1997, Nanjing Haolun International Trade Co., Ltd. is a trading company with the right of import and export and the company now engages in the business of metallic and chemical raw material trading. Through continuous development, the company has a high standard management team.
  • The company keeps good trade relationship with many foreign companies for a long time such as Glencore, Millennium, Bayer, Dowcorning and so on. Furthermore, the company has obtained power of agency and sales for famous brands of chemical raw material of USA, Japan, Malaysia, Germany, Zambia and Canada.
  • Yanlong Liu
  • Secretary General
  • China Industrial Association of Power Sources, CIAPS
  • Mr. Yanlong Liu got the bachelor degree of Xi'an University of Electronic Science and Technology in 1988 and MBA from Nankai University in 1999, and he participated in the founding of China Industrial Association of Power Sources in 1988. He began to work at the founded association since 1989 and has held the post as the Secretary General of the association since December 2005. Meanwhile, Mr. Liu is the Chief Editor of “Batteries World”, Director of China’s Battery Web and China Industrial Association of Power Sources Web, and the Secretary General of the organizing committee of China International Battery Technology Exchange meeting/exhibition. He has also held a post as the Secretary General of a branch of China's Chemical and Physical Power Industry Association since May 2009.
  • Founded in 1989, China Industrial Association of Power Sources (CIAPS) is the biggest professional battery association in China. It has six branches, including alkaline battery and new type chemical power sources branch, lead acid storage battery branch, lithium battery branch, dry cell branch, physical power sources branch, accessory and equipment for battery branch. Now CIAPS has more than 310 members involved in the development, manufacture, sales, or marketing of batteries, power supplies etc. “Solidarity, Friendship, Competition and Development” are the spirit of CIAPS. Serving as the bridge between the government and the enterprises, CIAPS accomplished the projects issued by Chinese government, as well as promoted international exchange and cooperation in the battery field.
  • Frank Yan
  • Sales and Marketing Manager in China
  • Galaxy Lithium (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd.
  • Frank Yan obtained his Bachelor and Master degree in chemical engineering from Zhong Nan University and then had been worked in Zhong Nan University and Hunan Chemical imp & exp Co. Ltd after graduation. He has engaged in the sales and marketing of Lithium products for a long period and successfully introduced lithium carbonate of FMC (US) into the market of cathode material in China. He set up Hunan Yuehong Chemical Co., Ltd. in 2005. From 2010 till now, he works for Galaxy Lithium (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. as Sales and Marketing Manager in China.
  • Galaxy Resources Limited ("Galaxy") is an Australian-based global lithium company with lithium production facilities, hard rock mines and brine assets in Australia, China, Canada and Argentina. The Company is an integrated lithium mining, chemicals and battery company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (Code: GXY) and is a member of the S&P/ASX 300 index. Galaxy wholly owns the Mt Cattlin Project near Raventhorpe in Western Australia where its proved reserves of spodumene is ranking the third in the world and its design capacity of production is 137,000 tons of spodumene concentrate and 56,000 pounds of tantalum by-product per year. Galaxy is also advancing plans to develop the Sal de Vida (70%) lithium and potash brine project in Argentina situated in the lithium triangle (where Chile, Argentina and Bolivia meet) which is currently the source of 60% of global lithium production. Sal de Vida has excellent promise as a future low cost brine mine and lithium carbonate processing facility.
  • Galaxy Lithium (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. is a whole own subsidy of Galaxy in China .The total investment amount of it is 150 million US dollars and its registered capital is 90 million US dollars. The Jiangsu Plant located in Zhangjiagang, has commenced production in March 2012. Its designed capacity is 17,000tpa of battery grade lithium carbonate, which will be the largest global producer of battery grade and the largest plant in the Asia Pacific region. The plant is besides the wharf and is rather convenient for the transportation. It produces Lithium Carbonate from a fully automated and computer controlled processing plant to ensure high quality, consistency and reliability of the product.
  • Guy Bourassa
  • President & CEO
  • Nemaska Lithium Inc.
  • Mr. Bourassa brings leadership and over 30 years of mining industry experience to his role as President and CEO of Nemaska Lithium Inc. which he has held since the Company’s inception in 2008. During his tenure, he was instrumental in identifying and negotiating the acquisition of the Whabouchi lithium property and secured over $40 million through financings in the capital markets. Through his leadership, the Company brought an historical lithium showing to a world class deposit and developed new processes to produce lithium hydroxide and lithium carbonate, for which patents are pending. Nemaska Lithium intends to become a lithium hydroxide/carbonate producer based in Quebec, Canada. Throughout his career, Mr. Bourassa has been involved in exploration and mining companies as President and CEO, legal counsel and in-house corporate counsel. These companies were producers of gold, copper, calcite and dolomite. Mr. Bourassa holds a law degree from Université Laval since 1982.