GoviEX Uranium taps industry veteran Christopher Mark Lewis to head its uranium marketing efforts

GoviEx Uranium Inc (CVE:GXU) (OTCQB:GVXXF) (FRA:7GU) has engaged Christopher Mark Lewis to head its uranium marketing efforts. 

“Chris brings considerable experience in uranium marketing to the GoviEx Team,” said CEO Daniel Major in a statement Thursday.  

“Having recently updated our pre-feasibility study for the Madaouela Uranium Project and given our positive outlook for the uranium market, we are focused on putting in place the key areas necessary to support the future development of Madaouela – including technical capabilities to advance our efforts around, the completion of the future feasibility study, and financial and marketing expertise to enhance our access to future project financing and uranium offtake and contracting arrangements.”

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Major added: “Expanding our team to include a seasoned professional like Chris will bolster our access to global nuclear utilities at a time when utility attention is beginning to turn to uranium development projects positioned to support nuclear as part of the clean energy transition movement.”

GoviEX said Lewis has over 28 years of experience managing the sale and marketing of uranium and nuclear fuel conversion services to nuclear fuel buyers in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. 

He began in the uranium industry in 1992, managing Olympic Dam uranium sales to Asia until 2010, when he left BHP Billiton. From 2010 to 2015, he worked for Cameco as its manager of marketing for Asia. In late 2015, he joined Uranium One, where he held the position of director of marketing until the end of December 2020.

Lewis holds a BA and an MBA from the University of Adelaide and is an associate of the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants, the company said. 

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