11 March 2024
Vancouver, British Columbia – (March 11, 2024) – Rover Critical Minerals Corp. (TSXV: ROVR) (OTCQB: ROVMF) (FSE:4XO) (“Rover” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Gunnar Pedersen to the Company’s Board of Directors. Salim Tharani has tendered his resignation as Director to accommodate the appointment of Mr. Pedersen. The Board of Directors of the Company wish to thank Mr. Tharani for his services. Mr. Tharani will be retained as a consultant to the Company on an as-needed basis.
Gunnar Pedersen, Director
Mr. Pedersen holds a Graduate degree in Financial Economics from the Norwegian School of Economics and is a CFA charter holder. He has absolute return investing and portfolio management experience since 1996, specializing in thematic global macro investing, fixed income and FX. His more recent research interests include socially responsible investments, the battery materials value chain, and renewable / traditional energy. During his career, Mr. Pedersen has co-founded and founded two absolute return focused investment funds. Currently he is self employed at his firm Asymmetric Asset Management, where he focuses on portfolio management and thematic investing, consultancy engagements and directorships. Pursuant to Mr. Pedersen’s appointment as Director, he has been granted 500,000 incentive stock options from Rover’s rolling 10% stock option plan. The stock options have an exercise price of $0.05 and a useful life of four years.
Judson Culter, CEO at Rover, states “Appointing Gunnar to our Board of Directors is part of our one-two punch strategy of bolstering our ranks. Gunnar joins Paddy Moylan as a new incoming Director. Both Gunnar and Paddy manage family offices that are focussed on critical minerals resource investing.”
Paddy Moylan, Rover’s President comments “Gunnar’s appointment continues our laser like focus on critical minerals. The team are working really hard. I look forward to positive news flow hitting the market. Gunnar will be a great help with his fund involvement and connections. Stay tuned!”