• Metal Energy (MERG) has appointed Mike Sweeny as Vice President, Exploration & Development
  • Mike is a professional geologist with over 30 years of experience
  • Metal Energy CEO James Sykes sat down with Caroline Egan to discuss Mike’s appointment
  • Metal Energy is an Ore Group company focused on exploring for world-class nickel, copper and PGE deposits
  • Metal Energy Corp. (MERG) is up 3.03 per cent on the day, trading at C$0.17 per share at 11 am EST

Metal Energy (MERG) has appointed Mike Sweeny as Vice President, Exploration & Development.

Mike is a professional geologist with over 30 years of experience and a strong focus on nickel, copper and platinum group element minerals systems. 

He has held various positions, including Senior Geologist, for numerous underground and surface exploration programs with Falconbridge-Xstrata-Glencore. 

Metal Energy CEO James Sykes sat down with Caroline Egan to discuss Mike’s appointment.

“We are very excited to have Mike join Metal Energy as Vice President, Exploration & Development, as his 30-year career showcases numerous successes through the discovery of many nickel deposits and helping lead them into production.

Mike has a strong technical understanding of the Thompson Nickel Belt in Manitoba and the Thunder Bay area in Ontario, both of which host the Company’s exploration projects, Manibridge and Strange, respectively. His skill sets will prove invaluable to move our projects forward in a timely fashion. I look forward to working directly with Mike and benefitting from his vast knowledge of Ni-Cu-PGE minerals systems.”

Metal Energy is a nickel and battery metal exploration company with two projects, Manibridge and Strange located in Manitoba and Ontario.

Metal Energy Corp. (MERG) is up 3.03 per cent on the day, trading at C$0.17 per share at 11 am EST.

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